Shalom TV Presents a "Panorama of Jewish Life"

October 20, 2006

Author: Kristin E. Holmes

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.projo.com/religion/content/shalom14_10-14-06_H42CJKQ.277b872.html

The door opens to Mr. Bookstein’s Store, and the children’s world inside seems to answer the following question: What if Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood were Jewish?

Shifra, Dara and the fuzzy puppet Fella sing about high holiday traditions and culture. The songs encourage children to learn Hebrew, with lyrics about words that begin with the letter “shin.”

It’s all part of a new cable network: Shalom TV.

Late last month, the pioneering Jewish television network was launched on Comcast in the southeastern Pennsylvania/Philadelphia and northern Delaware area, and on Blue Ridge Communications in the Poconos Mountains region.