It's Happening In Miami

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

Yad VaShem Ceremony

The Fifth World Holocaust Forum’s ceremony from Yad VaShem in Jerusalem featuring remarks by Israeli Pres. Rivlin, PM Netanyahu and heads of state from France, Great Britain, Russia, Germany & the U.S; with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and Cantor Shai Abramson. Sunday - 12 Noon

Talmud: Morality In The Shoah

With the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Jan 27, JBS presents Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s (Gateways) review of Talmudic examples of how one maintains moral integrity and Jewish identity in extreme circumstances. Sunday - 9am; Tuesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7pm

Witness: Survivor Esther Geizhals

Esther Geizhals recalls her childhood in Lodz, Poland and the nightmare she endured throughout the Shoah -- from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen -- through liberation – to her creating a beautiful life and family in the United States. Sunday 3pm; Monday 10:30am

92nd Street Y: Rabbi Israel Meir Lau

Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Rabbi Meir Lau (formerly chief rabbi of Israel) describes his miraculous survival as a young child in Auschwitz and shares tales of his storied rabbinic career in conversation with Rabbi Menachem Genack at the 92nd Street Y.
Sunday – 8pm & 2am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday - 8pm & 1am; Saturday - 3pm

In The News: International Holocaust Remembrance

Amb. Ron Adam, Israel’s Ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda, discusses the significance & importance of the United Nation’s commemoration of “International Holocaust Remembrance,” held annually on January 27 marking the liberation of Auschwitz. With Shahar Azani. Sunday - 5:30pm & 11:30pm; Monday 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Concert: Hershtik & Stark

Cantors Netanel Hershtik and Yaakov Stark present an inspiring cantorial concert “The Music Lives On,” featuring classic melodies from pre-Holocaust Europe. In honor of “The March of the Living” from The Hampton Synagogue, Westhampton Beach, NY. Tuesday - 8 pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 2pm; Saturday - 7pm; Sunday – 3am

DL Conference: The Human Dimension

Alice Greenwald, Ivy Schamis and Dr. Ruth Westheimer discuss the ways in which antisemitism and hate affect average individuals. With Stephen Smith (Shoah Foundation) from 2019 ADL Conference “Never Is Now” from the Javits Center in NYC. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm

Adam Frankel: The Survivors

Author Adam Frankel (“The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance and Healing”) discusses the traumas of learning his father was not his biological father and of his family legacy as survivors. With Indra Nooyi by UJA-JCC of Greenwich, Ct at G’wich YMCA. Monday - 8pm & 1am; Wednesday - 2 pm; Saturday - 8pm & 1am

JLC Conference: Wisse & Hanson

Ruth Wisse (Distinguished Senior Fellow, TIkva Fund) discusses the threat of socialism in America; and Victor Davis Hanson (Military Historian, Hoover Institution) addresses Israeli exceptionalism. From the 2019 Jewish Leadership Conference on Jews & Conservatism, NYC.
Wednesday - 8pm & 1:30am; Thursday – 1pm

Jonathan Sacks

The former Chief Orthodox Rabbi of the UK, describes how meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Joseph Soloveitchik changed his life; his years as Chief Rabbi; and his evolution on Jewish pluralism.
Today (Sunday) - Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

Commander Lebovitz

Eugene Aryeh Lebovitz, commander of troops in Haifa during the 1947 War of Independence, reminisces about his survival at Auschwitz, his running the British blockade, and his ongoing work on behalf of Israel and Jewish life.
Monday - 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday - 3pm

Child of Buchenwald

Moshe Avital, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald to become one of the “Children of Buchenwald” (a ship which ran the British blockade of Palestine), describes his journey and his fighting with the Haganah in the War of Independence. Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

SJP Report

Founding Director and President of ISGAP Charles Small discusses his organization’s research on Students For Justice In Palestine (SJP) and the BDS movement, and the urgency of combatting antisemitism today.
Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday – 3pm

Daniel Pearl's Father, Yehuda Pearl

On the anniversary of the 2002 murder of his son, journalist Daniel Pearl, who ended his life with the words "I am Jewish," Yehuda Pearl talks about his own sense of Jewish identity and whether he sees himself as Abraham in the Akedah. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 2pm

