Shalom TV Live Revolutionizes Jewish Television

Free "PBS-Style" Jewish Channel With Daily News From Israel & Many Original Series

First Week Includes Barack Obama, Ehud Barak, Glenn Beck, and Ed Koch

Also Available Online and iPhone & iPad

Imagine a channel on American television with delightful Jewish programming for children every morning and afternoon;

- a channel with a series following Jewish singles as they look for that special someone; and a series highlighting the most exciting moments of Generation Y in New York City;

- a channel with a daily newscast from Israel and interviews with the brightest and most articulate men and women on the world Jewish scene addressing the critical issues of importance to the State of Israel and world Jewry from a Jewish perspective;

- a channel that provides you with a front row seat at AIPAC's National Policy Conference; The General Assembly of Jewish Federations; URJ, ZOA, AIFL and FIDF Conventions and Galas; and a host of other exciting events at the center of Jewish life;

- a channel with Jewish Studies programs where you can learn how to read and understand Hebrew, study a page of Talmud, learn from rabbis at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, be introduced to the mysteries of Kabbalah, and hear the most dynamic rabbis of every movement of Judaism;

- a channel where Jewish celebrities talk about their own sense of Jewishness and the way their Jews backgrounds have influenced their work; and

- a channel of Jewish culture with a weekly series highlighting the hottest musical artists in Israel; Jewish authors; Jewish cooking; and an ongoing Jewish Film Festival featuring Israeli movies, Jewish documentaries and Yiddish classics!

Best of all, imagine that a channel with all this programming and more is available Free of Charge on cable television--and can be viewed online at www.shalomtv.com and on an iPhone.

Imagine no more--for on February 1, Shalom TV Live premieres, revolutionizing Jewish television.

Shalom TV Live's first week of programming includes President Barack Obama and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak addressing the Reform Movement's Biennial in Washington; Mort Klein and Glenn Beck speaking at the ZOA Dinner in New York City; interviews with former Mayor Ed Koch and long-time Obama supporter Alan Solow; and the opening episodes of Shalom TV's original series "From Date To Mate," "Muzika," "From The Aleph Bet," "Dimensions of the Daf," and "Rethinking Judaism."

Over the past few years, Shalom TV's Free Video On Demand network has become a major presence on the American Jewish scene with news-making interviews and a host of original programs. Currently available in more than 40 million American homes on every cable system in the United States, Shalom TV is viewed by hundreds of thousands of households--both Jewish and non-Jewish.

"We are absolutely thrilled to be launching Shalom TV Live," says network president Mark S. Golub, speaking from Shalom TV's New York studios. "As a live channel, Shalom TV will be able to address issues and events of Jewish importance on a daily basis and will have a dynamic presence that only live television can provide. Moreover, an extra dimension will be added to our public affairs programming as viewers will also have the opportunity to ask questions and enter into dialogue with guests via telephone."

Golub, named by Newsweek as one of America's most influential rabbis for his pioneering television work, also provides Russian language television to hundreds of thousands of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union through his Russian Television Network of America (RTN) which he launched in 1992. Creating Shalom TV in 2006 with television executives Bradford Hammer (PCN) and David Brugnone (Showtime), Golub describes Shalom TV as "a Jewish version of PBS television."

"Shalom TV is not a 'religion' channel," Golub explains. "It is a mainstream Jewish cultural channel that will excite anyone interested in Jewish ideas, events, history, culture and entertainment."

Showcasing the panorama of Jewish experience and the diversity of Jewish thought, Shalom TV has been embraced by Jews from every sector of the Jewish community--and by many non-Jews--who want to learn more about Jewish life, Israel, and the Jewish tradition.

A nonprofit network, Shalom TV's Board of Directors and Advisory Board comprise some of the Jewish community's most highly respected people, representing the broad spectrum of Jewish communal and political perspectives--including Elie Wiesel, Alan Dershowitz, David Harris, Malcolm Hoenlein, Daniel Pipes, Morton Klein, Ruth Messinger, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Rabbi David Saperstein, Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Rabbi Richard Hirsch, Rabbi Steve Gutow, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Dr. Charles Small, Dr. Steven Bayme, Dr. Steven Cohen, and Isi Leibler.

Shalom TV will be premiering on cable systems in New York City, Miami, and Pennsylvania. "Many cable systems and satellite providers have expressed extreme interest in adding Shalom TV because it provides quality HD programming that fills a void on American television today," Golub said. "And at a time when the Jewish community understands it is critical to reach and inform a broader audience, many cable systems will be adding our channel in the coming months."

If your cable system has not yet added Shalom TV Live, call your cable system to encourage them to do so. In the meantime, you can watch the channel on the Shalom TV Web site and on your iPhone and iPad. Viewers can also watch Shalom TV on cable systems' "Free Video On Demand." Simply visit the Shalom TV Web site to watch Shalom TV Live and view its weekly schedule; to find Shalom TV Video On Demand on your cable system; and to watch archived programs.

Rabbi Mark S. Golub
President & Executive Producer