Howard on Wine

Howard Abarbanel Introducing Abarbanel Wines' 2007 Portfolio 

Introduction by Howard Abarbanel of Abarbanel Wines at Pre-Passover Wine Tasting Event, Pittsburgh, PA February 2007.

Pre-Passover Wine Tasting 2007 (Full tasting)

Pre-Passover Wine Tasting produced by Shlomo Perlman of Pinsker's in Pittsburgh, PA featuring the wine's from Abarbanel and Royal Wine Co. Tasting features Howard Abarbanel and also Jay Buchsbaum of Royal Wine Company.  Abarbanel and Buchsbaum were joined by a panel of Pittsburgh based wine critics who evaluated both portfolios.

Abarbanel Wines TV Commercial 1999 

30-second TV commercial made for the Passover 1999 season for Abarbanel brand wines. Written and produced by me. Features a jingle by "Shlock Rock" which is a riff of  their "Abarbanel" song parody.

More Howard Barbanel on TV

JNN World News "Desicion March '96 - Terror, The Golan, and Jerusalem" 

Written and produced by Howard Barbanel.  Anchored by Caroline Greenberg.  Features extensive coverage of Hamas suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as well as Yasser Arafat speaking in Arabic to an Arab audience about replacing Israel with Palestine.  Also features the case for retaining the Golan Heights and General Aharon Levran of Officers Forum for National Strength speaking to a gathering of the Likud USA Young Leadership about the dangers of the Oslo accords.

JNN World News featuring. Yitzhak Shamir, Ariel Sharon, Protests, V-E Day, 5/28/95 

Written and produced by Howard Barbanel, anchored by Shelley Kaminer, and including field reports from Caroline Greenberg.  Featuring former Prime Ministers of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir, Ehud Olmert and Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu, current Prime Minister of Israel.  Also features a look at the V-E Day 50th anniversary and interviews with four Holocaust survivors about their take on it.  The four survivors include Chaim Stern, George Meissner, Raabi Chaim Rozwaski, and Alex Friedman.

JNN World News "The Terror Process" 2/12/95, Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Anchored by Shelley Kaminer, written and produced by Howard Barbanel.  Interviews with Moshe Arens, former Defense Minister of Israel, Dan Meridor, former Israel Cabinet Minister and General Uzi Keren, member of Labor Party.  Features graphic footage of suicide bombings, and a report on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Also features Rabbi Avi Weiss and Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister of Israel.

TV Debate between Howard Barbanel representing Likud and a Peace Now leader, 1995 

Debate between Howard Barbanel and Mark Rosenblum, Political Director of Peace Now.  Shmoozing TV show in New York 1995.

Howard Barbanel on TV

JNN Evening News "Terror, Jerusalem and the Golan" 10/17/94 Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Featuring interviews with Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister, and Richard Hellman, President of the Christians' Israel Public Action Campaign (CIPAC). Also features Hamas terrorism in Jerusalem and the case for Israeli retention of the Golan Heights.

JNN Evening News "Peace With Jordan" 8/15/94 Produced and Written by Howard Barbanel 

Featuring highlights of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty, and graphic footage of Hezbollah terrorist bombings.  Includes interviews with Robert Weintraub, Vice President of Likud USA, and Richard Hellman, President of Christians' Israel Public Action Campaign (CIPAC).

JNN Evening News 7/18/94, "Arafat in Israel" Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Featuring Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu and interviews with Eliahu Ben-Elissar, and Dr. Heskel, Vice President of Likud USA.

Howard Barbanel Speaking at the Jabotinsky Yahrtzeit, 8/20/95 

Howard Barbanel speaking at the Ze'ev Jabotinsky Yahrtzeit, New York, NY, 8/20/95.

Howard Barbanel on TV

JNN Evening News "Israel After Arafat," Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 5/15/94

Featuring Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu and interviews with Ron Nachman, former mayor of Ariel, David Levy, mayor of the Jordan Valley Communities, and Chaim Saperia, Golan Heights Settlers' Council.

