Irving Berlin, with Film Historian Philip Harwood

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the first song that Irving Berlin wrote, and what prompted him to write it?

Philip Harwood is a film historian and … Leer más

Preserving “Yiddishkeit”–Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe: Lecturer and Author

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMENEZ – This week’s trivia question: For how many decades was The Bintel Brief published in the New YorkYiddish newspaper Der Forverts?

Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe is a retired business … Leer más

Yessica San Román: Centro Sefarad-Israel and Holocaust Education in Spain

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Spanish teachers participate every year in Yad Vashem’s Holocaust teacher-training program?

In Europe Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated on January 27, to coincide … Leer más

Luis Esteban González Manrique—History of the Málagas, a Family of Conversos in Peru

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year was the Inquisition abolished in Peru?

Luis Esteban González Manrique is a journalist, author and editor of the weekly foreign … Leer más

Lorca, Luces de Sefarad: A Unique Archaeological Exhibit

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unusual about the remains of the 14th century synagogue that was discovered in Lorca, Murcia?

Lorca is a small city in Murcia, in southeastern Spain. Archaeological excavations have … Leer más

Tânia Rico: The Jews of Elvas (Portugal) and their Synagogue

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Luís Gomes da Mata, and what prominent Spanish Jew was his ancestor?

Elvas is a Portuguese municipality and frontier fortress, located … Leer más

Avishai Cohen, Jazz Trumpeter

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How does Avishai Cohen feel about making mistakes?

Avishai Cohen  was born in Tel Aviv in 1978 and began performing in public at … Leer más

Dolores Pérez Frías, Director of Israel’s National Tourism Office in Madrid; also, the Massada Opera Festival

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two operas will be performed at Massada’s open-air festival in June?

At the end of January, we visited FITUR, one of the most important international … Leer más

50th Anniversary of Israel’s Ministry of Tourism, with Amir Halevi, its General Director

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: From which two continents is Israel working to attract new tourism?

We recently visited FITUR, the annual international tourism fair held in Madrid … Leer más

Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion’s YidLife Crisis

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where do all the episodes of YidLife Crisis take place?

YidLife Crisis  is a new web series that begins with the warning that “The following contains … Leer más

Linda Hirsch: The Cuban Jewish Community (Thirteen Years Later)

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why does the Jewish population of Cuba fluctuate so much that it makes it difficult to calculate how many Jews there actually are in the … Leer más

Rabbi Mark S. Golub: The Jewish Broadcasting Service (Shalom TV)

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many different types of programs are shown on JBS, and where and how can you watch them?

JBS, the Jewish Broadcasting Service, which was formerly … Leer más

Flori Senor Rosenthal: “Nono’s Kisses”—A Ladino Book for Children

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Flori Senor Rosenthal get her inspiration for the Ladino phrases used in her book?

Flori Senor Rosenthal is the author and … Leer más

Jews in Poland: Jonathan Webber— The Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Jewish life in Galicia different from that in the rest of Poland when the region was under Austrian control in the 19th century?

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Jews in Poland–Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych: Janusz Korczak, Educator and Children’s Rights Advocate

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What organization founded and funded Janusz Korczak’s orphanage in Warsaw at the beginning of the 20th Century?

The UN General Assembly proclaimed December 10 as Human … Leer más

Jews in Poland: Jonathan Ornstein—Director of Krakow’s Jewish Community Centre

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who founded the Krakow JCC, and when was it opened?

Krakow’s Jewish Community Centre, in the heart of the centuries-old Jewish Kazimierz neighborhood, is playing an … Leer más

Jews in Poland: Jonathan Webber—Preserving Jewish Heritage

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How were some synagogue buildings able to survive World War II intact? And what happened to many of them later?

Jonathan Webber is a British social … Leer más

Gilda Frantz: Jungian Analyst and Writer

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

Gilda Frantz has been a Jungian analyst in Santa Monica, California since 1977. Mrs. Frantz is the editor-in-chief of Psychological Perspectives, a journal … Leer más

Jews in Poland: Matan Shefi—The Jewish Genealogy and Family Heritage Center

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two databases are unique to the Jewish Genealogy and Family Heritage Center in Warsaw?

The Jewish Genealogy and Family Heritage Center  is … Leer más

Claudia Tijman: Artist and Artisan

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What new sculpture technique has Claudia Tijman developed?

Claudia Tijman is an artist and artisan based in Madrid. She was born in Argentina … Leer más