A Cable to Jewish Life

2-CJ Crown Heights and Justice - "Norman Rosenbaum Speaks Out"
Share in the pain of a brother lost in the first pogrom in U.S. history. Learn what is being done to bring Yankel Rosenbaum's assassin to justice. This event has stirred up what is otherwise a model integrated community. Even after this tragedy, Crown Heights stands tall as the world headquarters of the Lubavitch movement.
3-CJ A Prophecy about Gold and Diamond Mines
With a blessing from the Rebbe, Rabbi J. Gutnick discovers that Jewish diamonds are forever. Guests include Rabbi Gutnick (Australia), Ed Eshuys (Australia), Dr. Luc Rombouts (Belgium), and financial talk show host Bill Bresnan discuss the incredible diamond and gold find. The Rebbe's blessing and diamond mines discovery turned Rabbi Gutnick into one of the biggest philanthropists in the world Jewish community.
17-CJ A Chasid, a Jew, a Black
Take in the story of Israel Francis, a man who shares his Torah, his passion, his family roots, and his singular experience inside the Jewish community. This story breaks down stereotypes of blacks and Jews.
33-CJ Waters of Purity - "The Mikvah Revisited"
Jewish women learn why Jewish survival depends on Jewish family life, and why family life depends on the mikvah (ritual bath), respect for women, and self-discipline. This time-honored way of Jewish life is the talk of guests Sarah Karmely and Susan Raven, who discovered the mikvah after 26 years of marriage. Her motivation: to purify her children. The mikvah's still waters run deep for all Jewish women--and will purify the souls of you and all your children.
44-CJ The Rebbe (5) and the Judge
What's it like to be an Orthodox Jewish Judge sitting on the New York State Supreme Court bench? Listen in, as Judge Jerome Hornblass discusses his meetings with the Rebbe and his impact on urban USA. Hear Judge Hornblass's mind-blowing reaction to the Rebbe, who said to him: "Be not afraid to help a Jew--and be a Jew."
51-CJ Good Old-fashioned Matchmaking in the '90s
Time and again, today's matchmakers--with their undeniable success rate--prove why "a person's mate is from the Holy One." Judge Lee First, Lou-Ella Merin and Sue Robbins discuss the age of AIDS and the revival of matchmaking. Find out all the advantages and safety of the old-fashioned shadchan (matchmaking) for today's singles.
52-CJ Turn Friday Night into Shabbos
Did the Jews preserve the Sabbath or did the Sabbath preserve the Jews? Find out the eternal truth about yourself. Let the Jew in you become a light unto the world. Rabbi Efraim Buchwald of the National Jewish Outreach Program is the creator of the "Turn Friday Night into Shabbos" Program, which reintroduces the Sabbath to Jews. Other guest, Larry Diamond, who discovered the Shabbos late in life, tells you why he wouldn't miss a Shabbos for the world. Watch this one with your best friend--your Jewish soul.
54-CJ The Shaitel - "Wigs"
Hair today, hair tomorrow. George Mayer of Jacqueline Wigs and noted lecturer Tzivia Jacobson tell how the wig is an integral part of the Jewish women's dress code and the wig's popularity in the world of fashion. You may even flip your wig over this show. How about a big wig in Hilary fashion?
58-CJ Jewish Media
Extra! Extra! Find out why a people without reliable news is, sooner or later, a people without freedom. Jacob Klass of The Jewish Press discusses the responsibility Jews have to one another and why we need Jewish media, especially in these turbulent times, and why the Jewish media is the vital link to the worldwide Jewish community.
65-CJ Jewish Life After the Holocaust"
Rabbi Israel Miller tells us what it was like being a Jewish American chaplain in an army of gentiles, and what it's like now. He discusses the positives of Jewish life and the U.S. presidents who helped Jewish causes. Hear about the astounding prediction the Rebbe made in 1965 re the former Soviet Union--26 years before it happened!
69-CJ A Chasidic Couple in Government and the Military
The genius of the Rebbe strikes again, as he directed Rabbi Jacob Goldstein to join the New York Army National Guard's U.S. military efforts in Granada and Desert Storm--and the rabbi's influence on Jewish soldiers. Rabbi and Seema Goldstein also talk of parks, public service, and what they mean to a better Jewish life. A winning video.
70-CJ Kosher Vitamins
Does shark cartilage sound tasty? Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman of Freeda Vitamins don't think so. They created kosher vitamins for those who are conscious of their bodies and souls. They also discuss a cancer prevention pill that has been created as a result of strict adherence to Jewish dietary laws.
71-CJ Kosher Consumer Advocate
You see "K" on products all the time, but does "K" really mean kosher? And what about all those other 177 kosher symbols? How does a consumer separate fact from fiction? Rabbi Yosef Wikler of Kashrus Magazine and Kashrus FAXletter shares his experiences as the Ralph Nader of the kashrus industry, protecting the consumer from kosher food fraud.
74-CJ Rich Help for Poor Brides - "Ten Yad"
"The reward for lending a helping hand to a needy kallah (bride) for her wedding is everlasting," say Leah Gurary and Esther Caplan of Keren Ten Yad Hachnosas Kallah. Eileen Fischer shares the difficulties of putting together a wedding with little money and the dignity and joy when helped out by organizations like Ten Yad.