JNN Evening News "Defending Jerusalem & The Golan" 6/20/94 Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Featuring Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, Jeff Weisenfield for former Senator Al D'Amato, and interviews with Dr. Ken Kelner, Vice President, Public Affairs, Likud USA.

JNN Evening News "Baruch Goldstein and the Hebron Massacre" 2/13/94, Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Feauturing Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu an interview with Shawn Efrima, leader in the Jordan Valley Jewish Community.

JNN Evening News "Israel After Hebron" 3/13/94, Produced and Written by Howard Barbanel 

Featuring Rabbi Berel Wein, Yossef Ben-Aharon, the video "Gambling With Our Lives" and interviews with Steve Eisenberg and Beth Gilinsky.

Howard Barbanel on TV

Howard Barbanel on "Eyewitness Newsconference," 1995

Representing Likud USA

Howard Barbanel on CNN, November 1995

Representing Likud USA

Howard Barbanel on "Rivera Live" on CNBC, November 6, 1995

Representing Likud USA

JNN World News, October 1994

Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel

One of about two dozen Middle Eastern/Israeli news anthology programs produced and written by Howard Barbanel between 1991 and 1995. Broadcast originally October 1994.  This show features Howard Barbanel and Caroline Greenberg as co-anchors.

The Jewish Year in Review 1993, JNN Productions Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Round up of news and major events in Israel and the Jewish World in the year 5753.  Written and produced by Howard Barbanel.  Hosted by Nicole Adler Dicker and Shelley Kaminer.  Interviews with Ehud Olmert, Robert Weintraub, VP of Likud USA, Nechama Tec, author of "Defiance", and Beth Gilinskey, executive director of Jewish Action Alliance.

NYC Election October '93 Special 

JNN Election '93 Special Manhattan NYC featuring candidates for NYC's municipal elections.  Anchored by Caroline Greenberg.  Featuring interviews with Elaine S. Reiss, GOP Candidate for Manhattan Borough President, Michael Schlossman, City Council Candidate in the 6th District, and Howard Barbanel, City Council Candidate in the 9th District.

Jewish World Update Winter of 1991 

Typical weekly news program on the long since defunct Shalom America Cable Channel where I was an occasional co-anchor. Anchored by Howard Barbanel and Melody Gilbert.  Program features stories on Passover Seder costs, Schapiro's (now defunct) Winery on New York's Lower East Side, Michigan Neo-Nazis, Operation Dessert Storm (War in Kuwait).  Also featuring Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Henny Youngman, Raabi Alan Schwartz and Ohab Zedek about the Passover Holiday.

JNN Evening News 7/17/91, Written and Produced by Howard Barbanel 

Written and produced by Howard Barbanel.  Anchored by Howard Barbanel, Nicole Adler Dicker and Melody Gilbert.  Features Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of A.D.L, and Moshe Arens, former Defense Minister of Israel.  Also features a report about the Syrian Peace initiative, a review of the movie "Europa, Europa" and the plight of poor New York Jewish senior citizens. Interview with David Sacks, former President of UJA/Federation of NY.

Howard Barbanel Interviewed by Channel 4 News Miami, 1988 on the launching of Inside Books Magazine 

Howard Barbanel was Editor and Publisher of Inside Books Magazine.

Interview with Howard Barbanel, Publisher of Inside Books, 11/29/88 "Something on 17" WLRN-TV Channel 17 Miami 

Howard Barbanel interviewed by Don Webb on "Something on 17", November 29th, 1998 WLRN-TV Channel 17 Miami. Interview focuses on the launch of Inside Books and the state of the literary world, bestsellers and popular fiction among other genres of book publishing.

Miami Jewish Tribune Commercial, 1987. Produced by Howard Barbanel

Direct response TV spot for Jewish Weekly in Miami, written and produced by Howard Barbanel. Howard Barbanel was Editor and Publisher of The Tribune.

Howard Barbanel interviewed on The Shalom Show, 2/17/87 on Channel 39 WDZL Miami 

Barbanel is interviewed by program host Richard Peritz in his role as publisher of The Miami Jewish Tribune.  Wide-ranging conversation on the role of media in society, media bias against Israel and the state of American Jewry.