A Story for Sukkot:  The Etrog, by S. Y. Agnon

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot is an 8-day holiday which begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the 15th of Tishri. The word “Sukkot” is the plural of “sukkah”, the temporary hut that is built for this holiday, … Leer más

The Day before Yom Kippur, by Sholem Aleichem

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each … Leer más

A Rosh Hashonah Story by Yente Serdatzky

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh Hashonah story. It’s called “Rosh Hashonah”, and was written by Yente Serdatzky. She was a Yiddish writer, who … Leer más

18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages, with Nora Gold

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did Nora Gold decide the order in which to put the stories in the book?

Dr. Nora Gold is a prize-winning author and the founder … Leer más

Jacobo Sefamí: Searching for Jewish Roots in Syria

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Syria in 2009?

Jacobo Sefamí is the grandson of Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Turkey and Syria to Mexico … Leer más

Dr. Jerold C. Frakes: Bovo-Bukh, a Medieval Yiddish Tale of Chivalry

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What popular Yiddish expression has its origin in the title of the medieval epic Bovo-Bukh?

Dr. Jerold C. Frakes is a professor emeritus of English at … Leer más

Jewish Food and its Links to Jewish Culture, with Joel Haber 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the economic situation in Israel in the 1950s cause Kurdish Jews there to modify the recipe of one of their traditional foods?

Joel Haber was … Leer más

Alcañices: A Border Town with a Jewish History, with Sergio Rodríguez

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did conversos in Alcañices put on their doorframes to cover the place where the mezuzah had been?

Dr. Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros is vice-rector of the … Leer más

Jews in Kobe, Japan, with S. David Moche

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chiune Sugihara and what did he do?

Kobe is a port city in the Kansai region of Japan on the main island of Honshu. An important city throughout Japanese history, Kobe also has a … Leer más

A Bukharan Jewish Odyssey, with Dahlia Abraham-Klein

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Dahlia’s family different from most Central Asian Jews who settled in New York?

Dahlia Abraham-Klein was born in New York into a Jewish family from … Leer más

Zamora Sefardí, with Jesús Jambrina

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the difference between zamorasefardi.com and zamorasefardi.es?

Zamora is the capital of Zamora province in the Castilla and León region of northwest Spain. It is about … Leer más

Performance and Jewish Heritage Tourism, with Dr. Mechele Leon

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is performance studies and how is it related to tourism?

Dr. Mechele Leon is Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, where she teaches theatre … Leer más

St. Augustine, Florida: The First Jews in North America, with Rabbi Merrill Shapiro

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why was the Spanish mission in St. Augustine, Florida called “Nombre de Dios” (Name of God)?

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro is the founder and Chairman of the St. … Leer más

The Catskills and the Mamboniks, with Lex Gillespie

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Our trivia question for this week is: What was the Palladium, and who went there?

Lex Gillespie is an independent producer and filmmaker. A Haverford College graduate, Gillespie began … Leer más

Bulgaria’s Jewish Community, with Maxim Delchev

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Shalom organization, and what do they do?

When people think of the Jewish community in Bulgaria, they often think of its history, both before … Leer más

The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, with Franciszek Bojańczyk

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why is the building that houses the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute unique and historically important?

The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and research institution … Leer más

Antisemitism in the U.S., with Alejandro Baer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia queston: Why is it difficult to decide on a definition of antisemitism?

Alejandro Baer is a Spanish sociologist and also one of the founders of Radio Sefarad. He … Leer más

EUCARE: Tackling  Security Challenges, with Program Director Yael Landman

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which countries are participating in the EUCARE project?

On April 27 we attended the virtual launch of the EUCARE project. The acronym stands for the Community Awareness … Leer más

Shavuot–Its Origins, Significance, Customs…and a Story

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why are dairy foods traditionally eaten on Shavuot?

Shavuot is the Hebrew word for “weeks” and refers to the Jewish festival marking the giving of the … Leer más

Jerusalem’s Sephardic Community, with Abraham Haim

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year did the great rabbi and philosopher Nachmanides, from Girona, Spain, arrive in Jerusalem and establish a synagogue, which revitalized the existing Jewish community there, and can … Leer más