Judaism, On Demand

Judaism, On Demand 2.0
Judaism, On Demand 2.0

If your family is anything like mine, you already have Judaism on demand.

Kugel recipes; memories of the Lower East Side; updates on the Brandeis art museum – I have it all push of a button: speed-dial to my 98-year-old great aunt, Jay, in Pompano Beach.

But for folks without an on-call source for Jewish book reviews (The Chosen was “wonderful”; Portnoy’s Complaint, “too filthy”), there's an alternative. It's called the Jewish Channel.

From http://www.tjctv.com/:

The Jewish Channel brings your culture home. Delivering hundreds of five-star movies, original news, cultural programming, and so much more, TJC gives you the opportunity to explore all that the Jewish world has to offer — from the comfort of your living room…TJC is Judaism, On-Demand.

I discovered TJC (which sits between between “WWE 24/7” and “Adult On Demand” on our menu) while searching for old episodes of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Intrigued by this new option, I clicked on the channel, only to be denied a minute later when I wanted to watch “Awake Zion,” a documentary about rabbis and rastafari. Turns out TJC is a premium channel.

So can anybody tell me about their stuff? Have you seen “Modern Jewish Mom” or “Rabbis’ Roundtable”? Is there a “Real World: Upper West Side” in the works?

Here in Rhode Island, as long as we’ve got Aunt Jay on the other line (“Have you been to the Jewish museum yet?”), my parents aren’t springing for Jewish HBO.

Judaism, On Demand 1.0
Judaism, On Demand 1.0

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