TORONTO – Hosted by Canadian poet Ieden Wall (above), Canada’s newest late-night talk show, Canadian Jewish TV, kicks off Thursday October 1st at 11:30 p.m. on Rogers Communications’ multicultural broadcaster OMNI 1.
The show will feature interviews and performances from some of Canada’s most notable Jewish figures, and in keeping with Wall’s background, CJTV will also feature a spoken-word short-film series based on new poems from Wall’s upcoming book, The Wisdom of the Wall 2. His first book of poetry, Wisdom of the Wall sold over 30,000 copies.
“With the loss of established Jewish media like The Canadian Jewish News, CJTV is aiming to fill the void with a ‘traditional’ style Jewish show that avoids getting hung up on extreme sides of the political spectrum,” reads the press release.
“When you are doing a show like this, you can’t please everybody, so my objective with CJTV is to do a show that my Bubby would be proud of,” said Wall in the release. “My Bubby Bella escaped Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, but not without her share of violent anti-Semitism. She was not orthodox in the pure sense, but she lit the Shabbos Candles and taught us all to be proud of our Jewish heritage. This show is for her.”
The guest lineup for season one includes Robert Lantos, Paul Godfrey, Mark Breslin, Dan Shulman, Libby Znaimer, Heather Reisman, and an appearance from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
