‘Finding Your Roots’ explores Jewish genealogy
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2014
Singer-songwriter Carole King’s Russian grandmother barely escaped a pogrom that killed 32 of her neighbors.
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Calendar: January 18-24
Laura Donney
January 15, 2014
The acclaimed violinist conducts one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious orchestras through some Bach, Schoenberg and Brahms. Born in Tel Aviv, Zukerman trained at Juilliard before playing with the London Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
Jewish version of ‘Downton Abbey’
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2013
After numerous complaints about the hit PBS show “Downton Abbey” not having any Jewish characters, Downton makers Carnival Films has confirmed it is developing a similar show with a Jewish family, U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle reports.
PBS’ Iranian-American Story
Karmel Melamed
December 12, 2012
Following more than three decades of Iranians flourishing in the United States, a documentary titled “The Iranian Americans” offers a nostalgic look at how tens of thousands of immigrants resettled in America following the 1979 revolution in Iran. It will air Dec. 18 at 9:30 p.m. on PBS.
Is cutting Big Bird kosher?
Jewish Journal
October 29, 2012
When Governor Mitt Romney talked about ending funding for PBS – and Big Bird – during his first debate with President Obama, he was describing only one of the deep cuts in Romney-Ryan budget.
UCLA doctor focuses on children’s health In new PBS series
Tom Tugend
May 2, 2012
For the first time in U.S. history, the lifespans of today’s children will be shorter than those of their parents, thanks to the American way of unhealthy living.
Shoah week on PBS
Jewish Journal
April 2, 2010
The Public Broadcasting Service will offer U.S. television viewers a concentrated history lesson during Holocaust Remembrance Week, with seven films and documentaries on Jewish death and defiance in the past and on the genocides of the present.\n\nFour main films will be aired in prime time by 365 member stations, starting April 11 with a British version of \”The Diary of Anne Frank\” at 9 p.m. (check local listings to confirm date and time).\n
Film on Jerusalem Explores Beating Heart of 3 Faiths
Tom Tugend
March 25, 2009
In a medieval German map of the then-known world, the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia resemble a three-leaf clover whose leaves fuse at the navel of the universe, the holy city of Jerusalem.
PBS presents ‘God on Trial’ in Auschwitz
Tom Tugend
November 7, 2008
The prosecutor reads the charges against God: murder, collaboration with the enemy, breach of contract with His chosen people. Setting: A barrack in Auschwitz, with some 20 Jewish prisoners, half of whom will be gassed in the morning.
PBS documents struggles and successes of U.S. Jewry
Tom Tugend
January 4, 2008
Jewish life in North America was nearly aborted before birth when the governor of New Amsterdam sought to expel 23 Brazilian Jews, who landed at the southern tip of Manhattan in 1654.\n\nIn a petition to his superiors at the Dutch West India Company in Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant urged \”that this deceitful race… be not allowed to further infest and trouble the new colony.\”
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