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Web-based network offers viewers
a myriad of Jewish TV options.
50, who also is preparing for the
January public television broadcast of
The Jewish Americans, a series about
the 350-year saga of Jewish immigrants
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in the United States.
Kippur programming
"We are planning to grow our site
— including a live Kol Nidre
as the audience grows, become a plat-
service — will be shown on the Web
form for the new Jewish world and
this year as the new Jewish Television
create a global network. We expect
Network takes hold on the Internet.
to have all kinds of links, and we're
Religious ritual, however, remains
only part of the mix being set up for the encouraging Jewish organizations to
get into video."
Web site, www.jewishTVnetwork.com .
Although Sanderson had toyed with
The initiative, designed to attract
the idea of starting a Jewish network
people representing a wide range of
for television, his view changed with
ethnic interests and commitments,
the growing popularity of the Internet.
constantly offers Israeli newscasts in
A nonprofit site, the Jewish Television
English, fun celebrity interviews, eth-
Network is supported with Sanderson's
nic cooking presentations and infor-
business resources and donations
mative kids' entertainment among an
from philanthropic organizations.
array of ever-growing content.
"We wanted to reach the largest
While new material is being added
possible
audience, and we knew that
with each 24-hour cycle, earlier seg-
a
television
network on the Internet
ments can be accessed through the
could be created with a signifi-
site. Interactive components are being
cantly less investment of money," says
developed.
Sanderson, CEO and executive pro-
Jay Sanderson, a producer in
ducer of JTN/JTN Productions, which
California who also offers variety in
has created more than 700 hours of
his projects for television, is steering
television programming over 18 years.
the site for JTN Productions. He led
"We thought the huge library we
creative teams working on subjects
have
and all the material we are pro-
that include suicide bombers in No
ducing
would make us the best-situat-
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organization
to do Jewish television
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on
the
Internet.
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believe this is going
in New Jewish Cuisine.
to
be
self-supporting
when we get the
"We are experimenting with the site,
traffic
I
believe
we're
going
to get."
creating all kinds of content and mak-
While
news
broadcasts
go
around
ing quality the priority," says Sanderson,
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