76-CJ 100 Years in America - "The Kramer Family Reunion"
Milton Kramer and Avery Neumark talk about how the Kramer family helped establish Agudas Chasidai Chabad, the first Lubavitch organization in America. Their efforts helped rescue the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe from Soviet prisons. They also help save him from the Nazis and helped bring him to freedom in America, and so much more. Now all the Kramer descendants meet to celebrate their first 100 years in America. A fascinating story of Jewish heroism.
93-CJ Heart to Heart (1) - "Perfect Jewish Souls in Imperfect Bodies"
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Goldstock tells how he organized Heart to Heart as the result of his own daughter born with Down syndrome. Hear how Torah inspiration has helped many families to have the courage and insight to keep such children in their homes and raise many to lead normal lives. Learn about the miracle that happened in Deal, New Jersey.
102-CJ Yemenite Jewry (1)
Sampson Giat, president of Yemenite Jewish Federation of America, reveals the story of the Yemenite children who disappeared in the early 1950s, and how some of them are reemerging in Israel today.
103-CJ Yemenite Jewry (2)
Sampson Giat and scholar Hadar Zabari talk about Yemen, the oldest known Jewish community in the world, which traces its roots to the first Holy Temple. Now these Yemenite Jews are living today in Israel, with their ancient customs and traditions.
112-CJ Marriage - "The Torah Way"
What is it about marriage and why is it even more necessary when children are involved? Educators and mothers Chana Sharfstein and Nechama Heber talk about Torah-based marriage, the good old-fashioned way, a garden that needs tending and love, in which Torah values supply the water. An eye-opening invitation to marry and raise children that works and lasts a lifetime.

113-CJ Kosher Historical Spain
About Sephardic Jews' endless love affair with Spain, and why many Jews are rediscovering so much of their own Jewish way of life in the towns and cities where their ancestors once lived and bloomed before 1492. Noted lecturer Chana Scharfstein takes you on a kosher and educational tour of Spain. Hear about those famous Jewish names--Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi, Abarbanel, et al.-- who were once Spaniards. See loads of footage, including the first synagogue ever built in Madrid, the famous Jewish Quarter in Seville, and Gibraltar, the Crown Colony that rests on the Sabbath.
114-CJ Kosher Scandinavia
About Sephardic Jews' endless love affair with Spain, and why many Jews are rediscovering so much of their own Jewish way of life in the towns and cities where their ancestors once lived and bloomed before 1492. Noted lecturer Chana Scharfstein takes you on a kosher and educational tour of Spain. Hear about those famous Jewish names--Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi, Abarbanel, et al.-- who were once Spaniards. See loads of footage, including the first synagogue ever built in Madrid, the famous Jewish Quarter in Seville, and Gibraltar, the Crown Colony that rests on the Sabbath.
122-CJ Heart to Heart (2) - "The Upside of Down Syndrome"
Hear how Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Goldstock of "Heart to Heart" successfully placed a school-age girl with Down syndrome into the Orthodox yeshivah program--a first in Jewish history--and the amazing thing is that it was his own daughter. Be mystified no more as Dr. Goldstock tells you about the upside of this much-misunderstood illness and discusses the Torah principles that Heart to Heart uses to help "save perfect Jewish souls in less than perfect bodies" from a fate of many extremes called Down syndrome.
126-CJ The Chosen Road - "Of Converts and Conversions"
Author Rabbi Herbert Bomzer of Young Israel discusses the new converts to Judaism, one-time gentiles now with the Good Jewish Housekeeping Seal of Orthodox Approval. Along the way, we meet some of the most famous Jews in history who were converts or descended from such.
128-CJ What's Right About Circumcision!
"There's not a shred of evidence that a bris milah performed by a professional mohel has caused one single death or uncontrollable hemorraghing," says Rabbi Eliyahu Shain, a veteran mohel for the past 25 years; he has performed an amazing number--17,000--brisim. Find out also the facts about the bris as the "Covenant with G-d," as Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky takes you to the cutting edge of this controversial subject.
131-CJ Finding the Woman of Valor
You can look here, there, everywhere, but you'll save lots of time listening to book publisher Rivkah Zakutinsky and early childhood expert Susan Raven, herself a subject of the Woman of Valor book, tell how to find and how to become a woman of valor. Once you see this show, never again will you think that women in Orthodox Judaism play secondary roles. For Jewish women, this is a feel-good experience. For the men in their lives, it is a way to appreciate their wives even more.
142-CJ Abraham's Tent Still Lives!
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch! Thirty yards from the Western Wall, a modern-day Abraham and Sarah, Rabbi Yechiel Koslovsky and his wife Esther, have set up a free hospitality center, "Abraham's Tent," and are feeding hundreds of people--rich man, poor man, Torah scholar, soldier and whomever--Shabbat meals fit for a Jewish king. Find out how Abraham's Tent is forcing all Israel to take a good new look at an old tradition--ahavas Yisrael.
