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Hi Friends and Family of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation,

As you may know, Maccabi Haifa will be back in the U.S to kickoff the 2019-2020 season and NBA Tour!

This year, the team will be back at St. Thomas University on Wednesday, October 2nd at 7pm, for their 3rd annual Haifa Hoops for Kids charity basketball game! The proceeds generated for the event will go towards the team's charity, Haifa Hoops for Kids, which seeks to benefit under-privileged and needy children in Israel by allowing them to participate in basketball clinics year round and attend the basketball games in Haifa free-of-charge.

Please join us in attending the game to support the team and organization. Tickets for the game range from $20-$100. Sponsorship opportunities and donations to Haifa Hoops for Kids will be available shortly. Yalla Maccabi!

Ticket Link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-haifa-hoops-for-kids-charity-basketball-game-tickets-66344874305

For a complete and timely schedule, go to www.jbstv.org

In The News: Thane Rosenbaum on Omar/Tlaib/Trump

Mark S. Golub & Thane Rosenbaum discusses the criticism of Israel over its decision to ban Rep. Omar & Rep. Tlaib from visiting “Palestine,” Omar’s questioning Israeli democracy & U.S. foreign aid, and Pres Trump’s tweet about Jews who vote Democratic. Sunday – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm

In The News: Danny Ayalon on Israel Ban

Former Israeli U.S. Ambassador, Danny Aylon, offers his perspective on Israel’s decision to ban Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib from entering the country; the role of Pres. Trump; and the shift within the Democratic Party. With Mark S. Golub. Sunday 8:30am

In The News: Omar vs Israel

Dr. William Devlin, Sheikh Musa Dramah and Alan Dershowitz express their criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar's anti-Israel statements about Israeli Democracy and U.S. foreign aid to Israel. With Mark S. Golub Sunday 11:30pm; Monday 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

DOJ Panel on Antisemtism: AG William Barr

Attorney General William Barr’s opening remarks are followed by a panel discussion with Elliot Zweig (MEMRI), Chris Hardee (DOJ), Jason Isaacson (AJC) and Eugene Kontorovich (Prof. of Law). With Eli Lake (Bloomberg) at the DOJ in Washington, DC. Monday - 7:30pm & 1am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Saturday – 7:30pm & 1:30am

DOJ Panel on Antisemtism

Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos’ opening remarks are followed by a panel discussion with Charles Small (ISGAP), Jonathan Tobin (JNS), Alyza Lewin (Brandeis) & William Jacobson (Cornell Law). With Claire McCusker Murray (DOJ) at DOJ in Washington, DC. Tuesday - 7:30pm & 1am; Thursday 1:30pm

L'Chayim: Cindy Grosz – Jewish Activist

Columnist, author, lifestyle blogger, marketing specialist and Israel activist Cindy Grosz shares her perspectives on the Jewish community’s perspective on President Donald Trump. With Mark S. Golub on L'Chayim.
Wednesday - 9pm & 12am; Thursday – 3pm; Saturday – 6pm

Tal Keinan (Part 1)

Israeli financier and former IDF fighter pilot Tal Keinan, author of “God Is In The Crowd”, explains why he sees American Jewry on the decline and in danger of “dying in its sleep.” Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

Tal Keinan (Part 2)

Part 2 of a conversation with American-born Israeli entrepreneur and financier Tal Keinan, who discusses his concerns over the future of the Jewish People, and other ideas from his book “God Is In The Crowd”. Tuesday – 9:30pm & 12:30am; Wednesday – 3:30pm

Brooke Goldstein

Brooke Goldstein describes the way her film “The Making of a Martyr” documents how Palestinians abuse their children; and discusses why she created The Lawfare Project to fight antisemitism in courts of law around the world. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 3pm

92nd Street Y: Living Well, Aging Well

Rabbi Harold Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life) joins Rabbi Rachel Cowan (Wise Aging) to discuss what it means to live a good life. With Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein of the 92nd St. Y in NYC. Sunday – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show

Jake welcomes star of stage, screen, TV and Yiddish theater, Mike Burstyn and a great American comic Shecky Greene - whom Jake also inducts into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Saturday (Aug 31) – 7pm & 2am

