Retirees and Seniors: Find Joy in a Conversational Yiddish Course

A five-session, Zoom conversational Yiddish course will start on Monday, July 8 to benefit the retiree and senior community. This will bring tremendous joy and happiness to many Floridians.

United Jewish Generations, a Chabad organization for retirees and seniors, is offering this special course on Zoom. Sign up below or at JewishRetiree.com or call (954) 458-6000. The course is limited to 30 participants. $50 Early-Bird price and scholarships are available. Sign up today!

• No Travel Necessary
• Discount for Retirees
• Enhance Your Cognitive Health
• Meet New Friends

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT

Yiddish, the Lingua of Nostalgia Yiddish holds a special place in the hearts of many elderly Jewish individuals. For these seniors, Yiddish is more than just a means of communication; it is a vital link to their cultural heritage and communal history. For many elderly Jews, Yiddish connects them to the rich tapestry of Yiddish literature, music, and theater. Engaging in conversations or listening to Yiddish songs and stories allows seniors to relive their past, and ensure that their cultural heritage endures.

Thursday, July 25, 7-9 PM

The Latin American Task Force invites the community to a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building, the center of the Jewish community in Buenos Aires and the deadliest antisemitic attack outside Israel since the Holocaust.

The event features Special Guest Speaker David Harris, a lifelong Jewish activist who led the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and has been described as the “Dean of American Jewish organizations.” Also in attendance will be Marcelo Gilardoni, Consul General of Argentina in Miami.

Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Avenue, Aventura

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On JBS: Celebrating Shavuot; Torah Giants; Nightingale of Iran; Four Big Jewish Questions

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

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Celebrating Shavuot

TUESDAY

4:00pm Four Big Jewish Questions (1): Pluralism

5:30pm L'Chayim: Genius of Midrash

6:00pm (Live) Shavuot Services: Central Synagogue Encore 10:00pm

7:30pm Shavuot Services: Hampton Synagogue Encore 11:30pm

8:30pm Jewish Insights: "Torah Giants" - NEW

9:30pm L'Chayim: David Hartman z"l

WEDNESDAY

6:00am-9:00am Jewish Insights: "Torah Giants" - Marathon

9:00am Creating Art from Torah Texts

9:30am (Live) Shavuot Services: Central Synagogue Encore 1:00pm

11:00am Shavuot Services: Hampton Synagogue Encore 2:30pm

12:30pm L'Chayim: Genius of Midrash

4:00pm Four Big Jewish Questions (2): Love Your Enemy?

5:30pm Four Big Jewish Questions (3): Strife and Reconciliation

7:00pm Shavuot Cooking: Cheese Blintzes (Culinary Judaics Academy

7:30pm Shavuot Services: Hampton Synagogue Encore 11:30pm

8:30pm People of the Book: Rabbi Sacks z"l

9:00pm L'Chayim: David Hartman z"l & The Genius of Midrash

10:00pm Four Big Jewish Questions (4): God

THURSDAY

6:00am Jewish Insights "Torah Giants"

7:00am Human Equality in Torah

8:00am L'Chayim: Ten Commandments

9:00am Jewish 101 for Shavuot Encore 1:00pm

10:30am Rabbi Telushkin: Torah Values

11:00am Shavuot Services: Hampton Encore 2:30pm

12:30pm People of the Book: Rabbi Sacks z"l

4:00pm-8:30pm Four Big Jewish Questions - Marathon

Fighting Antisemitism – The ISGAP Hour: Pedagogy

Lessons centered on how to teach about antisemitism and hate are offered by Devin Randolph, (Claflin University) and Katya Gibel Mevorach (Grinnell College)

Sunday - 7:00pm Monday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 1:00pm Tuesday - 5:00am Friday - 4:30am

Culinary Judaics Academy: Shavuot Cooking - Cheese Blintzes

CJA chefs Danny and Zoey make cheese blintzes with apple topping for Shavuot, wrapping their cooking lesson in the lessons of Torah and the harvest holiday that celebrates receiving the sacred tradition at Mt. Sinai.

Sunday - 10:00pm Monday - 1:00am, 3:30am & 8:30pm Tuesday - 7:30am & 11:30am Wednesday - 7:00pm

In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Jewish Braille: Nightingale of Iran

Sisters Danielle and Galeet Dardashti join Abigail Pogrebin to discuss their documentary podcast series, The Nightingale of Iran, in which they reveal painful secrets and explore why their family left Iran in the 1960s at the height of national fame.

Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Friday - 4:30pm & 9:30pm Saturday - 7:00pm

Four Big Jewish Questions for This Moment

Lesson 1 - Is Pluralism Really A Jewish Value?

Leading New York Rabbis Joshua M. Davidson (Temple Emanu-El) and Chaim Steinmetz (Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun) explore the Jewish value of pluralism, with moderator Abigail Pogrebin in a program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

Tuesday - 4:00pm Wednesday - 1:00am Thursday - 5:30pm Saturday - 10:00pm

Lesson 2 - Is it A Mitzvah To Love Your Enemy?

Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Jewish Education Project) and Rabbi Shai Held (Hadar Institute) grapple with the Jewish notion of loving your enemy, in this class from the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center moderated by Abigail Pogrebin.

Wednesday - 4:00pm Thursday - 1:30am & 7:00pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Lesson 3 - Strife and Reconciliation: How the Joseph Story Informs Our Time

Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch (Stephen Wise Free Synagogue) and Sharon Kleinbaum (Beit Simchat Torah) look at themes of strife and reconciliation as seen through the Joseph story, in a Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center class moderated by Abigail Pogrebin.

Wednesday - 5:30pm Thursday - 3:00am Friday - 10:00am

Lesson 4 - Putting More God In Our Lives

Rabbis Ben Spratt (Rodeph Sholom) and Elliot Cosgrove (Park Avenue Synagogue) join Abigail Pogrebin to discuss the essential question of adding more God into daily life, in this class from the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

Thursday - 4:00pm Friday - 1:00pm

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Book of Ruth with Yael Ziegler

(Torah Giants Part 5)###

Justin is joined by international Bible scholar Yael Ziegler, author of Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy, to discuss why most Jewish communities read the book of Ruth on Shavuot, and explore the story’s meaning and relevance today.

Tuesday - 8:30pm Wednesday - 12:30am , 7:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Listen to this and other episodes of Jewish Insights as a JBS podcast!

Defending Israel with David Harris

Longtime Jewish frontline activist and JBS strategic analyst David Harris is joined in conversation about the Hamas-triggered war with Israel.

Thursday - 8:30pm & 11:30pm Friday - 2:00am, 5:30am, 8:30am, 12:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 5:30pm

NEWS & FEATURES FROM ISRAEL

Shavuot Schedule

ILTV News and News Updates

ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader

Monday at 6:00pm & Friday at 5:00pm

On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l, celebrating Tora and Jewish peoplehood##

Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments and the Jewish notion of miracles are discussed by educator and writer Sara Esther Crispe and Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman of the Westchester Jewish Center.

Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm
Thursday - 8:00am Saturday - 6:00pm

Rabbi Norman Cohen - The Genius of Midrash

Using some of the Torah's most well-known stories, Norman J. Cohen, rabbi, professor of midrash, and former provost at HUC-JIR, illustrates the way in which Jews have read and understood the Bible through interpretative stories of the rabbis.

Tuesday - 5:30pm Wednesday - 3:30am & 12:30pm & 9:30pm

David Hartman z"l

Rabbi David Hartman z”l of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem speaks on the giving and receiving of the Torah at Sinai and how the Jewish tradition rejects fundamentalism.

Tuesday - 9:30pm Wednesday - 3:00am & 9:00pm

Mike Burstyn - Azimuth

Star of stage, screen and Yiddish theater Mike Burstyn talks about his theatrical journey, his feelings for Israel, and his first feature film, ‘Azimuth,’ about an Israeli and Egyptian soldier after the 6-Day War.

Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Not Taken Literally

Rabbi Becher looks at the Jewish tradition's insistence that not every passage in the Torah and Talmud is to be taken literally.

Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am

Say Cheese

For the holiday of Shavuot, where cheese and dairy are customarily enjoyed, a discussion of the way the Talmud deals with milk and cheese as illustrative of Jewish values.

Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am

Jewish 101

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Torah Response

A look at various midrash and at Abraham Joshua Heschel's notion that the Torah is the Jewish People's “response” to revelation.

