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WETA Extras

WETA Extra

Enjoy these on-air vignettes produced by WETA Television. The segments provide a local perspective on PBS programs or focus on interesting stories in the Washington area.

WETA Extras video segments are broadcast periodically on TV 26. You can also watch these videos anytime online by clicking below.

A video sampler

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Genealogy 101

WETA offers a primer in beginning your own family history project.

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New Yankee Workshop

WETA Extra interviews Master Carpenter Norm Abram, who discusses The New Yankee Workshop program and how it has developed.

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We Love Our Pets

WETA Extra shows that there is nothing too good for our pets! This lighthearted video from WETA TV 26 features three pet services that viewers may or may not have heard about.

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The Modern Jewish Experience

WETA follows a family from Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Virginia, one of the largest Jewish Reform congregations in the country.

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The Early Jewish Community

By the 19th century, a significant number of Jews were immigrating to and living in the United States. Thousands of patriotic Jewish citizens fought in the Union Army. So why, in the midst of the Civil War, did the government try to expel them from three states? And how did Washington, D.C.'s first synagogue help heal the scars of this discrimination?

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