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Jewish Artists Exhibiting in Madrid
1 Heshvan 5776 (13/10/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where and when was the organization AJAPE founded?
AJAPE is an association of Jewish artists which will be exhibiting at Espacio Ronda, a cultural center in … Leer más
The Workmen’s Circle’s I.L. Peretz “Shule”: Promoting Jewish Culture and Social and Economic Justice
24 Tishri 5776 (06/10/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the Workmen’s Circle Shule’s Bar and Bat Mitzvah program different from traditional programs?
The Workmen’s Circle or Der Arbeter Ring is an American Jewish … Leer más
Ilan Ronen: The Food Paradox
9 Tishri 5776 (21/09/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why is modern technology, such as drip irrigation actually bad for farmers in rural areas of Africa?
Ilan Ronen grew up on a … Leer más
Julia López Fuentes — AJC Fellows Program
18 Elul 5775 (01/09/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How long is the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program, and where is it held?
We recently spoke with Shiri Sandler, the US Director … Leer más
Al Gordon: WJPR Radio
11 Elul 5775 (25/08/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a “part-15” radio station?
Al Gordon has been in radio broadcasting for four decades. He began his career in Miami, later … Leer más
William Gertz Runyan: Yankev (Jacob) Botoshansky, a little-known Yiddish Writer
4 Elul 5775 (18/08/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where was Yiddish writer Jacob Botoshansky born, and why did he emigrate to Buenos Aires?
William Gertz Runyan is a graduate student in … Leer más
Dr. Aviad Moreno—The History of Moroccan Jews
27 Av 5775 (11/08/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews live in Morocco today?
Dr. Aviad Moreno is a member of the Jewish History Department at Tel Aviv University. … Leer más
Heidi Levine, Award-winning Photojournalist
20 Av 5775 (04/08/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What advantages do women journalists have over their male colleagues when reporting from conflict zones?
Heidi Levine was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Israel … Leer más
David Hatchwell—President of the Jewish Community of Madrid
13 Av 5775 (28/07/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the Jewish Community of Madrid do recently to show solidarity with the Christian communities in the Middle East and Africa?
David Hatchwell is President … Leer más
Rebecca Strong: Who is Mr. Plutin?
6 Av 5775 (21/07/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the “fifth line” on Soviet documents?
Rebecca Strong is a writer and painter. She was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated to the … Leer más
Dr. Jeroni Alsina–Shadows of Fire: Romance and the Greatest 20th Century Plot
28 Tammuz 5775 (14/07/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In which two countries were the greatest number of successful kidney transplants performed in the 1960s?
Dr. Jeroni Alsina is an eminent nephrologist from Barcelona. Between … Leer más
Father Gabriel Naddaf, Israeli Greek Orthodox Priest: Christians in the Middle East
20 Tammuz 5775 (07/07/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Christians are there in Israel, and where do most of them live?
Father Gabriel Naddaf is an Israeli priest of the Greek Orthodox … Leer más
Dr. Asher Maoz: Religious Freedom in the Middle East
13 Tammuz 5775 (30/06/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the different types of schools in Israel, and how is religion taught in them?
Dr. Asher Maoz is the Dean of the Peres Academic … Leer más
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, Holocaust Educator
7 Tammuz 5775 (23/06/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unique about Holocaust education in the state of New Jersey?
For more than 35 years, the charismatic rabbi, author and teacher, … Leer más
Manuel Mira, Novelist
30 Sivan 5775 (16/06/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where was the Danone (or Dannon) company founded and where was the yogurt sold at first?
Manuel Mira was born in Orihuela, Spain, in 1945. He … Leer más
The Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) and Auschwitz Jewish Center, with Shiri Sandler
23 Sivan 5775 (09/06/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the way the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York tells the story of the Holocaust?
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York … Leer más
Dr. Marcel Israel: Religious Communities in Bulgaria and Religions for Peace
16 Sivan 5775 (02/06/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where in Europe is Religions for Peace based, and what does the organization do?
Dr. Marcel Israel is a Sephardic Jew who was … Leer más
Dr. Marcel Israel: Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria
9 Sivan 5775 (26/05/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jews in Bulgaria were saved from the Nazis, and who was instrumental in saving them?
Dr. Marcel Israel is a Sephardic … Leer más
Irving Berlin, with Film Historian Philip Harwood
1 Sivan 5775 (19/05/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the first song that Irving Berlin wrote, and what prompted him to write it?
Philip Harwood is a film historian and … Leer más
Preserving “Yiddishkeit”–Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe: Lecturer and Author
24 Iyyar 5775 (12/05/2015) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMENEZ – This week’s trivia question: For how many decades was The Bintel Brief published in the New YorkYiddish newspaper Der Forverts?
Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe is a retired business … Leer más