Article Of Hope – Ilan Ramon

Documentary producer Dan Cohen talks about "An Article of Hope," his film on Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon carrying a small Torah scroll from Auschwitz into space before tragically perishing when the Columbia shuttle burned on re-entry, Feb 1, 2003. Thursday 10pm & 1am

Saturday: Israeli Films – Dorit Inbar

Dorit Inbar, General Mgr. of the New Fund for Cinema & Television of Israel, talks about the blessings associated with being a foster mother (for both her family and her foster son), and describes the creativity of the Israeli documentary film industry. Saturday - 6pm

From the Aleph-Bet: Lesson 14

Learn the Hebrew letters Final Nun and Tzadek. Monday - 9am & 4:30pm; Wednesday - 7pm; Saturday - 11am

JBS can be seen on DirecTV 388, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire 269, Blue Stream 110, Roku under "Educational" and streamed on jbstv.org

JBS TO TELEVISE FIFTH WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM"

FROM YAD VASHEM (Jerusalem, Israel)

Tonight (Thursday, January 23) 8-11pm ET

Tonight, January 23, from 8-11pm ET, JBS will be honored to televise the Fifth World Holocaust Forum’s ceremony, "Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism.”

The scheduled three-hour event will include speeches by Heads of State from France, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and Germany.

Israel's President Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will also address the gathering.

In addition, the program will feature remarks from the World Holocaust Forum Foundation President Dr. Moseh Kantor; Holocaust survivor and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau; and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.

The World Holocaust Forum will take place in Yad Vashem's Warsaw Ghetto Square on the Mount of Remembrance. A Memorial Torch will be lit by Holocaust survivors Rose Moskowitz and Colette Avital, Chairperson of the Center Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.

Cantor Shai Abramson will recite the El Maleh Rahamim memorial prayer followed by the recitation of the Kaddish, the mourner's prayer, by Holocaust survivor Naftali “Tuli” Deutsch.

The event will conclude with the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah.

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Friday, January 24, 2020 Services: 6:30 - 7:00 pm, Dinner: 7:00 pm. Adults: $15.00, Children Under 12: $10.00

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A fresh and innovative Jewish learning festival! Join us for an amazing day of Jewish learning, community, and FUN! Come spend the day with Limmud Miami on Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the FIU Kovens Conference Center from 11 am to 5 PM. You will experience a set of workshops and presentations with some of the world's most dynamic Jewish educators, performers, and teachers from South Florida and around the world. Limmud Miami offers a diverse experience, with a variety of educational styles, experiential workshops, text-based study sessions, meditation, and exhibits. These various concurrent tracks cover virtually the entire spectrum of Jewish expression in a single day! All tracks are open to all registered participants at any time. Registration Rates: Young professionals & College Students (18-25 years) $18 Adults (26+) $36 (pre-registration) Adults (26+) $45 (walk-in) Children and teens (3-17) FREE Kosher lunch available for purchase

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute

Commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday - 7:30pm & 2am; Wednesday - 1:30pm

Heschel & King-Susannah Heschel

Susannah Heschel, Prof. of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel, discusses her father's relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a philosophy of Jewish political action. From Center for Jewish History, NYC. Monday - 8pm & 1am; Tuesday - 2 pm

L’Chayim: Clarence Jones

As America honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his attorney and confidant, Clarence Jones, discusses the “I Have A Dream Speech;” describes how the Jewish community made the Civil Rights Movement possible; and condemns Black anti-Semitism and Palestinian violence. Monday - 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday - 3pm

Israel Briefing: Amir Ebstein

IDF Brigadier General Amir Ebstein, Commander of the IDF Northern Formation at the Lebanese border, discusses his initiative to include Israeli women as combat soldiers; the Hareidi draft; the Iranian threat; and terrorist warfare. With Benjamin Anthony. Tuesday - 7pm & 1am; Thursday - 1pm

