Shlomo Zirdok: The Jewish Number

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people work answering the phone at the Jewish Number’s switchboard?

The Jewish Number is a new nonprofit organization whose goal is twofold: to connect … Leer más

Genie Milgrom: The Converso Project

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which country has the Converso Project chosen to begin digitizing documents, and why?

Genie Milgrom was born in Havana, Cuba to Roman Catholic parents of Spanish … Leer más

Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride: Children of Terror

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the UPA in World War II Ukraine?

Bozenna Urbanowicz was born into a Catholic family in 1934 in the far eastern area of Poland … Leer más

Anna Kaplan: From Iranian Refugee to Town Councilwoman

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What organizations helped young Iranian Jews immigrate to the United States and settle there?

Anna Kaplan was born Anna Monahemi in northern Iran and raised in … Leer más

Dr. Dina Porat: Israeli Society, the Holocaust and its Survivors

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How were the German Templers living in the Land of Israel involved in a plan to save European Jews from the Nazis?

Dr. … Leer más

Jack Michonik—”The Heritage”: Jewish Immigrants in Latin America

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Jack Michonik choose to set his novel The Heritage in an imaginary city and country in Latin America, rather than in a real … Leer más

Javier Simonovich: Promoting Understanding between Arab and Jewish Students in Israel

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Trajtenberg Report?

Dr. Javier Simonovich is a lecturer and Dean of Students at the Yezreel Valley College in northern Israel. In recent years … Leer más

Víctor Enrich and his Impossible Buildings

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “brutalism”, and where can you find examples of it? Víctor Enrich was born in 1976 in Barcelona, where he began to study architecture before he realized … Leer más

Eva Heyman and her Diary, with Elvira Lindo

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What do the diaries of Anne Frank and Eva Heyman have in common?

Eva Heyman was born in Oradea, a city with a large Jewish population, … Leer más

Dr. Richard Freund, Archaeologist

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What new, non-invasive, techniques are being used in archaeology, and how are they helping researchers to learn more about the Holocaust?

Dr. Richard Freund is the Director … Leer más

Miquel Segura: Chuetas–The Hidden Jews of Mallorca

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year was Rafael Valls, the last Rabbi in Mallorca, burned at the stake by the Inquisition?

The Chuetas are descended from the Jewish inhabitants … Leer más

Dr. Ruth Fine: Jorge Luis Borges, Multifaceted Argentinian Writer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the Ultraist literary movement (“ultraísmo” in Spanish)?

Dr. Ruth Fine is Salomon and Victoria Cohen Professor in Iberian Studies at the Hebrew University of … Leer más

Ofra Abramovich—MAMANET: Building a Community of Mothers

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What social impact has Mamanet had in Israel?

The Israeli Mamanet Newcombe league is the largest social – sports project specifically for mothers. The league was … Leer más

Fun Things to Do this Summer: Courses, Fairs, Exhibits

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the “Red de Casas” created by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation?

This week we are going to tell you about some … Leer más

Tomasz Magierski’s “Blinky and Me”: The Story of Animator Yoram Gross

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ –This week’s trivia question:  What unusual elements did Yoram Gross use to create the characters in his first Israeli-made animated films? 

Yoram Gross was born in Krakow, Poland in 1926 and … Leer más

Maristella Botticini– The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History 70-1492

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who were the Amei Haaretz, and what did the Talmud say about them?

Maristella Botticini is professor of economics, as well as director and fellow of … Leer más

Eduardo Waisman: Calles Alquiladas (“Rented Streets”)

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Eduardo Waisman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1944, to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Poland. He studied physics in Buenos Aires and later received his PhD from Yeshiva University … Leer más

Aron Aronov: Bukharian Jews and their New York Museum

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Bukharian Jews are there today and where do most of them live?

In the Middle Ages, the largest Jewish settlement in Central Asia … Leer más

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb: Shiv’a

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: From what sources did Ayelet Rose Gottlieb draw the inspiration for her latest work Shiv’a?

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb is a composer and musician who was born … Leer más

Jewish Zamora, with Christoph Strieder

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the original use of the building in Zamora, Spain, that later became the center of the Inquisition and, finally, a hotel?

Zamora is a … Leer más