Overview

Shalom TV, Free on Demand, is the Jewish television cable network in North America. A mainstream network, it addresses the entire spectrum of Jewish life with cultural programming for the entire Jewish community. Shalom TV is available on cable providers serving more than 41 million homes in the United States and Canada. Many of its programs are also on its website.

The network is independent of any religious movement or organization. Shalom TV is a presentation of Jewish Education in Media (JEM), the independent, non–profit 501©3 organization devoted to the creation and distribution of Jewish educational programs through television and the Internet.

Cable companies that carry Shalom TV through their Free on Demand offering are: Comcast, Time-Warner Cable, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS TV, Bright House Networks, RCN, MetroCast, Blue Ridge Communications, Service Electric Cablevision, Armstrong, Buckeye Cablesystem, Frontier, Rogers, GCI, Service Electric Cable TV, Click! Networks and WOW!. More are expected in 2011.

History

Shalom TV began in July 2003. In August 2006 Comcast offered the Video On Demand television service in Philadelphia. It expanded to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD by 2007. In 2008, Comcast, the largest cable television provider in the United States, gave Shalom TV national distribution. The Network had expanded to 19 video distributors in more than 41 million homes in the United States and Canada.

Programming

Shalom TV programs are available all the time through video on demand.

Programs feature American, Israeli and Yiddish films; round table discussion of issues facing the Jewish community worldwide; Jewish Studies including the teaching of Hebrew and commentary on basic tenets of Judaism; children’s programs including Mr. Bookstein’s Store, Story Time and Agent Emes; 92nd Street Y programs; survivors of the Holocaust; Israeli and American Jewish cultural events, coverage of major Jewish organization events, interviews with leading figures on the world Jewish stage, music, cooking and Israel travelogues.

In 2010, High Holiday services were shown on television and the Internet with Hebrew, transliteration and English translation on screen for those unable to attend services and for the Armed Forces stationed abroad.

The original show for Jewish singles entitled, “Date to Mate”, a mockumentary about the dating scene, premiered in 2010.

External links

• Official Site