Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part I: The History

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What book was found hidden in the wall of a building in Barcelona in 1846? And what does it tell us about the person who hid it there?

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David Hirshberg: My Mother’s Son

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did people in the United States realize about sports for the first time in 1952?

David Hirshberg is the pseudonym for an entrepreneur who prefers … Leer más

Rabbi Sonsino: The Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Concept of God in Judaism

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the people who wrote them?

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, … Leer más

Martina Lemoine: Dr. Angel Pulido and the Sephardic Cause

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was “the Sephardic cause” that Dr. Pulido championed?

Angel Pulido was a Spanish doctor and politician at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th … Leer más

Daniela Flesler: The “Rediscovery” of Spain’s Jewish Heritage

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was discovered in Lucena, Spain, in 2006, and how has it affected the town’s relationship to its Jewish history?

Daniela Flesler is Associate Professor in … Leer más

Rachel Sherman, Sociologist: Being Affluent in New York

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About what percentage of New Yorkers earn more than $250,000 a year?

Rachel Sherman is an associate professor of sociology at the New School for Social … Leer más

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research and FRA Antisemitism Survey

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What differences are there between the FRA antisemitism survey that was conducted in 2012 and the one that is in progress now?

The Institute for Jewish … Leer más

Lag BaOmer: History and Traditions

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does shooting bows and arrows have to do with playing cards? And how are both of these activities related to Jewish history?

The name of … Leer más

“Jewish History in Sarajevo”, with Director Jonna Rock

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the average age of members of the Jewish community in present-day Sarajevo?

Jonna Rock was born in 1980 and completed her studies in Slavonic … Leer más

Anti-Semitism in the U.S.: The German-American Bund and the KKK, with Michael D’Innocenzo

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Daily Stormer website and who is its intended audience?

Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on April 12 this year, and this week … Leer más

Poland’s New “Holocaust Law”: An Open Letter to Students, with Piotr Laskowski

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the public reaction to the letter published by two Polish teachers in answer to the new government law?

At the beginning of February the … Leer más

Judeo-Spanish in the Royal Spanish Academy, with Ora R. Schwarzwald

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does “desmazalado” mean, and where does the word come from?

The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) is the official institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language. It was … Leer más

Scattered Among the Nations, with Bryan Schwartz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many travelling exhibits does Scattered Among the Nations have?

Scattered Among the Nations is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Jewish and non-Jewish world … Leer más

Democrats Abroad Israel, with Heather Stone

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many members does Democrats Abroad have in Israel?

In 2016, the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 9 million U.S. citizens living abroad.

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Exhibit “De la luz al secreto”, with Moisés Bentata

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has Judaism influenced Moisés Bentata’s art?

On January 30, the exhibition De la Luz al Secreto, (“From the Light to the Secret”) was inaugurated at … Leer más

The Sephardic Influence in the U.S., with Miguel de Lucas

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special accommodation was made for Jews at the first celebration party of Independence Day in the United States?

The Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and … Leer más

Auschwitz: The Exhibition

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, what other museums and institutions have contributed to this exhibition?

On December 1 the world´s first Auschwitz traveling exhibition opened … Leer más

“Surviving Skokie”, with Eli Adler

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the NSPA?

Eli Adler is a professional cinematographer with more than thirty years experience. He is a child of a Holocaust survivor, and has … Leer más

Centro Sefarad-Israel’s 10th Anniversary

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Institute of Jewish Culture, and what percentage of Centro Sefarad-Israel’s activities does it organize?

On February 8, 2007 the official opening of the … Leer más

The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education, with Shlomi Ravid

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the CJPE’s Peoplehood Papers, and how long have they been publishing them?

In recent years there has been a tremendous growth of interest in … Leer más