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The Miami Jewish Film Festival and the German Consulate General in Miami are proud to announce a special virtual film series celebrating German Jewish Cinema that will run through the entire month of January. Each of the films presented in the series originally received their premieres at past Miami Jewish Film Festival editions and will be made available to stream for free for a limited time for all residents in the Greater Miami community.

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Watch JBS on Comcast X1 Box 1684, Atlantic Broadband Ch168, Hotwire Ch269, DirecTV Ch388, 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

Highlights:

“Free Speech, Hate Speech, Cancel Culture”

Three giants in the field of First Amendment Law – Floyd Abrams (First Amendment Supreme Court Litigant), Alan Dershowitz (long-time champion of First Amendment rights) and Nadine Strossen (former President and current Board Member of the ACLU) – explore issues of “Free Speech,” “Hate Speech” and “Cancel Culture.” A Two-Hour JBS Symposium with Mark S. Golub. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6pm; Monday - 3pm

Why Demolish Palestinian Homes?

Brigadier General Shaul Gordon, former Senior Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Police, addresses Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and the right of Palestinians to petition the Israeli Supreme Court. With Benjamin Anthony of MirYam Institute. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm

Fighting Terrorism With Law

The President of Shurat Hadin (Israel Law Center), Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, explains how her organization fights terrorism in courts of law and challenges those who seek to delegitimize the State of Israel. With Robert Walker, Honest Reporting of Canada. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7pm

Thinking Out Loud: COVID and Jews with Micah Halpern

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses Covid’s impact on the Jewish community and the need to adhere to Covid protocols; and reviews a year-end video interview with Hezboallah leader Hasan Nasrallah. On JBS’s "Thinking Out Loud”. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Friday - 4:30pm; Saturday - 5:30pm

Dershow: Against 25th Amendment

JBS is pleased to be televising “The Dershow,” in which Alan Dershowitz explains why any attempt by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi to invoke the 25th Amendment against Donald Trump would be an assault on the Constitution of the United States.
Monday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Saturday - 11:30pm; Sunday Jan 17 - 3:30pm

L’Chayim: Robert Siegel

Award winning journalist, Robert Siegel (former producer/host of NPR’s “All Things Considered”) – who now hosts “Navigating The New Abnormal” on JBS -- discusses his long career in broadcasting and speaks about the challenges confronting journalists today. Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Monday: Hadar Goldin's Mother

Leah Goldin, mother of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin (z”l) who was murdered by Hamas in 2014, describes her more than five years of efforts to move the world community to demand Hamas comply with international norms and return her son’s body. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Obama Book & Israel- Dov Lipman

Former Knesset Member, Dov Lipman, discusses the gross omissions and distortions in Barack Obama chapter on Israel and the history of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his autobiography “A Promised Land.”
Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Jewish Pluralism In Israel

Reform Rabbi Uri Regev, Pres. & CEO of Hiddush (which fights for religious pluralism in Israel) and Modern Orthodox Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg (Beth Tfiloh, Baltimore, MD) discuss the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate and Judaism in Israel. Thursday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Chloe Valdary

Brand Ambassador for Jerusalem U, Chloe Valdary, a black Christian activist, describes how she came to be an ardent defender of Israel and suggests the best way for the Jewish community to respond to the BDS Movement. Saturday - 6:00pm & 12 Midnight

In The News: Assault on Capitol

Dr. Eric Mandel, founder and director of MEPIN (Middle East Political and Information Network) and Senior Editor for Security at the Jerusalem Report, discusses the significance of the violence at the Capitol Building. “In The News” with Shahar Azani. Sunday- 5:30pm, 11:30pm; Monday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

92nd Street Y: Simon Schama Pt 2

Historian and author Simon Schama discusses part two of his BBC/PBS series, “The Story of the Jews,” which chronicles Jewish history from the Jews’ expulsion from Spain in 1492 through the end of the 19th Century and the birth of early Zionism. Today (Sunday) - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4pm

Talmud Study: Who's at Fault?

Join Rabbi Mordechai Becher as he uses a scene from “The Godfather” to study the Talmud’s response to the question: Who’s responsible when one person orders another to do an evil deed? On “Dimensions of the Daf.” Sunday - 9:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: God or Man?

Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores how the Talmud (Kesuvos Daf Lamed) views tragedies as being in the hands of Heaven or in the hands of human beings, on an episode entitled, “Put On a Sweater Or You'll Catch a Cold." Sunday- 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

Jewish 101: Hineni

A continuing introduction to the philosophy of Judaism through Moses' encounter at the Burning Bush. Whose voice does Moses hear from the Bush? What does the answer "Hineni" imply? What does Moses ask of God? "Jewish 101" with Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Sunday - 10am

Jewish 101: Name of God**

When Moses asks for God's name, the answer Moses receives reveals the Jewish Tradition's understanding of God. "Jewish 101" is a continuing Shalom TV series exploring the basic philosophy of Judaism with host Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm

From Date To Mate: Episode 2

After their initial dates, four urban Jewish singles continue searching for that "special someone" via an online Jewish dating service. Sunday - 10:00pm & 1:00am; Monday - 10:00am & 5:30pm; Tuesday - 7:30pm; Thursday - 1:30pm; Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:30am

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 2

Hebrew letter "Tuf" is introduced on this second lesson of "From the Aleph-Bet" series 1, a JBS production designed for anyone of any age who wishes to learn and understand the Hebrew language. Teacher Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 8:00am

Friday Evening Shabbat Service

Reform: Central Synagogue 6pm, 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 & 1pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11am & 2:30pm

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

Grandparents with LGBTQ+ children from traditional communities who would like to meet for support and socializing gather during this meeting and learn how to understand and support an LGBTQ+ grandchild and their family.

Gather over zoom once a month.

When: The second Monday of each month from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Where: On Zoom Receive the link when you register

Next meeting: January 13, 2020 @8PM

Confidentiality honored.

Eshel is a national organization that provides resources and support for Orthodox LGBTQ people and their families. We run support groups and other events across North America.

Funded by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

To ensure the health and safety of volunteers and community members,
we must adhere to the COVID-19 CDC guidelines.
Masks are required. Please remain in your car and open the trunk when it’s your turn in line. Volunteers will place food in your trunk. (If you are able, please print and place this on your dashboard.)

Thursday, January 14
9-11 a.m.

First come, first served while supplies last.
Please do not arrive before 9 a.m.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Stanley C. Myers Building
4200 Biscayne Boulevard

This Kosher Food Distribution Event has been generously underwritten by:
Yleana & Yoram Izhak
and
Janice & Alan Lipton

Farm Share, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider.

The 2020 #WeRemember initiative invites participants from around the world to take pictures of themselves holding a sign with the words “We Remember,” and then post their pictures to social media using the hashtag #WeRemember, to spread the message that “never again” must mean never again.

“Join the #WeRemember campaign to preserve the past and ensure that ‘never again’ truly means never again.”

For more information and to watch the 2020 #WeRemember campaign launch video, which highlights the testimonials of five Holocaust survivors, visit weremember.wjc.org.

Watch JBS on Comcast X1 Box 1684, Atlantic Broadband Ch168, Hotwire Ch269, DirecTV Ch388, 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

Two-Hour JBS Symposium

“Free Speech, Hate Speech, Cancel Culture”

Three giants in the field of First Amendment Law – Floyd Abrams (First Amendment Supreme Court Litigant), Alan Dershowitz (long-time champion of First Amendment rights) and Nadine Strossen (former President and current Board Member of the ACLU) – explore issues of “Free Speech,” “Hate Speech” and “Cancel Culture.” A Two-Hour JBS Symposium with Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Antisemitism & Anti-Zionism

The question of when Anti-Zionism becomes antisemitism is discussed by Dina Porat (Chief Historian of Yad Vashem) and David Myers (Pres. of the New Israel Fund). With Michael Brenner (Director, Center for Israel Studies, American University). Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm

Progressive Judaism in Israel

Rabbi Uri Regev, President of Hiddush, discusses the growth of Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel with three progressive Israeli rabbis Gilad Kariv, Chaya Rowen-Baker and Rabbi Dalia Marx. A program of Hiddush (2020). Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8pm

In Memoriam 2020

JBS remembers many of those lost to the Jewish community in 2020 including Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Rabbi Norman Lamm, Moshe Avital, Helen Freedman, David Stern, Barry Farber, Carl Reiner, Kirk Douglas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sunday - 8:30am & 1:30pm

92nd Street Y: Simon Schama

Historian, writer, and film documentarian, Simon Schama, talks with novelist Jonathan Safran Foer about Schama's 5-part television series on 3,000 years of Jewish history and impact on civilization, The Story of the Jews. From the 92nd Street Y in NYC. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4pm

The Jewish Story: Talmud

The creation of The Talmud (6th Century), the single most important source of Jewish Tradition that has shaped Jewish life throughout the centuries, is told in "The Jewish Story Explained,” a series from OpenDor Media with host Rivka Deray. Monday 7:15pm & 2:45am; Wednesday - 1:15pm

L’Chayim: 2020 Year In Review Pt 2

Israeli politics, Israel pluralism, Peter Beinart, Bari Weiss and the Jewish Person of the Year are among the topics discussed by Steven Bayme, Eric Yoffie, Betty Ehrenberg and Jonathan Tobin in a 2020 Year In Review. Part 2 of 2. Today (Sunday) - 12 Noon & 6pm; Monday - 3pm