Monday - 9:00am Thursday - 9:40am Saturday - 1:00am

At Sinai

A fascinating look at how various rabbinic midrash answer the question: What Really Happened At Sinai?

Thursday - 9:00am & 1:00pm

Torah Poetry

Is the Torah "poetry" according to the Jewish Tradition? And what is the "essence" of Torah?

Thursday - 1:40pm

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned

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

Closed Captioned

9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles

11:00am & 2:30pm

Vlada Barash, Special Projects Manager

JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3fulltime television channel

201-334-2510

Website: www.jbstv.org

On JBS: Israel Parade LIVE; Yitz Greenberg; Nova Exhibit; Jerusalem Day & Six-Day War

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

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Israel Day on Fifth – LIVE

Instead of music or a spirit of celebration, this year the world’s largest annual expression of solidarity for Israel will emphasize security and cries to bring the hostages home.

Sunday (LIVE) - 12:00pm Monday - 12:00am

In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Jewish Braille

Abby Pogrebin speaks with Batya Sperling-Milner, the Torah student who made Jewish history when she became the first blind student to chant her bat mitzvah parsha in an Orthodox shul using a braille Torah Scroll.

Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 10:00am, 4:00pm & 9:30pm Saturday - 7:00pm

Eye on Israel: The Nova Exhibit

Millet Ben-Haim, a survivor of the Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival, joins Shahar Azani to share her story and discuss the Nova Music Festival Exhibit that is currently traveling across the US showing the horrors of October 7th.

Monday - 8:30pm &11:30pm Tuesday - 2:30am, 7:30am & 11:30am Wednesday - 5:30am Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm

Fighting Antisemitism – The ISGAP Hour

Israeli historian and author Benny Morris gives a lecture at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute entitled "A New Look at the 1948 War"

Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am & 10:00am Thursday - 4:30pm Friday - 4:00am & 7:00am

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Yitz Greenberg on Israel Salanter and the Mussar Movement (Torah Giants Part 4)

Rabbi Yitz Greenberg joins Justin to discuss the life and legacy of Rabbi Israel Salanter (1810-1883), founder of the Mussar movement (Jewish character development). Together, Rabbis Greenberg and Pines created a translation of and commentary on Rabbi Salanter’s seminal work, Ohr Yisrael and Other Writings.

Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 4:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am, 2:00pm & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

Micah Halpern examines Hamas's use of not only physical attacks but psychological warfare to terrorize Israel.

Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30am & 5:30pm

Defending Israel with David Harris

Longtime Jewish frontline activist and JBS strategic analyst David Harris is joined in conversation with Shahar Azani discussing recent events.

Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 4:30am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:30pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm

FIDF Live Briefing: Terrorism Law

FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by attorney Richard D. Heideman who discusses the history of terrorism focused at Israel, holding sponsors of terror legally accountable, the cases being brought in regards to the October 7th Hamas attacks, and more.

Thursday - 6:30pm & 10:00pm Friday - 1:00am, 5:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

ILTV News and Daily News Updates

ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader

Mondays-Thursdays at 6:00pm & Fridays at 5:00pm

Good Week Israel

Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support

Mondays at 6:30pm

Insider

ILTV reports and interviews

Tuesdays at 6:30pm

On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l

Avi Perry

Former Israeli intelligence expert and author of 72 Virgins, a novel that draws on his experiences with terrorism, Avi Perry recounts his experience serving in the IDF during the Six-Day War of June 1967.

Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Yossi Klein Halevi###

American-Israeli journalist and author of Like Dreamers Yossi Klein Halevi discusses the history, impact and implications of Israel’s dramatic military victory that changed the map and Jewish self-identity.

Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

6-Day War Roundtable

Abe Foxman, Thane Rosenbaum, Eric Yoffie and Betty Ehrenberg reflect on the Six-Day War's impact on Jewish life, and discuss the ongoing repercussions of Israel’s military victory.

Wednesday - 9:00pm
Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Danny Ayalon

Former Israeli U.S. Ambassador Danny Ayalon recalls what It was like to be a young boy in the harrowing days preceding the Six-Day War, and the euphoria that followed.

Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Our Historic Homeland

Rabbi Becher explores Talmudic evidence of how the Jewish people have had a connection to the Land of Israel for thousands of years.

