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'''National Jewish Television''' is a three-hour Jewish television block shown Sundays on religious and [[public-access television]] [[cable TV]] channels in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Ain |first=Stewart |date=2002-09-29 |title=Telecare Cuts 75% of Jewish Programming |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/nyregion/telecare-cuts-75-of-jewish-programming.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mayer |first=Caroline E. |date=1984-02-05 |title=Religious Broadcasters: Beyond Pray TV |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1984/02/05/religious-broadcasters-beyond-pray-tv/ea006ed5-6539-4008-b6fc-4a805325816f/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> National Jewish Television was founded in 1979 by Joel Levitch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Joel Allan Levitch |url=https://www.yale64.org/remembrances/levitch.htm |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.yale64.org}}</ref>

== History ==
National Jewish Television was founded in 1979.

By 1984 NJT was being broadcast to 175 cable channels weekly.<ref name=":1" />

==Programming==
*''[[The Phil Blazer Show]]''—explains Jewish life in [[Los Angeles]] and abroad with Phil Blazer serving as host.
*''[[Hineni]] (started 1982)''—a half-hour program featuring [[Rebbetzin|Rebbitzen]] [[Esther Jungreis]] reading from a book in the [[Torah]] and emphasizing the portion.<ref name=":0" />
*''[[The Leon Charney Report]]''—an hour-long show featuring [[Leon Charney]] discussing politics and other current issues with many guests, mostly from [[New York City]].
*''[[L'Chayim]]'', with Rabbi [[Mark S. Golub]] interviewing various Jewish personalities and their ideologies.
*''[[A Cable to Jewish Life]]'', with Rabbi [[Josef Katzman]] interviewing many [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] Jewish guests, including [[Avraham Fried]], and their connection with [[Chabad-Lubavitch|Chabad]].

===Former shows===
*''[[Jerusalem on Line]]'' with [[Michael Greenspan]], talking about the happenings in [[Jerusalem]]. (Ended in 2002)
*''[[Jewish Spectrums]]'' which interviews various Jews and their accomplishments (Ended in 1995).
*''RTN'', otherwise known as ''[[Russian Television Network]]'', featuring an hour-long program for [[Russia|Russian]] immigrants. (Ended in 1998).
*''[[Talkline's Jewish Music Countdown]]' features various Jewish musicians and their music videos.''

== References ==
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{{Organized Jewish Life in the United States}}

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[[Category:Religious television stations in the United States]]
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