Vanessa Hidary and Ron Eliran

Israel’s Ambassador of Song Ron Eliran performs some of his most well-known songs (Sharm el Sheikh) and Vanessa Hidary (Hebrew Mamita) recites her poem on Jewish identity; and Jake inducts Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme (z”l) into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Sunday – 2pm; Tuesday - 10:30am; Wednesday - 5am;Thursday 10:30pm & 2pm

Film: The Forgotten Refugee

Michael Grynszpan’s documentary tells the little known story of the mass expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century after richly contributing to these cultures. Produced by Avi Goldwasser of the David Project and IsraTV. Sunday- 9pm and Midnight; Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is now accepting applications for its 2020 Jewish Incubator Grants, which will award nonprofits eager to strengthen Miami’s Jewish community through innovative and impactful programs. Organizations, synagogues, agencies and schools with compelling and creative ideas that support social service, educational or Jewish-identity building activities are invited to apply.

Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2019.

Click here for more information and to apply.

For a complete and timely schedule, go to www.jbstv.org

92nd Street Y: Charles Bronfman

One of the Jewish communities leading philanthropists and co-founder of Birthright Israel, Charles Bronfman, discusses his life with Rabbi Peter Rubenstein, Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92nd Street Y. Tonight (Sunday) – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

Argentine Bombing-25th Anniversary

Rabbi Marcelo Kormis, a first responder to the 1994 terrorist bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Center that murdered 85, and Jonathan Schanzer are part of a memorial service. By AJC Westchester/Fairfield at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye, NY. Monday 7:30pm & 1am; Wednesday 1:30pm; Saturday – 7:30pm & 1am

L'Chayim: The Second Sun

Film Director Jennifer Gelfer and male star John Buffalo Mailer discuss their feature film “The Second Sun”, the poignant story of a “b'shert" romance between a survivor and a lost soul in post-World War II New York City. (Film opens Monday, August 19) Wednesday - 9pm & 12am; Thursday 3pm; Next Sunday – Noon & 6pm

L'Chayim: Today (Sunday) – Remembering Harvey Kaylie z"l

One of the Jewish community’s greatest supporters of Israel and of countless Jewish causes, Harvey Kaylie z”l, is remembered by his daughter Alicia, grandson Lavee, good friend Albert Amini & the CEO of Camp Kaylie David Mandel. With Mark S. Golub. Today – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm

L'Chayim: Monday – Esther Wachsman

Esther Wachsman, mother of kidnapped Israeli soldier, Nachshon Wachsman, talks about the failed rescue attempt to save her son's life and the ethical issues Israel faces. Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

L'Chayim: Tuesday – Palestinian Textbooks

Marcus Sheff, CEO of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education in Israel, discusses the way Jews and Israel are depicted in Palestinian Authority textbooks.
Tuesday – 9:30pm & 12:30am; Wednesday – 3:30pm

L'Chayim: Thursday – Israeli Journalists

Amir Tibon (Diplomatic Correspondent for the Walla News Agency) and Yaakov Lappin (Military Analyst for the Jerusalem Post) offer penetrating analysis of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, President Obama's foreign policy and the fallout from the strained Obama-Netanyahu relationship. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 3pm

L'Chayim: Saturday – Breast Cancer Heroine

Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Koman organization, describes her devotion to helping women with breast cancer in tribute to her sister who died of the disease at 36; and why there is now a 99% survivor rate. Saturday - 6pm

Jabotinsky Memorial 2019

Jerusalem City Councilman Aryeh King, media entrepreneur Amotz Eyal and Consul General of Israel in New York Dani Dayan are featured speakers at the 2019 Jabotinsky Memorial. With Co-Executive Director Judy Freedman Kadish, a program of Americans for A Safe Israel (AFSI) from Park East Synagogue, NYC. Tuesday 8pm & 1am; Thursday 2pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Vanessa Hidary and Ron Eliran

Israel’s Ambassador of Song Ron Eliran performs some of his most well-known songs (Sharm el Sheikh) and Vanessa Hidary (Hebrew Mamita) recites her poem on Jewish identity; and Jake inducts Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme (z”l) into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Saturday – 7pm & 2am

