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Senior Citizens treated to cheese & wine while enjoying Grand Chanukah Klezmer Concert
Posted by rabbismith on 11/19/2021 @ 02:53 PM
The Grand Chanukah Klezmer Concert will be a thrilling event for all especially for retirees and seniors. There will be an upstairs seating section for those that wish to wear masks and social distance. Downstairs will be no restrictions.
World renowned cantor Zevy Steiger will perform together with 3 amazing Klezmer musicians featuring some popular Yiddish songs, Chanukah songs and other Klezmer tunes. A Musical Delight!
Event takes place on Thursday, Dec 2nd at 2PM at the Shul of Bal Harbour 9540 Collins Ave in Surfside. Admission is $18 but only $10 for senior citizens.
There is a special bonus! Cheese and wine tasting display and other Chanukah delicacies.
Guaranteed Freilich!
Please reserve by email [email protected] or call (305) 770-4540.
This event is co-sponsored by the Senior Torah Academy at the Shul and United Jewish Generations, both are Chabad organizations that offer many classes and services for retirees and senior citizens.
JBS Highlights 11/14 - 11/20: Eradicate Hate-Jonathan Greenblatt, Madrid Peace Conference, Jewish Book Month-Mark Gerson, Cinematheque-Speer Goes To Hollywood
Posted by Edith Samers on 11/13/2021 @ 09:52 PM
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
Eric Goldman’s Jewish Cinematheque: Vanessa Lapa A conversation with award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Lapa (The Decent One) on her new documentary Speer Goes To Hollywood, about a high-ranking Nazi leader trying to whitewash his legacy. Monday - 7:30pm & 4:00am Tuesday - 1:00pm & 2:30am Wednesday - 1:30pm Friday- 10:30am Saturday - 8:30pm
Jonathan Greenblatt - Eradicate Hate ADL National Director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt addresses the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, PA at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit, a gathering of experts committed to the eradication of hate speech and violent extremism in all its forms. Monday - 8:00pm & 2:30am Wednesday - 1:00pm Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 5:30am
Madrid Peace Conference Anniversary Join in reflection and commemoration of the historic Madrid Peace Conference, an event 30 years ago that brought together all parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including peace negotiation experts Hanan Ashrawi (former member of the Executive Committee of the PLO), Yossi Beilin (former Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), and Daniel Kurtzer (former U.S. Ambassador to Israel). Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:30am Wednesday - 2:00pm & 4:00am Thursday - 1:00pm & 4:00am Saturday - 7:30pm
Author Discussion Series: Mark Gerson For Jewish Book Month, Mark Gerson reads from his book The Telling: How Judaism’s Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life, in a program of The Hampton Synagogue with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm Thursday - 5:00am & 2:30pm Friday - 5:00am & 11:00am Saturday - 10:30pm
Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum Filmed on location in Jerusalem, Ellie Cohanim speaks with Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum about the Abraham Accords, the challenges of running Jerusalem, mainstreaming minorities in the city and Israel/diaspora relations. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00am Saturday - 1:30am
Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Gerald Steinberg Israeli academic, political activist, and founder and president of policy analysis think tank NGO Monitor, Gerald Steinberg joins Jonathan Tobin to discuss the way Palestinian non-governmental organizations are used as fronts by Palestinian terror groups, and the way international human rights groups work to promote lies about Israel. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am Saturday - 2:00am
In The News: Jerusalem US Consulate Yaron Buskila, Secretary General of Israel Defense & Security Forum (IDSF), discusses the possible opening of a US consulate in Jerusalem, and the future of the Palestinian Authority. With Shahar Azani. Sunday - 5:30pm
On L’Chayim
Sunday: Yossi Klein Halevi The author of Like Dreamers, Yossi Klein Halevi (Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem), describes why he wrote his book Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor and explains his view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Today (Sunday) - 12 Noon
Sunday: Deborah Lipstadt
Author, Holocaust historian and Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt discusses her celebrated victory over a British Holocaust denier and assesses the dangers of contemporary antisemitism she addresses in her book Antisemitism: Here and Now.
