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"Sometimes we need to -do post-
production work to get the show
ready to air," Levit said. "It's ideal that
we get the taping done in one night so
that the guests don't have to come
back."
Levit is looking forward to the
March and April shows, which will be
devoted to Jewish music, including an
interview with musician David Broza,

non-Jew. "I happened to be there tak-
ing my test one night when she was
short of crew members. She talked m
into helping and I've been doing it
ever since."
Grogan, whose day job is as a film
producer and freelance writer, has
used the opportunity to learn about
Judaism. ❑

ublic access television gives
just about anyone the
opportunity to put a mes-
sage across.
But, even though plenty of
Christian organizations take advantage
of the medium, there
was very little Judaic
content in what Geri
Levit was seeing five
years ago on her local
cable access channels.
So, she created the
first local synagogue
production company.
Five years later,
Levit remains Shaarey
00010D', ,,
Zedek Produttions'
permanent host and
producer. The shows
run monthly on
MediaOne, Time
Warner, TCI Cable in
Oakland County -
,
Booth -Com-
munications and
BI oom fi e ld '
Community TV.
"We talk a lot
about Israel and poli-
tics there, holidays
and music," said
Levit, who teaches
Hebrew school at
Shaarey Zedek. "I like
talking to people and
Geri Levit talks on the set with Don Cohen of the Anti-Defamation League.
am very political."
There have been
two annual themes: "Reflections on
airey e e Productions airs
the High Holidays" in September with and the holidays cif Purim, Passover,
kinonthly
on MediaOne (channel
Yom
Ha'atzinauil,
Yom
Hazikaron
and
Rabbi Irwin Groner, and a "Chanukah
18):
first
three Tuesdays of the
Yom
Hashoah.
Sing-Along" in December featuring
month at 7:35 p.m. and last three
In order for Levit to use the studio
Levit's fifth-grade ,class at Shaarey
Thursdays at 10:35 p.m.; Time
to produce the show, she needed to
Zedek.
Warner (ch. 12): 5 p.m. every
take a class to learn about the studio's
One of Levit's favorite shows, "Gas
hursday; TCI Cable: Fridays at
equipment. Her 15 volunteers also
Masks and Roses," was about the first
. in Oakland County (ch.
had
to
take
the
six-session,
weekly
items tourists received when they
\t ‘
.t.n. in
class.
landed in Israel during the Persian
4);
Five or six volunteers are needed for
Gulf War.
•
each show to work the cameras, han-
The monthly TV show is taped at
I s at 6 pm a. i n
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dle the audio, the lighting and the
the MediaOne studio in Southfield
ree
ys
of each
th
character generator, which puts the
two weeks before its scheduled broad-
month
at
9:36'a.in.;
Bloomfield
guests' names on the screen.
cast. The hour-long program usually
Community
TV
(ch.
11): second
"I've
been
doing
the
show
full-time
takes about three hours to tape.
Thursday
of
every
month
at 10
since
1994,"
said
Shaarey
Zedek
Monthly topics for the show are
p.m.
Productions
Director
Mike
Grogan,
a
planned through September.

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