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Shulem and Lenore Skenazy

Jake welcomes the Hasidic singer who has taken the American music world by storm, Shulem; and author, TV Reality and "America's Worst Mom," Lenore Skenazy. And Jake inducts Totie Fields into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Sunday – 2pm; Tuesday - 10:30am; Wednesday - 5am

Talkline-Brenner: The Bridge

Zev Brenner takes us to The Bridge Multicultural and Advocacy Project annual holiday party to meet local leaders and NY representatives from Haiti, Israel, Pakistan, the Caribbean & more as they celebrate a spirit of unity, tolerance and diversity. Tonight 10pm & 2am; Tuesday 5am

In The News: BDS in Raleigh and at Duke

Sloan Rachmuth, Dir. of Research & Special Projects at Haym Salomon Center, describes how the Raleigh Jewish community failed to support her when she objected to BDS at her children’s Hebrew School; and discusses BDS and SJP at Duke. Today (Sunday) – 5:30pm & 11:30pm; Monday – 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

JBS Jewish Film Festival: Purple Lawns

Two secular, free-spirited women share a flat in Tel-Aviv. Their high rent forces them to take in a third roommate, an enigmatic ultra-orthodox woman. (Hebrew with English subtitles)Tonight (Sunday) - 9pm and Midnight (6pm & 9pm PT) Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel

JCS and Greater Miami Jewish Federation are joining together to fight food insufficiency in Miami.

Volunteer and help deliver Rosh Hashanah food baskets to homebound seniors during JCS annual Milk & Honey food distribution event.

Assemble Baskets from 9 – 10 a.m.
Deliver from 10 – 11:15 a.m.

North Location: Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center
South Location: Temple Judea

For group registration, contact Marian Mendelsohn at 305.403.6539 or [email protected].

To help members of our vibrant Jewish community choose a place to worship, Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami have compiled a directory of area synagogues. We encourage you to review this list and contact a synagogue for membership information.

Make this Jewish New Year a time for renewal for you and your family, and a time to find personal meaning and spiritual connection with your community. Synagogues provide ongoing opportunities to study, experience, and enjoy being connected to Miami’s Jewish community throughout the year. Click here for a thoughtful article on the benefits of synagogue membership.

For a complete and timely schedule and other TV providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Panel: Danger Of Antisemitism

The Conference of Presidents convenes an all-star panel including: Irwin Cotler (former Canadian Justice Minister), Eric Goldstein (UJA/Fed of NY), Jonathan Greenblatt (ADL), David Harris (AJC), Malcolm Hoenlein (Presidents Conference), Dan Mariaschin (B’nai B’rith International) and Elan Carr (U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating antisemitism, among many others). A JBS television exclusive. Monday – 7:30pm & 1am; Wednesday – 1:30pm; Saturday – 7:30pm & 1am

Remembering Harvey Kaylie z"l

One of the Jewish community’s greatest supporters of Israel and Jewish causes Harvey Kaylie z”l is remembered by his daughter Alicia, grandson Lavee, and friends Rabbi Marc Scheneir, Albert Amini and the CEO of Camp Kaylie David Mandel. Wednesday - 9pm & 12am 6pm & 9pm, Thursday 3 pm; Next Sunday – Noon & 6pm

ON L’CHAYIM THIS WEEK

L’Chayim Sunday – Jews & The Democratic Party Can pro-Israel Jews who have been life-long Democrats still find a home in the Democratic Party in the face of the anti-Israel rhetoric of the far left of the party? With Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week), Laura Adkins (JTA), Eric Yoffie (URJ) and Thane Rosenbaum (FOCLS). Today – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm

L’Chayim Monday – Nitsana Leitner The founding director of Shurat HaDin (Israeli Law Center) Nitsana Darshan-Leitner explains how she uses the legal system to fight those who are financially involved in terrorism (banks) and to win compensation for victims. Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

L’Chayim Tuesday – Muslim Zionist Kasim Hafeez Describing how his tradition Muslim education taught him to hate Jews and Israel, Kasim Hafeez describes his personal journey that took him to Israel and why he now considers himself to be a Muslim Zionist. Tuesday – 9:30pm & 12:30am