Sunday - 6:00pm
Monday - 3:00pm
Monday: Dov Lipman Former Knesset Member Dov Lipman discusses the gross omissions and distortions in the chapter on Israel and the history of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Barack Obama’s book A Promised Land. Monday - 8:30pm & Midnight Tuesday - 2:30pm
Tuesday: Yossi Beilin One of Israel’s most creative career diplomats, Yossi Beilin (architect of the Oslo Peace Process and Accords), discusses his participation in the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War; and explains the rise and fall of Oslo. Tuesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Scott Shay Scott Shay, author of In Good Faith – Questioning Religion and Atheism, explains how his book encourages atheists to consider intelligent and powerful reasons to doubt their certainty and to be open to the reality of God. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm
Thursday: Ben-Dror Yemini Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini (Yediot Ahranot & author of Industry of Lies), discusses the myths associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and speaks about the reasons Palestinian leaders do not want a Two-State Solution. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm
Talmud Study: Motherhood While the Talmud notes a man's obligation to have children, for women this is a voluntary act. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Marriage Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses “Eight Blessings, One Wedding," on the theme of marriage, as found in Talmud tractates Kesuvos 7 and 8. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm
Jewish 101: Interpretation The importance of rabbinic interpretation in the Jewish tradition, which is critical to understanding the Torah's glorious poetry, is explained. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm
92nd Street Y: Rabbi Capers Funnye Meet Michelle Obama's first cousin (once removed), Rabbi Capers Funnye, who discusses his conversion to Judaism, his work in Africa, and what the black Jewish experience is like in America. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm & 1:30am Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm
Reform And Orthodox Shabbat Services
Friday Evening Shabbat Services Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm
Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org
Give Miami Day Starts with Early Giving 11.15.21
Posted by Liat Stilman on 11/12/2021 @ 12:58 PM
JBS Highlights 11/7 - 11/13: JNF-USA Premiere Conversations on Zionism-Troy, Kristallnacht, Veterans Day, Jewish Book Month-Hadassah Lieberman
Posted by Edith Samers on 11/05/2021 @ 11:06 AM
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
Conversations on Zionism: Troy
JNF-USA CEO Russell F. Robinson speaks with historian and author Gil Troy in the premiere episode of “Conversations on Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative” a new series from JNF-USA. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Tuesday - 11:30am Wednesday - 4:00am & 1:30pm Thursday - 2:30am & 11:30am
Kristallnacht: Stories of Hope
To commemorate the tragic events of Kristallnacht 1938, Natan Sharansky, Irwin Cotler, Malcolm Hoenlein and others honor the moral heroism of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust with stories of humanity at its best during the darkest times. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 12 Midnight Wednesday - 10:30am Thursday - 4:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm
Rabbi Bronstein: Hampton Synagogue - Book Program with Hadassah Lieberman
Hadassah Lieberman reads from Hadassah: An American Story, her candid memoir that offers insight into her identity as an immigrant, an American Jew, working woman, wife, mother, and grandmother in a program of The Hampton Synagogue w/ Rabbi Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:00am
A Train Near Magdeburg
Learn directly from the writer and filmmaker of the documentary “A Train Near Magdeburg” about the incredible true story of American GIs who liberated Holocaust survivors from a train deserted by the Nazis. Thursday - 4:30pm Friday - 4:00pm Saturday - 4:00pm
Global Perspectives: UAE
Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the "Abraham Accords" warm peace deals between his country, the UAE, and Israel, joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss Arab countries' relations with Israel, the corrupted Palestinian leadership and more. Thursday - 7:35pm & 2:30am Friday - 10:00am
Top Story: Liel Liebovitz
Author and journalist Liel Liebovitz speaks with JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin about antisemitism, the current disconnect between Israelis and Americans, the impact of Jewish artists Stan Lee & Leonard Cohen, the Jewishness of gaming and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:30am Friday - 9:00am Sunday (Nov 14) - 2:00am
On L’Chayim
Sunday: Abigail Pogrebin
Abigail Pogrebin, former producer for "60 Minutes" and author of "Stars of David" and "One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin," talks with Mark S. Golub about growing up with a famous mother (feminist Letty Pogrebin) and her own Jewish journey. Sunday - 12:00am & 6:00pm Monday - 3:00pm
Monday: Yossi Klein Halevi
The author of “Like Dreamers, “Yossi Klein Halevi (Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem), describes why he wrote his book “Letters To My Palestinian Neighbors” and explains his view of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Tuesday: Kristallnacht Remembered
Ernie Michel, who lived through Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) in Germany (Nov 9-10, 1938) and saw his synagogue burned to the ground, recalls this pogrom and his life during the Holocaust as told in his book, "Promises to Keep." Tuesday - 3:00pm Tuesday - 1:15am
Tuesday: St Louis Survivor - Hans Fisher
Survivor of the SS St Louis, Hans Fisher recounts the events surrounding his journey on the German refugee ship bound for Cuba in 1939. Tuesday - 9:15pm Wednesday - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Jewish Marine in Iraq
Zach Iscol, a decorated Marine who served two terms in Iraq, explains why he joined the Marines, how he experienced the war and the bonds he forged with his Iraqi translator, and he now feels about military conflict.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Thursday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Deborah Lipstadt
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University), discusses her celebrated victory over a British Holocaust denier and assesses the dangers of contemporary antisemitism she addresses in her book Antisemitism: Here and Now.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Friday - 3:00pm
Saturday: Meir Kahane Remembered
In November 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered in a Manhattan hotel. The controversial leader of the Jewish Defense League and Kach Party in Israel is remembered in excerpts of "L'Chayim" interviews.