Oslo Syndrome-Kenneth Levin

L’Chayim: Historian and psychiatrist Kenneth Levin suggests why some American Jews are anti- Israel as a means of feeling more comfortable and accepted in a non-Jewish society, similar to the pattern described in his book The Oslo Syndrome. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

CHABAD-David Eliezrie

Rabbi David Eliezrie, National Chabad Liaison to JFNA and author of The Secret of Chabad, describes what drew him to Chabad and his career as an emissary, and shares his perspective on Chabad philosophy regarding non-Orthodox Jews.
Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Yosef Mendelevich

One of the true heroes of the Soviet Jewry movement, "Prisoner of Zion" Joseph Mendelevich, who was arrested trying to hijack a Soviet plane to escape to freedom (1970), describes his personal life's journey.
Thursday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Friday - 3:00pm

Singer Julie Budd

Cabaret star Julie Budd, who began her career at age 12 in the Catskills, discusses her Jewish identity and her feelings for Israel; and discusses her perspective as a successful performer and her relationship to Frank Sinatra.
Saturday - 6:00pm & 12 Midnight

Talmud: Mine! It's All Mine!

The litigation of property claims, based on Talmud tractate Baba Metzia (the "middle gate" of three on financial and business ethics), is explained by Rabbi Mordechai Becher on this episode of "Dimensions of the Daf". Sunday - 9:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud: Study Party

In celebration of "Siyum Hashas," concluding the 7.5-year study cycle of the entire Talmud, Rabbi Mordechai Becher of Gateways Org. explains the meaning behind the celebration. Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

Jewish 101: Burning Bush

Learn the meaning of the Burning Bush that Moses encountered in the wilderness, and take a comparative look at the Jewish Tradition's approach to life with major religious philosophies. Sunday - 10am

Jewish 101: Hineni

A continuing introduction to the philosophy of Judaism through Moses' encounter at the Burning Bush. Whose voice does Moses hear from the Bush? What does the answer "Hineni" imply? What does Moses ask of God? "Jewish 101" with Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm

From Date To Mate: Episode 1

Episode-1 of a mock reality series following four Jewish singles navigating the New York singles' scene with the help of a Jewish online dating service in seeking that "special someone." An original production written and directed by Sloan Copeland Sunday - 10:00pm & 1:00am

Introduction to Learning Hebrew

Rabbi Mark S. Golub introduces the JBS series “From The Aleph Bet” by illustrating why Hebrew is a much easier language to learn than English, and how Hebrew words often convey Jewish values. For anyone of any age who wishes to read and understand Hebrew. Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am

Hebrew: From The Aleph Bet - 1

Learn your first three Hebrew letters and read the most important word in the practice of Judaism. For anyone of any age who wishes to read and understand Hebrew, download Lessons and Worksheets free at jbstv.org/From The Aleph Bet. With Mark S. Golub. Monday – 9:30am & 5:00pm; Tuesday – 7:30pm; Thursday - 1:30pm; Friday - 5:30am

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Singer Julie Budd

Singer Julie Budd and cast members from the Yiddish production of “Fiddler On The Roof” are Jake Ehrenreich’s guests on JBS’s new series, “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with Jake’s inducting Sid Caesar into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Taped before a live audience at the Triad Theater in Manhattan. Monday - 2:00pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Mike Burstyn and Shecky Greene

Jake welcomes star of stage, screen, TV and Yiddish theater, Mike Burstyn and great American comic, Shecky Greene who will also be Jake’s inductee into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Thursday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 6pm, 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 & 1pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11am & 2:30pm

For many year, the stones of the Kotel (Western Wall) have held many notes with prayers for health, love, success and all else. Now more than ever, those prayers can offer us comfort and solace. While the pandemic prevents us from traveling to Israel to visit the Kotel, you can still place a note between its stones through the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. Click here to compose a note. The Foundation will place your words among the holy stones and ensure your privacy is protected.

Just because you’re stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t tour some of the best Jewish museums around the globe. From New York City and Amsterdam to Montreal, Jerusalem and Toledo, see it all from your living room. Click here to get started.

As our nation continues to battle racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism during this pandemic, staying involved and engaged is more important than ever. AJC, a global Jewish advocacy organization, is presenting Advocacy Anywhere, a platform that helps you engage with experts on current issues, including anti-Semitism, extremism, BDS and human rights for all people. Click here to view videos, hear briefings from leading figures and connect with timely content from wherever you are through your computer, tablet or smartphone.

Gain a greater understanding of racial equality with Engage in Racial Justice, presented by The Jewish Federations of North America Jewish Together program. This website offers informative virtual classes, suggested readings and inspirational video. Click here to begin exploring.