Sunday - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Jewish 101

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Standing at Sinai

In anticipation of Shavuot, this lesson is a fascinating look at how various rabbinic midrash answer the question: What Really Happened At Sinai?

Monday - 9:00am Thursday - 9:00am Friday - 1:00am

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned

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

Closed Captioned

9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles

11:00am & 2:30pm

Vlada Barash Special Projects Manager JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3fulltime television channel 201-334-2510 Website: www.jbstv.org

Thursday, June 13, 6:30 PM on Zoom

Designed for caring adults with LGBTQ+ young people in their lives, join Keshet for a training on the basics of building LGBTQ+ equality and belonging. Learn how you can be an advocate for your loved ones, even if you’ve never done advocacy before!

Presented by Tracey Labgold, Florida Education and Training Manager.

Zoom link will be sent before the program.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

On JBS: Lag B'Omer; Memorial Day; Saperstein & Troy-A Great Jewish Debate; Torah Giants

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

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A Great Jewish Debate: Jewish Values and American Politics

Rabbi Saperstein & Dr. Tevi Troy

With a momentous 2024 election approaching, two of American Jewry’s most prominent social policy thinkers, Rabbi David Saperstein and Dr. Tevi Troy, come together in the spirit of Eilu v’Eilu (principled disagreement) to debate the most contentious topics of our times and explore how to forge a Jewish path to bipartisan cooperation and tolerance. A program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City.
Sunday - 7:30pm & 11:00pm Monday - 7:00am, 10:00am, 4:30pm Tuesday - 1:00pm Thursday - 7:30pm Saturday - 3:30am & 10:00pm

Remembering the Family Store

A nostalgic documentary featuring families and small businesses that contributed to the beloved community of Stamford, CT circa 1940-1965, from their peak years as the center of downtown business through the early years of urban redevelopment. Sunday - 9:00pm Monday - 2:00am Tuesday - 9:40am Wednesday - 4:00pm Thursday - 10:00am

In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin

Dreyfus Affair (Maurice Samuels)

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Maurice Samuels, author of a biography which analyzes Alfred Dreyfus’s complex relationship to Judaism and antisemitism and illustrates the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world. Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 4:00pm & 9:30pm Saturday - 7:00pm

Fighting Antisemitism – The ISGAP Hour

Freeman and Elman

Author Ben M. Freeman addresses the phenomenon of internalized anti-Jewishness in his talk on “The Impact of Jew-Hatred on Jews,” and professor Amy Elman (Kalamazoo College) lectures on “All American Antisemitism through Replacement Feminism.” Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am & 10:00am Thursday - 4:00pm Friday - 2:00am & 7:00am Friday - 2:00am

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines

Nehama Leibowitz and Studying the Torah with Smadar Rosensweig

(Torah Giants Part 3)###

Justin Pines is joined by Jewish educator and Tanakh lecturer Smadar Rosensweig (Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University), to explore the impact and legacy of one of the world’s most influential Torah scholars, a woman who shaped the trajectory of Torah study, Nehama Leibowitz. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 4:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am, 2:00pm & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

Looking ahead to a safer and better Israel, Micah Halpern calls for a thorough investigation into October 7, and for the State Comptroller to hold accountable those responsible for the security failures. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 2:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30am & 5:30pm

Defending Israel with David Harris

Longtime Jewish frontline activist and JBS Strategic Analyst David Harris discusses how the big lessons of the 1930s are incredibly relevant today. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 2:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm

Rabbi Hirsch##

Climate Change on American Campuses

Rabbi Hirsch reminds his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that the climate change on American campuses has been incremental, and that it is not too late to reverse the catastrophe. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 10:00pm Thursday - 1:00am, 7:30am & 2:30pm Friday - 5:30am & 11:00am Saturday - 1:30am

In The News

ICC Decision

Shahar Azani speaks with Arsen Ostrovky, human rights attorney and the CEO of the International Legal Forum, about the ICC's decision to seek the arrest of Israel’s leaders alongside the leaders of terror group Hamas. Thursday - 6:30pm & 10:00pm Friday - 1:00am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

ILTV News and Daily News Updates

ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader Mondays-Thursdays at 6:00pm & Fridays at 5:00pm

Good Week Israel

Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support Mondays at 6:30pm

Insider

ILTV reports and interviews Tuesdays at 6:30pm

On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l

The Second Sun

Filmmaker Jennifer Gelfer and actor 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.
Sunday – 12 Noon
Tuesday - 9:00pm
Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Michael and Shannon Taylor

Holocaust survivor and war veteran Michael Taylor is joined by his son Shannon as he shares his remarkable story of escaping concentration camps, rescuing fellow Jews, sailing to Palestine and fighting in the Haganah in the Independence War. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel

Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, now 94 years old, spoke with Mark in 2019 about leaving Austria during World War II, his relationship with Vienna, and his life work studying the mind, memory and the brain. Wednesday - 9:00pm
Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

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, as described in his autobiography The Courtroom is My Theater. Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Marriage - Lag B'Omer

Rabbi Becher explores the notion of marriage in this episode he calls "Eight Blessings One Wedding," based on Talmud tractates Kesuvos 7 and 8. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Jewish 101##

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

The Shabbat

Begin the study of the values and world view of the Jewish Tradition by exploring a fascinating wrinkle in the Ten Commandments. Monday - 9:00am

Creation Part 1

Explore the values of Torah through the rabbinic midrash (interpretation) to The Story of Creation (Genesis Chapter 1), and learn why the Jewish tradition does not read the story literally. Monday - 9:30am Thursday - 9:00am Saturday - 1:00am

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned 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

Closed Captioned 9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Vlada Barash Special Projects Manager JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3fulltime television channel 201-334-2510 Website: www.jbstv.org

On JBS: Time's Echo; The Zohar and Lag B'Omer; Is the Golden Age of American Jewry Ending?###

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

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In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin

Jeremy Eichler - Time’s Echo

Winner of this year’s top prize for the National Jewish Book Award, Author Jeremy Eichler joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss Time’s Echo, which was named History Book of the Year by The Sunday Times. It chronicles how four iconic classical composers responded to war, horror, and memory.

Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am & 7:30pm Thursday - 4:30am & 2:00pm Friday - 10:00am & 9:30pm Saturday - 7:00pm

Fighting Antisemitism – The ISGAP Hour

Challenges of Technology

Lev Topor (Senior Research Fellow, Center for Cyber Law and Policy at the University of Haifa), speaks about “Challenges and Complexities of Combating Antisemitism in a Digital and AI-Empowered World."

New Premiere Night! Moving from Sunday 7pm to Tuesday 7pm

Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am & 10:00am Thursday - 4:00pm Friday - 2:00am

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines

The Zohar with Daniel Matt (Torah Giants Part 2)

Justin Pines is joined by scholar and educator Dr. Daniel Matt to explore his definitive, award-winning translation of the Kabbalah’s primary text, the Zohar, and the holiday of Lag B’Omer which commemorates the yahrtzeit of the Zohar’s author and primary subject, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 4:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am, 2:00pm & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

Amid ongoing antisemitism and protests, Micah Halpern offers reassurance that the Jew haters may have loud voices but they are a tiny group who will not succeed.

Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30am & 5:30pm

Defending Israel with David Harris

JBS Strategic Analyst David Harris speaks candidly about American Jews under assault - what is the battle plan?

Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 4:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm

Global Connections with Robert Siegel

Is the Golden Age of American Jews Ending?

Robert Siegel examines the state of American Jewry today with Franklin Foer (National Correspondent, The Atlantic), Leonard Saxe (Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University), and Pamela S. Nadell (Jewish Studies Program Director, American University). A program of AFRMC.

Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 2:00am & 10:00am Friday - 7:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Covenant, Land, Power, and Responsibility

Rabbi Ethan Tucker (President and Rosh Yeshiva, The Hadar Institute) offers sources, framing, and reflection on contemporary questions of Jewish power and responsibility and the land of Israel.

Thursday - 7:30pm & 11:00pm Friday - 2:00am & 10:30am

NEWS & ANALYSIS

ILTV News and Daily News Updates

ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader

Mondays-Thursdays at 6:00pm & Fridays at 5:00pm

Good Week Israel

Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support

Mondays at 6:30pm

Insider

ILTV reports and interviews

Tuesdays at 6:30pm

On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock - Jews in America

Professor of American Jewish History at Yeshiva University Jeffrey Gurock describes aspects of the Jewish experience in America.

Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Dr. Aaron Ben Ze'ev

For the holiday of Lag B'Omer, former President of the University of Haifa, professor of philosophy and author of Love Online, Aaron Ben Z'ev sits to discuss the psychology of love.

Tuesday - 9:00pm
Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

John Sterling

The retired voice of the New York Yankees, John Sterling talks about how he has become one of the most well-known and beloved play-by-play announcers in America today.

Wednesday - 9:00pm
Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Zach Iscol

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 how he feels now about military conflict.

Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Brutal Honesty, Loving Lies

Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains how the Talmud requires that honesty be tempered with love.

Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Saul and David

Rabbi Becher explores the different ways the Talmud views the first two kings of Israel, King Saul and King David, based on passages from the Biblical Book or Samuel.

Sunday - 9:35am Monday - 4:35am Tuesday - 9:35am & 5:35pm

Jewish 101

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Midrash

How do Jews read and understand the Torah? Why is rabbinic commentary, or "midrash," critical to knowing what the Torah "means?" Learn how understanding Judaism (through Torah) depends on midrash.

Monday - 9:00am Saturday - 1:00am

Shabbat

Begin the study of the values and world view of the Jewish Tradition by exploring a fascinating wrinkle in the Ten Commandments.

Monday - 9:30am Thursday - 9:00am Saturday - 1:30am

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned 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

Closed Captioned 9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Vlada Barash Special Projects Manager JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3fulltime television channel 201-334-2510

www.jbstv.org

Names, Not Numbers®

A film project by Hebrew Academy 8th Graders

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 @ 6:30 PM

Where: Hebrew Academy's Jacob C. and Dora Cohen Auditorium

2400 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33140

Participate in Shabbatot throughout the month of May

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, BeWell Miami is partnering with Miami-Dade synagogues and organizations for Shabbatot observance throughout the month of May that incorporate mental health and wellness conversations and activities.

Attend a Shabbat celebration at a synagogue, a partnering organization or host your own.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

On JBS: Live Ceremonies for Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut, Screams Before Silence, Campus Chaos, Bret Stephens with Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

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

SUBJECT TO CHANGE ALL TIMES ARE ET

Tune in 05/12 for special programming including live ceremonies for Yom Hazikaron from Jerusalem and New York City, and watch 05/13 as we transition from sorrow to live celebrations of Yom Ha'atzmaut, the holiday that recognizes the founding of the modern State of Israel.

Yom Hazikaron Ceremonies

Live from Jerusalem

Observe Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and others who have lost their lives in sacrifice for the Jewish State, with the official State Ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Sunday - 1:00pm (Live) & 8:30pm

Live from New York City

The soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the State of Israel and the victims of terrorist attacks are honored in this Memorial Day ceremony presented by the consulate General of Israel in New York and Temple Emanu-El.

Sunday - 7:00pm Monday - 12:00am & 6:30am

Yom Hazikaron / Ha'atzmaut - Live Tekes Ma'avar (Transition) Ceremonies

Live from Israel

From Mt. Herzl, Israel concludes Yom Hazikaron and transitions to Yom Ha’atzmaut with a ceremony that includes the lighting of torches by Israelis who’ve made an outstanding contribution to society and the Jewish people during this challenging year.

Monday - 1:00pm (Live) & 4:00pm

Live from New York City

And from Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York City, transition from commemoration to celebration with a ceremony that includes remarks from rabbis, music from cantors and The Zamir Chorale & Zamir Noded, conducted by Maestro Matthew Lazar.

Monday - 7:30pm (Live) & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 6:30am & 1:00pm

Screams Before Silence

Documentary and Discussion

The sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7th and the silence that followed is examined through interviews with eyewitnesses, released hostages, first responders, medical experts, and survivors in this must-watch documentary from Sheryl Sandberg.

And stay tuned after the film for a discussion moderated by Abigail Pogrebin from the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

Sunday - 2:00pm & 9:00pm Monday - 3:30am & 9:30am

Unpacked Israel

Yom Hazikaron - October 7 Heroes

The families of Yuval Solomon and Sahar Saudiyan, Israeli heroes who lost their lives on October 7th, recount the bravery of their loved ones and describe the tremendous legacies they leave behind.

Sunday - 4:30pm Monday - 6:00am, 9:00am & 7:00pm

FIDF Live Briefing

Yom Hazikaron

IDF Casualties Officer Maj. (Res.) Michal joins FIDF CEO Steve Weil to describe what Yom Hazikaron is like in Israel, what it means to the country, and why and how this year will be different than ever before.

Sunday - 5:30pm Monday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

ILTV Yom Ha’atzmaut

A special presentation for Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, with commemoration segments and interviews.

Monday - 6:30pm & 10:30pm Tuesday - 1:30am & 4:30am

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

Campus Chaos

Rabbi Hirsch cries out about campus antisemitism and urges his congregation to become actively involved in protecting the Jewish community from the radicalism that’s increasingly taking over American institutions.

Tuesday - 7:00pm & 10:00pm Wednesday - 4:30am, 9:00am & 2:30pm Thursday - 7:30am Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 1:30am

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines

Rav Kook and Religious Zionism, with Rabbi Zev Reichman (Torah Giants Part 1)

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the leading thinker of religious Zionism and a most influential figure in Israeli history, is the subject of exploration when Justin Pines welcomes Rabbi Zev Reichman (East Hill Synagogue, NJ) to discuss Rav Kook’s influence and how so many of his ideas were ahead of his time.

Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am, 2:00pm & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

Micah Halpern examines U.S. condemnation of Israel for civilian casualties and describes his frustration with U.S. hypocrisy.

Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 2:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30am & 5:30pm

Defending Israel with David Harris

IDF Reservist

JBS Strategic Analyst David Harris is joined in the studio by Moran, an IDF reservist, who shares her powerful experiences after being mobilized on October 7th and what followed.

Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 2:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 10:30pm

Fighting Antisemitism – The ISGAP Hour

Professor Assaf Zeevi (Columbia University Business School) and Katie (a senior at Columbia) discuss campus protests, antisemitism, the university's response, and a call for action, with ISGAP leaders Charles Small and David Harris.

Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 10:30am & 4:00pm Friday - 4:00am

Bret Stephens with Rabbi Hirsch

Rabbi Hirsch is joined by NYT columnist Bret Stephens to discuss the White House's Israel stance, American political trends that seem to be leaving Jews behind, and a new ideology that values identity and victimhood over character and achievement.

Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Friday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 7:00pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

ILTV News and Daily News Updates

ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader

Mondays-Thursdays at 6:00pm & Fridays at 5:00pm

On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l##

Esther Wachsman

Esther Wachsman, mother of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman who was kidnapped and killed by Hamas in 1994, talks about the failed rescue attempt to save her son's life and the ethical issues Israel faces.

Sunday - 6:00pm Monday - 2:00am

Abba Eban z"l

Abba Eban (1915-2002), best known for his years of service to Israel in the UN, recounts his involvement in the Zionist dream and the dramatic moments leading up to the creation of the modern Jewish State.

Monday - 3:00pm Tuesday - 12:30am & 5:00am Thursday - 9:00pm Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Witness to Statehood - Rochelle Etingin

For Israel's Independence Day, fifth generation Sabra Rochelle Etingin recounts her experience as a young girl growing up in Israel during the birth of the Jewish State of Israel.

Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 3:30am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Emanuel Aronson Rund

Filmmaker, journalist and historian Emanuel Aronson Rund shares personal memories of growing up in Israel during the 1948 War of Independence.

Tuesday - 9:00pm
Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Murray Greenfield

World War II veteran Murray Greenfield describes his participation in "Aliyah Bet", the operation which smuggled Holocaust survivors into pre-state Palestine in defiance of the British naval blockade.

Wednesday - 9:00pm
Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher##

Promise of Aliyah

Learn how the Talmud notes a man's obligation to have children, while for women it is a voluntary act.

Sunday - 9:00am

Motherhood

While the Talmud notes a man's obligation to have children, for women this is voluntary act.

Sunday - 9:35am

Historic Homeland

Explore Talmudic evidence of the Jewish people's ancient connection to the Land of Israel.

Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Jewish 101##

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Midrash

How do Jews read and understand the Torah? Why is rabbinic commentary, or "midrash," critical to knowing what the Torah "means?" Learn how understanding Judaism (through Torah) depends on midrash.

Thursday - 9:00am Friday - 1:00am

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned 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

Closed Captioned 9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Vlada Barash * Special Projects Manager *JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3fulltime television channel 201-334-2510 Website: www.jbstv.org