Saturday - 6:00pm
Jewish Studies
Talmud Study: The Sanhedrin A Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Change and Grow
Drawing from a series of traditional commentaries, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the Talmudic notion of a person's ability to change and grow through one's actions and prayers. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm
Jewish 101: Adam's Sin
The rabbinic explanation for why Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden of Eden (and why Judaism does not view it as the fall of man), and whom Adam and Eve actually look like. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 5:00am
92nd Street Y: Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Avner Avraham, a former Mossad agent, and Eli Rosenbaum, a former prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, describe Israel’s dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. With novelist Thane Rosenbaum at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am
Monday - 10:00pm
Tuesday - 4:00am
Saturday - 1:00am
Friday Evening Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm
Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone)
JBS Highlights 11/7 - 11/13: JNF-USA Premiere Conversations on Zionism-Troy, Kristallnacht, Veterans Day, Jewish Book Month-Hadassah Lieberman
Posted by Edith Samers on 11/05/2021 @ 10:59 AM
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
Conversations on Zionism: Troy
JNF-USA CEO Russell F. Robinson speaks with historian and author Gil Troy in the premiere episode of “Conversations on Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative” a new series from JNF-USA. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Tuesday - 11:30am Wednesday - 4:00am & 1:30pm Thursday - 2:30am & 11:30am
Kristallnacht: Stories of Hope
To commemorate the tragic events of Kristallnacht 1938, Natan Sharansky, Irwin Cotler, Malcolm Hoenlein and others honor the moral heroism of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust with stories of humanity at its best during the darkest times. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 12 Midnight Wednesday - 10:30am Thursday - 4:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm
Rabbi Bronstein: Hampton Synagogue - Book Program with Hadassah Lieberman
Hadassah Lieberman reads from Hadassah: An American Story, her candid memoir that offers insight into her identity as an immigrant, an American Jew, working woman, wife, mother, and grandmother in a program of The Hampton Synagogue w/ Rabbi Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:00am
A Train Near Magdeburg
Learn directly from the writer and filmmaker of the documentary “A Train Near Magdeburg” about the incredible true story of American GIs who liberated Holocaust survivors from a train deserted by the Nazis. Thursday - 4:30pm Friday - 4:00pm Saturday - 4:00pm
Global Perspectives: UAE
Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the "Abraham Accords" warm peace deals between his country, the UAE, and Israel, joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss Arab countries' relations with Israel, the corrupted Palestinian leadership and more. Thursday - 7:35pm & 2:30am Friday - 10:00am
Top Story: Liel Liebovitz
Author and journalist Liel Liebovitz speaks with JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin about antisemitism, the current disconnect between Israelis and Americans, the impact of Jewish artists Stan Lee & Leonard Cohen, the Jewishness of gaming and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:30am Friday - 9:00am Sunday (Nov 14) - 2:00am
On L’Chayim
Sunday: Abigail Pogrebin
Abigail Pogrebin, former producer for "60 Minutes" and author of "Stars of David" and "One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin," talks with Mark S. Golub about growing up with a famous mother (feminist Letty Pogrebin) and her own Jewish journey. Sunday - 12:00am & 6:00pm Monday - 3:00pm
Monday: Yossi Klein Halevi
