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Daniella Levy—Letters to Josep: Judaism, as told to a Christian friend
10 Tevet 5779 (18/12/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “Breaking Stereotypes and Bridging Differences”?
Daniella Levy is a writer and Hebrew-English translator. She was born in New York and immigrated to Israel with … Leer más
Bettina Caro, Sephardi Artist
4 Tevet 5779 (11/12/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What color do Sephardic Jews use to ward off the evil eye?
The Sephardi painter Bettina Caro was born in Casablanca and now works in a … Leer más
“Chanukah on a Ship to America”, by Sholem Asch
27 Kislev 5779 (04/12/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week is Chanukah, so we are going to celebrate with a Chanukah story.
Sholem Asch was born in Kutno, Poland, in 1880. In 1899 he moved to Warsaw, where he wrote stories, … Leer más
Jônatas Chimen Dias DaSilva-Benayon: A Crypto-Jewish Artist from Brazil
20 Kislev 5779 (27/11/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was the only member of Jônatas’s family who openly spoke with him about the family being Jewish, and what did his other relatives tell him?
Crypto-Jews in Latin America, with Genie Milgrom
13 Kislev 5779 (20/11/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Spain and Portugal at the time of the Inquisition, and what happened to them?
(NOTE: This is the second program … Leer más
KULANU (All of Us), with Bonita Sussman
6 Kislev 5779 (13/11/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is the oldest functioning Jewish community in the Western Hemisphere?
“Kulanu” means “all of us” in Hebrew. The organization was founded in 1994 to support … Leer más
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, with Anna Shternshis
28 Heshvan 5779 (06/11/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What criteria were used to choose which songs to include on this album?
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II is a recording of … Leer más
Olam Haba: The World to Come, with Conceptual Artist Daniel Solomons
15 Heshvan 5779 (23/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What happened when Orthodox Rabbi Mark Solomon told the Chief Rabbi that he was gay?
Daniel Solomons was born in Madrid in 1977 and grew up … Leer más
The ABCs of Prevention and Fitness, with Vicki Gold
8 Heshvan 5779 (16/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is residual air and where is it found?
Vicki Gold is a highly experienced physical therapist, presenter and educator. She is a graduate of Hunter … Leer más
Three Jewish Schools of Thought: Frankism, Hasidism and Haskalah, with Amelia Serraller
1 Heshvan 5779 (09/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – What percentage of the Polish population was Jewish before World War II, and what percentage of the Jewish population was Hasidic?
Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University … Leer más
Jewish History in Poland, with Amelia Serraller
24 Tishri 5779 (02/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year were Jews first given political rights by the Polish king?
Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University in Madrid, where she … Leer más
Margalit Matitiahu: Sefarad Ways and Life–Leon Reencounter
18 Elul 5778 (28/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is Agadán and what is its legend?
Margalit Matitiahu is an Israeli poet who writes in Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew. Since 1986 she has served as secretary-general of … Leer más
Spain’s Ancient Jewish Cemeteries, with Dominique Tomasov
11 Elul 5778 (21/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jewish cemeteries were there in Spain at the time of the Expulsion in 1492? And how many communities did they serve?
Dominique Tomasov … Leer más
Searching for Sephardic Roots, with Abraham García
3 Elul 5778 (13/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the main motivation that people have to research their possible Sephardic heritage?
A number of years ago we spoke with Abraham García who, using … Leer más
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, with Alfredo Alonso Estenoz
26 Av 5778 (07/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges refer to Israel in one of his poems?
Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentinian poet, essayist, and short-story … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (3/3): VI International Congress—Jews in the Kingdom of León
19 Av 5778 (31/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special Jewish connection is there between the cities of Zamora in Spain and Bragança in Portugal?
(This is the last in a series of three … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (2/3): History and Centro Isaac Campantón
13 Av 5778 (24/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the legend of the automaton of Tábara, a town in the Spanish province of Zamora?
(This is part 2 of a series of three … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (1/3): A Chronology and a Sage
6 Av 5778 (17/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the book that was written by Rabbi Isaac Campanton in the 15th century, and is still used for the study of the Torah today?
(This … Leer más
Sara Aharoni, Israeli Educator and Writer
28 Tammuz 5778 (10/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What educational program did Sara Aharoni develop for adults in Peru, and who participated in it?
Sara Aharoni was born in Israel in 1953. She worked … Leer más
Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part II: The Community Today
21 Tammuz 5778 (03/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what way was Iberica Films, founded by German Jewish refugee David Oliver in 1933, innovative?
This is the second of the two-part series that we … Leer más
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ACTUALIDAD
Especial noticias 23/11/2024
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Jorge Rozemblum
NOTICIAS CON COMENTARIO A DOS – El tema central de esta entrega antes de la entrada del shabat no podía ser otro que la orden de comparecencia ante la Corte Penal Internacional emitida para Netanyahu y Gallant, y … Leer más
CULTURA
La importancia de la Tnuá para las familias desde el 7/10
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Raquel Cornago
DESDE BARCELONA, CON BRIAN BLACHER – “Hoy más que nunca la Tnuá es una especie de regalo que solo tenemos durante unos años en nuestra vida”. Desde el 7/10 de 2023, el mundo de las Tnuot Noar, los … Leer más
VIDA JUDÍA
Sodoma y Gomorra: leyenda y verdad bíblica
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Jorge Rozemblum
HABLEMOS DE LA BIBLIA, CON IRIT GREEN – Génesis 19
24 Entonces Dios hizo llover sobre Sodoma y sobre Gomorra azufre y fuego de parte de Dios desde los cielos;
25 y destruyó las ciudades, … Leer más