Jake Ehrenreich Shows

Jake welcomes the Hasidic singer who has taken the American music world by storm, Shulem; and author, TV Reality and "America's Worst Mom," Lenore Skenazy. And Jake inducts Totie Fields into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Saturday (Aug 17) – 7pm & 2am

Entertainers Shelley Fisher (The Hebrew Hillbilly) and BriGuel (singing/rap of Brianne Berkson & Miguel Gluckstern) are Jake’s special guests on this episode of JBS’s “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with a Catskills Hall of Fame induction of Sammy Davis Jr. Sunday – 2pm; Tuesday - 10:30am; Wednesday - 5am; Thursday 10:30pm & 2pm

92nd Street Y: David Grossman

Israeli author David Grossman discusses his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar and parts of the book are read aloud and performed. From the 92nd Street Y in New York with fellow author Nicole Krauss. Tonight (Sunday) – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

Film: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Explore the history, shopping, cuisine, nightlife and culture of Jerusalem & Tel Aviv Tonight (Sunday) - 9pm and Midnight; Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

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For a complete and timely schedule, go to www.jbstv.org

L’Chayim:Jews & The Democratic Party

Can pro-Israel Jews who have been life-long Democrats still find a home in the Democratic Party in the face of the anti-Israel rhetoric of the far left of the party? With Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week), Laura Adkins (JTA), Eric Yoffie (URJ) and Thane Rosenbaum (FOCLS). Wednesday - 9pm & 12am; Thursday – 3pm; Next Sunday – Noon & 6pm

YIVO Mission

YIVO Executive Director Jonathan Brent describes the history and mission of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to the French Bishop Delegation of French-Catholic clergymen led by Father Patrick Desbois to learn about Jewish organizations. Monday – 7:30pm & 2am; Wednesday – 1:30pm

Women Writers & Immigrant Story

Women authors address how the immigrant experience has impacted their lives and how it is reflected in their work through themes of nostalgia, assimilation and memory. By the Russian American Foundation with the New York Post and the Tenement Museum, NY. Monday – 8pm & 1am; Wednesday – 2pm; Thursday 4am; Saturday 8pm & 1am

Tisha B'Av from the Hampton Synagogue

Live from Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton NY, JBS presents a Tisha B’Av service commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem with a reading of Eicha (Lamentations), a Bonfire Kumsitz and the Maccabeats. With Rabbi Marc Schneier and Cantor Netanel Hershtik. Saturday August 10 - 9:15pm

ALSO ON L’CHAYIM THIS WEEK

Today (Sunday) – LGBTQ in Israel

Tyler Gregory discusses his work as executive director of A Wider Bridge, a North American organization working to create equality in Israel by expanding LGBTQ inclusion in Israel, and equality for all Israelis. Today – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm;

Tuvia Tenenbom

Author Tuvia Tenenbom (Catch The Jew) discusses his personal encounter with Syrian refugees in squalid camps in Germany (which he writes about in Hello, Refugees!) and reflects upon the hypocrisy of the refugee movement. Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

Marvin Hamlisch z”l

One of America's greatest composers, Marvin Hamlisch ("A Chorus Line"), who passed away August 2, 2012 at the age of 68, is seen in a 2011 interview discussing his Jewish background, his music, and how he developed the song "The Way We Were." Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

Judy Gold

Judy Gold sits with Mark S. Golub to talk about her Jewish background and how she came to be one of America’s leading stand-up comediennes. Tuesday – 9:30pm & 12:30am; Wednesday – 3:30pm

Russell Robinson, JNF

JNF CEO Russell Robinson became Jewish National Fund’s Chief Executive Officer in September 1997, the youngest CEO in its then almost 100-year history. Thursday – 9pm & Midnight; Friday – 3pm

Saturday – Hadassah President

National Pres. of Hadassah, Ellen Hershkin, talks about her Jewish background, her love of Israel, her regard for Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold, and Hadassah’s upcoming Women's Health Empowerment Summit (May 16th, Washington, DC). Saturday – 6pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show