The author of “Like Dreamers, “Yossi Klein Halevi (Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem), describes why he wrote his book “Letters To My Palestinian Neighbors” and explains his view of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Tuesday: Kristallnacht Remembered
Ernie Michel, who lived through Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) in Germany (Nov 9-10, 1938) and saw his synagogue burned to the ground, recalls this pogrom and his life during the Holocaust as told in his book, "Promises to Keep." Tuesday - 3:00pm Tuesday - 1:15am
Tuesday: St Louis Survivor - Hans Fisher
Survivor of the SS St Louis, Hans Fisher recounts the events surrounding his journey on the German refugee ship bound for Cuba in 1939. Tuesday - 9:15pm Wednesday - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Jewish Marine in Iraq
Zach Iscol, a decorated Marine who served two terms in Iraq, explains why he joined the Marines, how he experienced the war and the bonds he forged with his Iraqi translator, and he now feels about military conflict.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Thursday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Deborah Lipstadt
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University), discusses her celebrated victory over a British Holocaust denier and assesses the dangers of contemporary antisemitism she addresses in her book Antisemitism: Here and Now.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Friday - 3:00pm
Saturday: Meir Kahane Remembered
In November 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered in a Manhattan hotel. The controversial leader of the Jewish Defense League and Kach Party in Israel is remembered in excerpts of "L'Chayim" interviews.
Saturday - 6:00pm
Jewish Studies
Talmud Study: The Sanhedrin A Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Change and Grow
Drawing from a series of traditional commentaries, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the Talmudic notion of a person's ability to change and grow through one's actions and prayers. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm
Jewish 101: Adam's Sin
The rabbinic explanation for why Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden of Eden (and why Judaism does not view it as the fall of man), and whom Adam and Eve actually look like. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 5:00am
92nd Street Y: Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Avner Avraham, a former Mossad agent, and Eli Rosenbaum, a former prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, describe Israel’s dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. With novelist Thane Rosenbaum at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am
Monday - 10:00pm
Tuesday - 4:00am
Saturday - 1:00am
Friday Evening Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm
Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone)
Miami Herald Giving Guide
Posted by Liat Stilman on 11/04/2021 @ 02:18 PM
THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 MIAMI HERALD
JBS Highlights 10/31 - 11/6: Jewish Book Month-Tovah Feldshuh, Israel During Biden/Bennett, FIDF Live, JNS-Fleischer & Stakelbeck, Tree of Life
Posted by Edith Samers on 10/30/2021 @ 11:19 PM
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
FIDF Live: Town Hall
Joel Chasnoff visits with IDF officers in the Air Force, Ground Forces, Navy and Home Front Command to address viewer submitted questions in this Community Town Hall episode of FIDF Live. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 10:30pm Wednesday - 1:00pm Thursday - 2:30pm Friday - 5:30am
Israel in the Biden & Bennett Era
The Baltimore Jewish community convenes for an Israel Symposium, a morning of learning and conversation about the current relationship between Israel and the U.S., focusing on the question of Israel in the Biden/Bennett era. Expert panelists include Michael Doran (The Hudson Institute), Jonathan Schanzer (Foundation for the Defense of Democracies) Tamy Ben-Haim (Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC) and Ben Samuels (Haaretz), with moderator Jay Bernstein.
