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Cable adds Jewish channel

Lisa J. Huriash South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Shalom!

That’s the message Comcast digital customers are hearing now that a new network called Shalom TV has been added to the cable provider’s On Demand service.

The network features Jewish foreign films – most in Hebrew with English subtitles – as well as children’s shows, lectures and breaking news out of Israel.

Also spotlighted are Jewish authors, poets, artists and celebrities, along with an ongoing Israeli television series.

“This is American Jewish history in the making,” said Rabbi Mark Golub, the CEO of Shalom TV. “In America there has never been a Jewish television network offered by a cable provider.”

Golub said he expects the network will attract evangelical Christians, “an enormous non-Jewish population interested in Israel.”

He said Shalom TV will not have a religious slant.

“This is a mainstream Jewish cultural channel dealing with the panorama of Jewish life,” Golub said.

“We represent every movement of Judaism, we are not affiliated with any movement. This is not the equivalent of a Christian evangelical channel.”

So far, Shalom TV is available on Time Warner Cable only in New York and New Jersey.