The Nash Didan Jews, with Sam Miller

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is a common Shabbat lunch food for the Nash Didan, and what color is it?

The Nash Didan are a small Jewish community, originally from the … Leer más

Shavuot–History, Customs and a Story: “Greens for Shavuos” by Sholem Aleichem

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why do some people decorate their homes with greens and fresh flowers on Shavuot?

Shavuot (pronounced Shavuos by Ashkenazi Jews) is not as well-known as other holidays … Leer más

The Academic Network against Antisemitism, with David Villar

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What three strategies is the Network using to combat antisemitism?

Last month teachers, researchers and students from over a dozen Spanish universities and research institutions joined together … Leer más

Mark S. Zaid: Comic Books, Seriously

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Who was declared persona non grata in Nazi Germany during World War II, and why?

Mark S. Zaid was born in 1967 and grew up on … Leer más

Mark S. Zaid: Using the Law to Challenge Authority

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What does Whistleblower Aid do, and what do they charge?

Mark S. Zaid is an American attorney, based in Washington, D.C., with a practice focused on national security law, freedom of speech constitutional claims, and government … Leer más

The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, with Rafael Medoff

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  When did historians begin to look seriously at FDR’s response to the Holocaust?  And what did they discover?

The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies teaches … Leer más

Jewish and Native American:  “Two Tribes”, with Emily Bowen Cohen

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How old is the protagonist of Two Tribes and who was the book written for?

Emily Bowen Cohen is Jewish and a member of the Muscogee Nation. … Leer más

Ordinary Jews Resisting Nazi Persecution, with Wolf Gruner 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How did Wolf first discover that there were individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution?

Wolf Gruner is a German academic who has been the Founding Director of the … Leer más

“This Night of Nights”:  A Story for Passover by Sarah Lerner

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Passover, so we are offering you a contemporary story, This Night of Nights, by Sarah Lerner. 

Sarah was born in London to a British Jewish mother … Leer más

JSpaceCanada, with Maytal Kowalski 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What are JSpaceCanada’s values and how does their work reflect them?

JSpaceCanada is a pro-Israel, pro-peace Zionist advocacy organization that champions a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. The … Leer más

Josh Tuininga:  We Are Not Strangers

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Where in Seattle does this story take place?

Josh Tuininga is an author, artist, and designer living in North Bend, Washington. After studying fine art at the … Leer más

American Highschoolers on a Study Trip to Spain

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  In which Spanish town were the students able to see the original 1492 Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain?

We recently met with a group … Leer más

A Short Story for Purim: “Dressing Up”, by Mark Binder

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Purim, so we thought you’d like to hear a Purim story. Mark Binder is an author and storyteller who lives in Providence, R.I. He is the founder … Leer más

Two New Novellas by Nora Gold

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is a “flip book” and why did Nora choose to use this format?

Dr. Nora Gold is a prize-winning author who was born in Montreal, … Leer más

N. G. Haiduck:  A “Girl” Cabbie in New York

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:   What is the only problem that Nancy had being a woman taxi driver?

N.G. Haiduck is an American poet.  She has received the Jerome Lowell DeJur Award … Leer más

Yale’s Fortunoff Archive and Songs from Testimonies Project

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why is a French boy scout song included in this collection?

In 1979 the Holocaust Survivors Film Project began taping the testimonies of survivors and witnesses in … Leer más

(Jewish) Gangsters vs. Nazis (in 1930s America), with Michael Benson

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Who was Sparky Rubenstein and why did he become famous?

Michael Benson has written over sixty books and is one of the world’s most popular true-crime writers.  During … Leer más

Gad Franco: A Sephardi Turkish Patriot, with Anthony Gad Bigio

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What happened to Gad Franco when he criticized the Turkish government for imposing a heavy tax on minorities during World War II?

Gad Franco was born in … Leer más

Happy 20th Birthday, Radio Sefarad!

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many listeners did Radio Sefarad have every day during the pandemic?

Radio Sefarad is a communication project of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain. This month … Leer más

Tamar Ilana: Multilingual Singer and Flamenco Dancer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was “Fedora Upside-Down” and what did they do?

Tamar Ilana is a flamenco dancer and multi-lingual vocalist who is based in Toronto, Canada.  She is … Leer más