Part 1 Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Wednesday - 1:30pm Thursday - 5:00am Saturday - 6:00pm
Part 2 Tuesday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Thursday - 1:00pm Friday - 4:00am Saturday - 7:30pm
Author Discussion Series: Tovah Feldshuh
Renowned actress and author Tovah Feldshuh shares Lilyville: Mother, Daughter and Other Roles I’ve Played, her memoir that tells the story of a mother and daughter whose narrative reflects American cultural changes and the world's shifting expectations of women. In a program of The Hampton Synagogue with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 2:30am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 8:00pm & 1:00am
Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Erick Stakelbeck
Journalist, author and host of TBN's, "The Watchman” Erick Stakelbeck joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss why Evangelical Christians support Israel, what the mainstream media gets wrong about the Middle East and the future of Christian/Jewish relations. A program of JNS Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00am
Top Story: Ari Fleischer
Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss the politics of support for Israel, what's behind a surge in anti-Semitism, and how to fix a dysfunctional American political culture. A program of JNS. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am
In The News: Tree of Life Massacre
Zack Singerman, a student at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School & founder of Gen Z Jews, joins Shahar Azani on the anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre in Pittsburgh, PA to share his experience & how it motivated him to fight antisemitism. Sunday - 11:30am Monday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm
Thinking Out Loud
This week, Micah Halpern describes how U.S. foreign policy (particularly in Afghanistan) has ignored or overlooked the reality on the ground with regards to tribal culture and Islamic values. Also, Micah highlights an ongoing firestorm regarding an Orthodox rabbi reaching out to the Reform community in Israel and why that has infuriated so many in the "religious" community. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm
On L’Chayim
Sunday: Free Speech, Hate Speech and Cancel Culture
Three giants in the field of First Amendment Law – Floyd Abrams (Supreme Court Litigant), Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law) & Nadine Strossen (ACLU) explore concepts of “Free Speech,” “Hate Speech” and “Cancel Culture.” Sunday– 11:00am & 6:00pm
Monday: Rachel Robinson
Jackie Robinson’s widow Rachel Robinson discusses the challenges she and her husband had to face as he broke the Major League color barrier in 1947-- and recalls the Jews who helped them. Monday – 2:30pm Tuesday - 12:00am
Monday: Larry Ruttman
Author Larry Ruttman discusses his book on Jews in baseball, American Jews and America's Game. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm
Tuesday: Michael Oren
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren explains why he wrote a book of short stories in a collection entitled The Night Archer, and discusses the themes of many of them and the extent to which they are autobiographical. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Abigail Pogrebin
Abigail Pogrebin, former producer for "60 Minutes" and author of Stars of David and My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew, talks about growing up with a famous activist mother, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and discusses her Jewish journey. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Tuvia Tenenbom Journalist and author Tuvia Tenenbom (Catch The Jew) discusses the disturbing and pervasive racism, anti-Semitism and Jewish self-loathing which he chronicles in his book The Lies They Tell – A Journey Through America. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm
JEWISH STUDIES
Talmud Study: Guns and Moses
While the Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects the right to bear arms, what is the Jewish view on weapons, war, and self-defense? Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Temple Treasures
Learn about the Holy Ark and early Israelite history in a Talmud lesson entitled "What Happened to the Treasures of the Temple?" Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm
Jewish 101: Human Nature
Learn what the rabbis teach about the "selfish" drives within each human being, and their unique perspective on "Human Nature" Sunday - 10:05am Monday - 5:05pm Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 5:00am
92nd Street Y: Cardinal Dolan on Judaism
The Archbishop of New York Timothy Cardinal Dolan discusses the common ground between Judaism and Christianity and what the future has in store for organized religion. With Rabbi Peter Rubinstein, Director of Jewish Community for the 92nd Street Y in NY Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am Wednesday - 10:30am Saturday - 1:00am
Friday Evening Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm
Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org
JBS Highlights 10/24- 30:Media Spotlight-Bret Stephens, Jodi Rudoren, Alana Newhouse; Robert Siegel-BRCA, JNS-Riley & Kanter
Posted by Edith Samers on 10/23/2021 @ 10:17 PM
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
Bret Stephens: Israel’s Losing Battle with the Media
New York Times op-ed columnist, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and outspoken defender of the Jewish State, Bret Stephens discusses the scourge of disinformation and lack of objective truth in today’s news, and Israel’s losing battle with the media. A program of Honest Reporting Canada, moderated by its chairman Jonas Prince. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Wednesday - 2:00pm Thursday - 5:00am Saturday - 4:00pm & Midnight
American Jewish Press Today