ADL Conf: Embracing Diversity

A discussion of how more racially and ethnically diverse Jewish institutions address white supremacy. With Ella Adhanan (Silicon Valley Bank), Carly Pildis (Zioness), Yoshi Silverstein (Hazon), Julian Voloj (Be'chol Lashon) and moderator Liat Altman (ADL). From ADL’s 2019 “Never Is Now” Conference at the Javits Center in NYC. Tuesday - 8 pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 2pm

ZOA Gala: Danon/O’Brien/Pirro

Amb. Danny Danon, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, Florida Gov. Ron deSantis, Fox Host Jeanine Pirro, entrepreneur Bob Shillman & Chinese billionaire Bruno Wu headline the ZOA’s 2019 Louis Brandeis Award Dinner. With Mort Klein & Mistress of Ceremonies Rita Crosby.
Wednesday - 7pm & 1am; Friday - 1pm; Saturday - 7pm & 1:30am

Today (Sunday): Raphael Shore (Jerusalem U)

Rabbi Raphael Shore discusses his film-based organizations, “Jerusalem U” and “The Clarion Project,” and the work he is doing to educate Jews and to expose the dangers of Islamic extremism. L’Chayim with Mark S. Golub. Today (Sunday) - Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

Tuesday: Itamar Marcus

Itamar Marcus of "Palestinian Media Watch," which monitors what Palestinians say in Arabic on PA Television and the PA website, speaks to whether there is a "moderate" Palestinian leadership with which Israel can make peace.
Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

Wednesday: Jonathan Sacks

The former Chief Orthodox Rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, describes how meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Joseph Soloveitchik changed his life; his years as Chief Rabbi; and his evolution on Jewish pluralism.
Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3pm

Thursday: Attorney Jay Goldberg

Criminal law attorney and US Constitutional scholar Jay Goldberg discusses his career as both prosecutor and defense attorney in some of the nation's most high-profile cases described in his autobiography The Courtroom is My Theater. With Mark S. Golub. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 2pm

Saturday: Catch The Jew-Tenenbom

Journalist Tuvia Tenenbom discusses his break from his ultra-Orthodox childhood in B'nei B'rak, and the upsetting realities he chronicles in his book "Catch The Jew!" - conversations which show how Palestinians and Israelis are worlds apart.
Saturday - 6pm

92nd Street Y: Obama's Rabbi Cousin

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 - 8am & 2am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday - 8pm & 1am; Saturday - 3pm

In the News: World Zionist Elections

Herbert Block, Executive Director of the American Zionist Movement, describes how the World Zionist Congress elections are conducted and why they are important for world Jewry. With Shahar Azani.
Sunday – 5:30pm; Monday – 3:30am, 8:30am, 12:30pm

From the Aleph-Bet: Lesson 1

The Hebrew letters "Sin," Koof" and "Ion" are introduced.
Monday - 9am & 4:30pm; Saturday - 11am

Flamenco Sephardit will be performed on Sunday, January 26th at 7 PM.

Experience the intense passion of pure Flamenco fused with the Jewish Ladino tradition of Spain. Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show, VIP $65 includes first 5 rows seating, hors d’oeuvres, cocktail, meet and greet with cast.

www.flamencosephardit.com (800) 515-1831.

On Thursday January 23, 7:30 PM Temple Beth Am Pinecrest Florida Socol Family Speakers Series Presents: Yaakov Katz Editor in Chief Jerusalem Post: Shadow Strike:Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power. He will also address the current geo political as well as internal issues affecting Israel today. Free and open to the public. Book signing and reception to follow

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Proceeds to benefit the Jerusalmi Family Education Fund. RSVP NOW

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is joining our global Jewish community in response to the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck southwestern Puerto Rico on January 7 along with the ones that followed it in the consecutive days.

It is estimated that 2,000 people were displaced and are living in temporary shelters as a result of structural damage to their residences. While power has been restored to parts of the island, many areas remain without electricity. The government of Puerto Rico has identified the need for basic supplies such as water, food and medical supplies as well as tents and cots to assist with sheltering those displaced and water sanitation efforts.

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION

One hundred percent of all contributions will be directed to assist victims of the disaster relief fund you designate.

Donation checks should be mailed and made payable to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33137. Please note in the memo "Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief". For assistance, you may also call 305.576.4000.