Yiddish Farm Revisited
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people have participated in Yiddish Farm’s classes? And […]
Linda Jiménez
Lag BaOmer: History and Traditions (The End of a Plague?)
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does shooting bows and arrows have to do with playing
The Novelized Life of Alfonso de Zamora: An Illustrious Crypto-Jew at the Service of the Church
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which university was the first one in Spain to offer a
Michael Stolowitzky – Gertruda’s Oath: A child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did Michael Stolowitzky first travel to Israel? (This week
“The Dangerous Matzo”– A Passover Story by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:: How is the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem remembered each year?
Passover: Some History, Stories and Recipes
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Our trivia question for this week is: When and where was the first Haggadah
The Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies: Quality Lifelong Jewish Learning
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How does the Haberman Institute choose its programs? The Haberman
Saving At-Risk Children: The Orphaned Starfish Foundation, with Andy Stein
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many computer centers does the Orphaned Starfish Foundation have,
The “Emmas”: Women Fighting for Human and Civil Rights, with Jennifer Young
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was the Emma Lazarus Federation different from other Jewish
“The Purim Gift” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we celebrate Purim, when it is customary to exchange gifts, so we
Rotwelsch: The Language of Thieves, with Martin Puchner
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was Martin Luther’s connection to Rotwelsch? Since the year
The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902, with Scott D. Seligman
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what imaginative way did the women ask for the
Dr. Joseph Toltz: Brundibar–Children’s Opera in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many times was the children’s opera Brundibar performed in
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
The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many oral histories has the Wexler Oral History Project
The Alliance Israélite Universelle: 160 Years Educating Jewish Children
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jewish children in the Muslim world did
Keren Hayesod: 100 Years Fundraising for Israel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year was the Keren Hayesod Law passed in
Nona Maccabeus: A Chanukah Story by Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah and, in keeping with our tradition here at English
TM Garret (2): Fighting Hate Groups in the United States
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What imaginative method does HateXchange use to protest against neo-Nazi
TM Garret (1): From Neo-Nazi to Human Rights Activist
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When was the Ku Klux Klan first founded in Germany,