Entertainers Shelley Fisher (The Hebrew Hillbilly) and BriGuel (singing/rap of Brianne Berkson & Miguel Gluckstern) are Jake’s special guests on this episode of JBS’s “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with a Catskills Hall of Fame induction of Sammy Davis Jr. Saturday (Aug 10) – 7pm & 2am

Jake Ehrenreich Show – The Finkel Brothers & Mike Fine

This week Jake is joined by special guests Elliot and Ian Finkel (The Finkel Brothers) and Mike Fine (The Rabbi Comic). Sunday – 2pm; Tuesday - 10:30am; Wednesday - 5am; Thursday 10:30pm & 2pm

92nd Street Y: Mel Brooks Films

The films of Mel Brooks are discussed by Professor Jeremy Dauber, Atran Assistant Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University. Taped before a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y. Tonight (Sunday) – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

JBS Jewish Film Festival: One Out Of Ten

While 1.5 million children were murdered by the Nazis, “One Out Of Ten” is a documentary in which some of the 10% of Jewish children who did survive the Shoah tell their personal stories. The Silver Medal winner in the 1998 New York Film Festival. Tonight (Sunday) - 9pm and Midnight; Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

THE BACK TO SCHOOL CARNIVAL!

Sunday, August 18, 2019 12:00pm to 3:00pm

The Gordon School of Beth David Congregation

2625 SW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL, 33129

Bring the family and enjoy carnival rides, games, face painting, craft table, cookie decorating and so much more. Lots of fun for all, big and small!

Food available for purchase.

FREE ENTRY AND OPEN TO ALL!

For more information email [email protected] or call 305-854-3282.

For a complete and timely schedule, go to www.jbstv.org

For Robert Morgenthau z”l With the passing of Robert Morgenthau z”l this past Monday at the age of 99, JBS replays the iconic former Manhattan D.A.’s 2015 conversation with his wife Lucinda Franks regarding her memoir, “Timeless: Love, Morgenthau and Me.” At Temple Emanu-El, NY.
Today – 1pm

Manhattan Jewish Hall Of Fame Daniel Biderman (Urban Developer), Brooke Goldstein (Lawfare Project), Rabbi Mark S. Golub (JBS Television), Alice Greenwald (September 11 Memorial & Museum), Joel Grey (Star of Stage & Screen and Director), Eric Kandel (Nobel Laureate for Physiology), Bizu Ricki Mullu (Ethiopian Jewry), Jane Rosenthal (Tribeca Enterprises) Susan Weidman Schneider (Lilith Magazine) and Nikki Russ Federman & John Russ Tupper (Russ and Daughters Bakery & Café), are the 2019 inductees into the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. A program of the Manhattan Jewish Historical Initiative founded by Howard Teich from the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Monday – 7:30pm & 1am; Wednesday – 1:30pm; Saturday 7:30pm & 1am

Palestinian Lies: Yemini Israeli author and journalist Ben-Dror Yemini (Industry of Lies) refutes numerous falsehoods regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which he claims are perpetuated throughout academia and the world at large. A presentation for ISGAP in New York. Tuesday – 8pm & 1am; Thursday – 2pm; Friday 2am

L’Chayim: LGBTQ in Israel Tyler Gregory discusses his work as executive director of A Wider Bridge, a North American organization working to create equality in Israel by expanding LGBTQ inclusion in Israel, and equality for all Israelis. L’Chayim With Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9pm & 12am 6pm & 9pm;Thursday – 3pm ; Next Sunday – Noon & 6pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show – The Finkel Brothers & Mike Fine This week Jake is joined by special guests Elliot and Ian Finkel (The Finkel Brothers) and Mike Fine (The Rabbi Comic). Saturday (Aug 3) – 9pm & Midnight

92nd Street Y: Malcolm Gladwell
From the stage of the 92nd Street Y, author Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point and Outliers) discusses his latest book about the unexpected victories of underdogs, David and Goliath, with Jacob Weisberg, Chairman of The Slate Group. Tonight (Sunday) – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

Film: Israel Inside How a small nation makes a big difference is at the heart of this documentary on Israel and the triumph of human spirit. From Jerusalem Online U. Tonight (Sunday) - 9pm and Midnight; Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel