JBS Highlights Feb 8 – Feb 14: Black History Month; Disability Inclusion; Final YU Macs Games; And More This Week on JBS

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In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Shira Koch Epstein

Abigail Pogrebin speaks with Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein - educator, communal leader, and Executive Director of Atra, the Center for Rabbinic Innovation - whose work spans congregations and creative Jewish learning, and who led a landmark study illuminating the current state of the rabbinic profession.

Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm

Tue - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am

Wed - 5:00am; Thu - 2:00pm

Friday - 4:00pm; Sat - 7:00pm

A Special Look with Teisha Bader: Meredith Polsky

Teisha Bader is joined by Meredith Polsky, Executive Director of Matan and the national leader in Jewish disability inclusion to discuss the importance of creating Jewish spaces where people of all abilities can learn, pray, celebrate and belong.

Monday - 8:30pm & 11:30pm

Tue - 2:30am, 7:30am & 11:30am

Wed - 5:30am; Thu - 2:30pm

Sat - 7:30pm

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm

In honor of Presidents' Day, Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm offers insight into the role of Jewish thought on faith, history, and values in America, from its founding until today, and reframes Israel education for Christians.

Tuesday - 7:00pm

Wednesday - 2:00am & 10:00am

Thursday - 5:00am & 7:00am

Friday - 9:00am & 8:30pm;

Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Yeshiva University Basketball

Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins visit the Yeshiva University Maccabees live from the Max Stern Athletic Center.

Tuesday - 8:00pm LIVE

Sarah Lawrence Gryphons visit the Yeshiva University Maccabees live from the Max Stern Athletic Center.

Saturday - 8:30pm LIVE

For Heaven's Sake: Election Currents

With Israel again facing elections, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi examine political stalemate, the politics of exclusion, and new Arab party alliances, offering a clear-eyed look at where Israeli politics stands and where it may be headed.

Tuesday - 11:00pm

Wednesday - 4:00am, 11:00am & 5:00pm

Thursday - 10:00am

Saturday - 5:00pm

Defending Israel with David Harris: Ambassador Daniel Meron

David Harris is joined by Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel Meron on Defending Israel.

Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm

Thu - 4:00am, 1:00pm, 5:00pm & 6:30pm

Friday - 5:00am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Saturday - 8:00pm

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: Weekly Sermon

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch delivers a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

Wednesday - 7:30pm & 10:00pm

Thu - 1:00am, 4:30am, 1:30pm & 5:30pm

Friday - 5:30am & 4:30pm

Saturday 4:30am

Fighting Antisemitism - The ISGAP Hour

Dr. Charles Asher Small delivers a keynote at the European Parliament in Brussels examining antisemitism and the demonization of Israel on European university campuses.

Wednesday - 8:00pm

Thursday - 2:00am & 11:00am

Friday - 4:00am & 7:00am

Totally Booked with Zibby Owens: Mitch Albom - Twice

Zibby Owens is joined by bestselling author Mitch Albom to discuss his novel Twice, a time-bending story of regret, love and second chances.

Thursday - 7:30pm & 10:00pm

Friday - 1:00am & 1:30pm

Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Jewish Identity and Leadership

Jonah is joined by Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh of American Jewish University, nonbinary Jewish activist and community engagement leader Matthew Nouriel and Iranian-American attorney and media executive Mandana Rivka Dayani.

Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm

Fri - 2:00am, 10:00am, 2:00pm & 9:30pm

Saturday - 5:00am & 10:30pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Jerusalem Minute

JNS Bureau Chief Alex Traiman and journalist Josh Hasten break down the week’s events in Israel, offering clear, timely news and analysis on the Jerusalem Minute.

Monday - 7:00pm

Tuesday - 10:00am & 1:00pm

Wednesday - 7:00am

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern: Iran is Chasing its Tail

Micah Halpern argues that unpredictability from Trump and Netanyahu has left Iran off balance and scrambling to respond.

Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm

Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

ILTV News and JBS Daily News Updates

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

Monday - Thursday at 6:00pm & Friday at 5:00pm; ILTV News Sunday 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

Beit Ruth Village

Susan and Michael Ashner, the founders of Beit Ruth Educational & Therapeutic Village, the long-term therapeutic residence and school for abused and at-risk girls in Israel, are joined by executive director of Beit Ruth, Danielle Burenstein, to discuss the evolution of the village and their important work.

Monday - 9:00pm

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

The Second Sun

Film Director Jennifer Gelfer and male star John Buffalo Mailer discuss their feature film The Second Sun, the poignant story of a “b'shert" romance between a survivor and a lost soul in

post - World War II New York City.

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

Saturday - 6:00pm

Jerome Chanes on JFK and Israel

Professor Jerome Chanes of the Center for Jewish Studies at CUNY's Gradate Center discusses the profound positive impact President Kennedy had on U.S.-Israeli relations.

Wednesday - 9:00pm

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

Dr. Aaron Ben Ze'ev

For Valentines Day, Dr. Aaron Ben Ze'ev, former President of the University of Haifa, professor of philosophy and author of Love Online, sits to discuss the psychology of love.

Thursday - 9:00pm

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

JEWISH STUDIES

The Weekly Parsha on JBS: Mishpatim

Rabbinic luminaries Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin offer

timeless wisdom from the Torah portion, guiding life and learning for the week ahead.

Parsha Mishpatim centers on the obligations that hold a society together, translating values into concrete acts of justice and care.

Monday, Thursday & Saturday following from Jewish 101

Friday - 5:30pm & Saturday - 1:30am & 12:30pm

Dimensions of the Daf - Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

In Self Defense

The Talmud's approach to a person's obligation to defend oneself, including the notion of justifiable homicide

Sunday - 9:00am

Monday - 4:00am

Get A Rabbi

The importance and subtleties of Torah study, according to Jewish tradition, is examined in a Talmud lesson entitled "Get Thee A Rabbi" hosted by Rabbi Mordechai Becher.

Sunday - 9:30am

Monday - 4:30am

Jewish 101 - Jewish Tradition and Midrash with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

First Relation

What is the first evil of human existence and what is at the heart of being

a complete human being? These are questions addressed in the Jewish reading of Genesis Chapter 2 in an ongoing study of Jewish values.

Monday - 9:00am & 4:00pm

Thu - 9:00am & 4:00pm; Sat - 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

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