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Jewish Women in America

Premieres on CUNY TV Monday September 20, 2004

Host Blanche Wiesen Cook Interviews notable Women about their Work and Heritage

Ronnie Gilbert, Amy Goodman, Ruth Gruber, Erica Jong, Ruth Messinger, Grace Paley, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Gloria Steinem are among the distinguished guests interviewed in the premiere season of CUNY TV’s (Ch. 75) newest public affairs series, Jewish Women in America.

Premiering Monday, September 20, 2004 as part of the station’s comprehensive celebration of the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America, the new series of half-hour interviews is hosted by CUNY Distinguished Professor Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the prize-winning multi-volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Jewish Women in America will air Mondays at 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and Sundays at 12:30 p.m.

Jewish Women in America is made possible by a grant from the Jewish Women's Foundation of New York. JWFNY's support also will allow the series to reach Jewish women and girls throughout the U.S. through distribution to Jewish community and educational centers via CUNY TV's Educational Outreach Initiative.

“The nearly 300 members of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York are proud to enable CUNY TV to shine a spotlight not only on the important contributions of Jewish women to American society, but how their Jewish values and faith motivated them,” said Betsy Miller Landis, president, JWFNY.

“It has been a privilege and an honor to interview these remarkable women,” said host Blanche Wiesen Cook. “Because of their splendid and various works, their lives of courage and vision, a theme of justice and hope has emerged for this series on Jewish women in America.”

Airdates and Guests (partial list):

Sept. 20 (also 9/26) Ruth Gruber (journalist and author)

Sept. 27 (also 10/3) Gloria Steinem (journalist, author and co-founder, Ms. magazine)

Oct. 4 (also 10/10) Ruth Messinger (president, American Jewish World Service)

Oct. 11 (also 10/17) Grace Paley (author)

Oct. 18 (also 10/24) Ellen Schrecker (historian, Stern College for Women, Yeshiva Univ.)

Oct. 25 (also 10/31) Letty Cottin Pogrebin (author; co-founder, Ms. magazine)

Nov. 1 (also 11/7) Amy Goodman (radio journalist, Democracy Now!)
RESCHEDULED - SEE BELOW
Note: All Nov. 1 scheduled programming will be preempted for CUNY TV's
special coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election

Nov. 8 (also 11/14) Erica Jong (author)

Nov. 15 (also 11/21) Rabbi Chava Koster (rabbi, Village Temple, New York City)

Nov. 22 (also 11/28) Jane Katz (swimmer/coach) and Eve Ellis (tennis player/coach)

Nov. 29 (also 12/5) Caroline Stoessinger (musician and musical director)

Dec. 6 (also 12/12) Claudia Dreifus (science writer, The New York Times; journalist)

Dec. 13 (also 12/19) Alison Bernstein (historian; Vice President, Ford Foundation)

Dec. 20 (also 12/26) Ronnie Gilbert (singer, The Weavers)

Dec. 27 (also 1/2/05) Amy Goodman (radio journalist, Democracy Now!)

Jan. 3 (also 1/9/05) Jewish Women in America Panel, featuring Elana Bekerman, Miriam Eljas, Blu Greenberg, Marilyn Neimark, and Alisa Solomon
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May. 2 (also 5/8) Debra Schultz (historian) and Dorothy Zellner (activist)

May 9 (also 5/15) Shera Aranoff Tuchman (physician and author)

May 23 (also 5/29) Kathy Engel (poet and founding director, MADRE) (over)

May 30 (also 6/5) Alice Kessler-Harris (historian, Columbia University)

June 6 (also 6/12) Phyllis Farley (founder, Doula to Accompany and Comfort)

June 13 (also 6/19) Ruth Gruber (journalist and author)

“CUNY Celebrates 350”

Jewish Women in America is part of television’s most comprehensive presentation of the history of Jews in America. In honor of 350 years of Jewish-American life, CUNY TV will present a variety of new series and specials as well as encore presentations of acclaimed programming reflecting the Jewish-American experience.

Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York

Founded in 1995, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY) educates and empowers its members and makes grants to non-profit organizations that address the needs of Jewish women and girls in metropolitan New York and Israel. JWF’s unique grant-making process involves its entire membership — every member has an equal voice, no matter what her level of giving. JWF has more than 250 members united by their commitment to control where their money goes and learn about the projects they are funding. To learn more about JWFNY, call 212.836.1478 or visit www.jwfny.org.

Credits

Senior Producer is Beverly Crane. Line producers are Nehama Miller-Kohn and Lauren Mucciolo. Consulting Producer is Leonard Fleischer. Executive Director for CUNY TV is Robert Isaacson.