Now that American Jews have so clearly assimilated into American society what is the need for a Jewish press? What audience do the editors of Jewish publications target and how do they serve the American Jewish community as it grows diverse and diffuse? A panel of editors of major American Jewish publications including Alana Newhouse (Tablet) Jodi Rudoren (The Forward) and Philissa Cramer (JTA) discuss the role and significance of Jewish press today in a program of YIVO, moderated by Gal Beckerman. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 8:00pm & 1:00am
Robert Siegel: BRCA Research & Genetic Testing
For the final week of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Robert Siegel speaks with Dr. Kenneth Offit (Memorial Sloan Kettering) Dr. Susan Domchek (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr. David Margel (Israel’s Rabin Medical Center) leading medical experts in the field of BRCA gene research. A program of AFRMC. Wednesday - 8:00pm & 1:15am Thursday - 11:00am & 1:00am Friday - 2:00pm Saturday - 2:00am
Global Perspectives: Enes Kanter
All-star NBA player Enes Kanter joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss his Turkish roots, opposing the country’s dictator Tayyip Erdogan and using his platform to build bridges, and what the future holds for him after basketball. A program of JNS. Thursday - 7:30pm & 3:30am Friday - 10:00am
Top Story: Naomi Schaefer Riley
Journalist and author Naomi Schaefer Riley joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss cancel culture and the damage that critical race theory is doing to children, as well as the role that intermarriage is having on the Jewish community. A program of JNS. Thursday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Friday - 9:00am
In The News: Abraham Accords Anniversary
Arsen Ostrovsky, CEO of The International Legal Forum (ILF) and Sharaka Board Member, discusses the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, and the impact they've had inside Israel and around the region. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm
On L’Chayim
Sunday: Francine Klagsbrun - Golda Meir
Author Francine Klagsbrun discusses her biography Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel, which addresses the ways American Jews and Israelis view Israel’s only woman prime minister who served during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Sunday - 12 Noon
Sunday: Dan Almagor - Yom Kippur War
A hero of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the Battle of Tel Saki, Dan Almagor shares a remarkable story of survival and explains how he was finally able to talk about the horrific experience in which he lost beloved friends.
Sunday - 6:00pm
Monday: Marty Appel - NY Yankee Empire
Marty Appel, a Jewish boy from Brooklyn who grew up to fulfill a childhood dream of working for The New York Yankees, talks about his years in baseball, Jews who've played the game, and his book that chronicles Yankee history, Pinstripe Empire. Monday - 3:00pm
Monday: Israel Maimon
The President & CEO of Israel Bonds, Israel Maimon, discusses his experiences in the Golani Brigade, his role in the 2007 bombing of the Syrian nuclear reactor, his concerns regarding Iran & his critique of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight Tuesday - 3:00pm
Tuesday: Free Speech, Hate Speech and Cancel Culture
Three giants in the field of First Amendment Law – Floyd Abrams (Supreme Court Litigant), Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law) & Nadine Strossen (ACLU) explore concepts of “Free Speech,” “Hate Speech” and “Cancel Culture.”
Tuesday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight
Wednesday - 3:00pm
Saturday - 6:00pm
Wednesday: Rachel Robinson
Jackie Robinson’s widow Rachel Robinson discusses the challenges she and her husband had to face as he broke the Major League color barrier in 1947-- and recalls the Jews who helped them.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Thursday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Nancy Brinker
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. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm
Jewish Studies
Talmud Study: Don't Argue (Korach)
Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the way the Talmud deals with Korach's challenging Moses' authority in the original series "Dimensions of the Daf." Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Let The Sun Shine In
How the Talmud encourages us to enjoy life and the world Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:30pm Thursday - 7:00pm
Jewish 101: Sex in Judaism
Human sexuality in the Jewish tradition is reviewed in an ongoing study of the story of the Garden of Eden, including the rabbinic view of female sexuality, birth control, and the day most appropriate for sexual relations. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Friday - 1:00pm
92nd Street Y: Deborah Lipstadt & Bari Weiss
Deborah Lipstadt (Author, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, and Biden’s pick as Antisemitism Envoy) sits with Bari Weiss (journalist, author, former editor at The Wall Street Journal and New York Times) for a discussion about the rise of antisemitism today and how we must address it. A program of the 92Y in New York City. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am Wednesday - 10:30am Saturday - 1:00am
Friday Night Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm
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Holocaust Education Week Begins with Kristallnacht
Posted by Liat Stilman on 10/21/2021 @ 07:13 PM
As violent antisemitic attacks reached a record high level throughout the US and abroad, this year’s Holocaust Education Week, beginning Sunday, November 7 through Friday November 12, offers critical learning tools for our community. The community-wide program, presented by the Holocaust Memorial Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, opens with a virtual commemoration of Kristallnacht: “The Night of Broken Glass.”
Additional programming throughout the week includes a photography exhibit by Holocaust Survivor Laszlo Selly, a public film screening of The Zookeeper’s Wife and a moderated discussion with Survivor Allan Hall. All events will be virtual, unless otherwise noted, free of charge and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Program access information will be sent following registration confirmation.
For more information and to register, click here.