Join JBS CEO Rabbi Justin Pines as he offers his special 2026 Yom Kippur Message, which calls on all people to take action to bring more truth, or “EMET” in Hebrew, into our lives. *** JBS is a non-profit, Jewish educational television and multimedia channel made possible by VIEWERS LIKE YOU! **** Discover more JBS […]
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This Yom Kippur, Justin Pines welcomes back his teacher and rebbe, Rabbi Avi Weiss, for an hour-long journey through the holiest day of the Jewish year. Rabbi Weiss, founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (the Bayit) and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat, opens with a tefillah he wrote and recites […]
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Can God be vulnerable? National Jewish Book Award winner Gila Fine explores the stunning talmudic tale of Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha, who entered the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur and was asked by God for a blessing (Berakhot 7a). What does it mean for an omnipotent God to ask a mortal for help? Through […]
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The Talmud is the foundational text of Judaism — every law, every debate, every dissenting opinion preserved across 2,711 pages. For centuries it was accessible only to scholars. That is changing. Rabbanit Michelle Farber is the founder of Hadran and the host of Daf Yomi for Women, the first and only women’s daily Daf Yomi […]
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The Shema is Judaism’s most iconic declaration — six words carried across thousands of years, countries, and circumstances. Now, a bold new initiative is inviting a million Jews to reclaim them. Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, founder of New Jewish Outreach Program, and Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff, co-founder of Simchat Torah Challenge, join Rabbi Justin Pines to discuss […]
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How do we rebuild after shattering loss? Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, explores the landscape of grief, the weight of pastoral care & how a radically welcoming community can help heal personal & collective trauma.
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He rebuilt Jewish life post-Holocaust and advised world leaders, but the Lubavitcher Rebbe was also a profound counselor to the human soul. Rabbi Levi Shmotkin discusses how Rebbe’s private correspondences mapped out a framework for mental health.
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Rabbi Meni Even-Israel reflects on his father’s legacy and celebrates the release of the Steinsaltz Mishneh Torah.
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The legendary Auburn coach joins Justin Pines to talk about faith, basketball and why the Maccabiah Games in Israel matter now more than ever.
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Rav Tamir Granot on Israel after October 7th and the discovered journals of his fallen son Amitai, published as A Dreamer and a Fighter.
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