A Story for Sukkot: The Etrog, by S. Y. Agnon
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot is an 8-day holiday which begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the 15th […]
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The Day before Yom Kippur, by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the
A Rosh Hashonah Story by Yente Serdatzky
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh
Jacobo Sefamí: Searching for Jewish Roots in Syria
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Syria in 2009?
Dr. Jerold C. Frakes: Bovo-Bukh, a Medieval Yiddish Tale of Chivalry
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What popular Yiddish expression has its origin in the title
Jewish Food and its Links to Jewish Culture, with Joel Haber
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the economic situation in Israel in the 1950s cause
Alcañices: A Border Town with a Jewish History, with Sergio Rodríguez
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did conversos in Alcañices put on their doorframes to cover
Jews in Kobe, Japan, with S. David Moche
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chiune Sugihara and what did he do? Kobe is a
A Bukharan Jewish Odyssey, with Dahlia Abraham-Klein
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Dahlia’s family different from most Central Asian Jews who
Zamora Sefardí, with Jesús Jambrina
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the difference between zamorasefardi.com and zamorasefardi.es? Zamora is the
Performance and Jewish Heritage Tourism, with Dr. Mechele Leon
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is performance studies and how is it related to tourism?
St. Augustine, Florida: The First Jews in North America, with Rabbi Merrill Shapiro
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why was the Spanish mission in St. Augustine, Florida called “Nombre
The Catskills and the Mamboniks, with Lex Gillespie
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Our trivia question for this week is: What was the Palladium, and who went
Bulgaria’s Jewish Community, with Maxim Delchev
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Shalom organization, and what do they do? When
The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, with Franciszek Bojańczyk
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why is the building that houses the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical
Antisemitism in the U.S., with Alejandro Baer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia queston: Why is it difficult to decide on a definition of antisemitism?
EUCARE: Tackling Security Challenges, with Program Director Yael Landman
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which countries are participating in the EUCARE project? On April 27
Shavuot–Its Origins, Significance, Customs…and a Story
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why are dairy foods traditionally eaten on Shavuot? Shavuot is
Jerusalem’s Sephardic Community, with Abraham Haim
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year did the great rabbi and philosopher Nachmanides,
A Story for Mother’s Day, by Bessie Hallowitz
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Many countries celebrate Mother’s Day in May, so this week we decided to read