146-CJ Rabbi "Kofs" Up Kosher for Passover
If you are determined to have everything you eat kosher for Passover and want to feel squeaky clean as you march out of Egypt to the Promised Land, then listen to Rabbi Harvey Senter of Kof-K Kosher Supervision point out the fine points of keeping kosher for Passover. "Just because a product does not have pork listed in the ingredients doesn't make it kosher, and even if the ingredients are all kosher, you may still have a problem with equipment," counsels Rabbi Senter. Find out lots more about Passover.
150-CJ Celebrating Yiddish Journalism (1)
Right from the outset of the English/Yiddish newspaper, the Algemeiner Journal, Gershon Ber and Tzivia Jacobson, founder and co-founder, knew their paper couldn't fail. "After all," said the Jacobsons, "we had the Lubavitcher Rebbe's personal blessing and encouragement." Hear the Jacobsons, in their own words, tell you why and how this Yiddish newspaper has continued to break the inside stories of all the important events in Jewish history since 1972.
151-CJ Celebrating Yiddish Journalism (2)
Again join Gershon Ber and Tzivia Jacobson, co-founders of the trail-blazing Yiddish/ English newspaper as they discuss their Yiddish writers and columnists and the so-called "tricks of the trade" in uncovering such barely known stories about funding for American yeshivas and why they feel it's important to have Algemeiner Journal writers on both sides of the so-called peace talks in Israel.
152-CJ The Real Secrets of a Jewish Education
With Rabbi Josef Rosenfeld of Oholei Torah Lubavitch school in Crown Heights as our guide, we take you along an astonishing journey of a Jewish educational institution that began 42 years ago with 3 students in a basement and now is dedicating its newest wing of a institution, whose critics once said, "It won't last two weeks!" If you've ever been on the fence about giving your own children a Jewish education, this is the show that will set your own Jewish soul on fire, as far as that subject goes. Find out the real Hebrew secrets that make a yeshiva-educated child tick.
154-CJ Yemenite reunion (1)
Do you want high drama and excitement, sensationalism, the human quest for discovery of self, a totally satisfying TV story about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's emphasis on loving one's fellow Jew, and how "A Cable to Jewish Life" played a major role in helping to reunite at least one Yemenite woman, missing from Israel since birth 47 years ago, suddenly discover her real family and Jewish roots through watching, in her own words, "my only Jewish connection in the world at the time--'A Cable to Jewish Life.'"
155-CJ Yemenite reunion (2)
The lost Yemenite child, Mrs. Tsila Levine, continues with her extraordinary story how she, with no one else to help her except Sampson Giat, president of the Yemenite Jewish Federation of America, two heroes of a living miracle, struggled and dared to hope to reunite with her biological family in Israel--the first of thousands of Yemenite babies since 1950 finally reunited with her mom and sisters. Hear how "A Cable to Jewish Life," thanks to the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe with his emphasis on ahavas Yisrael, played a major role in bringing this about.
156-CJ "This Land Is Ours!" (1)
What it is like for Jews living in Hevron, surrounded by millions of Arabs who have been taught to hate Jews--even to kill them--and go to heaven for their murderous actions--if they get the chance, heaven forbid! What sense of fairness can a Jew expect from the heads of the Hevron Palestinian forces who are named Abu Hitler or nicknamed Eichmann? Hevron citizen Baruch Marzel discusses life in Hevron, what's really going on between Jews and Arabs, and tells why Jews feel safer in Hevron than most Americans do in their own cities.
157-CJ "This Land Is Ours!" (2)
Baruch Marzel, the official keeper of Jewish monuments in the "territories" otherwise known as Judea and Samaria, takes us on the journey our forefather Abraham took from his hometown to "Israel." This same path was taken by the Israelites and Joshua as they went forth to inherit the Promised Land, and still later, as King David did, journeying from Hevron to Jerusalem to establish the house of David. The cost of your travel ticket: the price of this video!
158-CJ Mmmm, That Chanukah Food!
In honor of our Chanukah heroine, Yehudit, and all the heroines in our long Jewish history, we offer a cooking lesson for mouth-watering Chanukah foods prepared at the Kosher Tea Room, all of which you can prepare in great style and delight in your own home. Along the way, we play with dreidles, light the menorah, give out gelt, and kick up our feet in dance. Join us.
159-CJ Dance a Happy Chanukah with Piamenta
Immerse yourself in the "Dream of Redemption" a musical venue of the Days of Moshiach composed and performed by our guest, musician Yosi Piamenta, who truly stages a holy jam session singing songs of Chanukah, songs that fill every sense of the victorious spirit of all Jews at this very special time. This is the family show with lights, food, Jewish family scenes, Chanukah treats of Crown Heights and all of Israel living in the time of Redemption--now!
160-CJ Discover Crown Heights
This is the very Crown Heights you've long heard about, and now you too can get a close-up view where the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, has set up his worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, after the Holocaust, to rebuild Judaism via more than 2,000 Torah, Jewish outreach, and social centers around the globe; the ideal place to raise and educate large Jewish families; with Kingston Avenue as its main commercial hub; where one of the most elegant mikvehs for women stands on Union Street; and where heaven and earth virtually come together; and much more.