JBS-Jewish Broadcasting Service Highlights March 18-24 on Atlantic Broadband CH 168, DIRECTV CH 388, Hotwire CH 269, the Roku streaming player, and at www.jbstv.org
Posted by Edith Samers on 03/17/2018 @ 11:11 PM
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URJ Honors David Grossman
Award-winning Israeli author, David Grossman (To the End of the Land), accepts the Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the URJ, and encourages Reform and Diaspora Jews to be more involved with Israel. From the 2017 URJ Biennial in Boston, MA Monday - 7:30pm & 2am; Wednesday - 1:30pm
Israeli Justice System
Social activist Aharon Pulver (Israel Independence Fund) and legal activist Simcha Rothman (Meshilut) discuss their battle against anti-Israel initiatives and corruption within Israel's judicial system. From the West Side Institutional Synagogue, NYC Monday - 8pm & 1am; Wednesday - 2pm; Saturday - 8pm & 1am
Sephardi Poetess Emma Lazarus
Leonard Stein of the American Sephardi Federation discusses the life and work of American Jewish Sephardi poetess Emma Lazarus, whose iconic sonnet is inscribed upon the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. From the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Tuesday - 8pm & 2am; Wednesday - 1pm; Saturday - 7pm & 2am
L'Chayim: Tuvia Tenenbom on Syrian Refugees
Author Tuvia Tenenbom (Catch The Jew) discusses his personal encounters with Syrian refugees in squalid camps in Germany (which he writes about in his latest book Hello, Refugees!); and reflects upon the hypocrisy of the refugee movement.
Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3pm
Remembering Menachem Begin: Daniel Gordis
Daniel Gordis, Senior Vice President at the Shalem College in Jerusalem, discusses the contribution Menachem Begin made to the State Of Israel, detailed in his book, "Menachem Begin: The Battle For Israel's Soul." From the Tikvah Foundation in NYC. Thursday - 8pm & 1am; Friday - 2pm
L'Chayim-Menachem Begin Tribute
An historical overview of the last of the Founding Fathers of Israel, Menachem Begin z"l, who led the Irgun against the British in pre-state Palestine and as Prime Minister (1977-1983) made peace with Anwar Sadat of Egypt, including an excerpt of an interview he gave to the late Rabbi Alexander Schindler z"l. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 3pm