Madrid Municipality Grants Use of Building for New Jewish Museum
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – At the beginning of February the Mayor of Madrid announced that the municipality has […]
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The V Humus Film Fest, with Sara “Neighborhood Planter” Casado
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “running and huerting”? La Casa Encendida is a
Yad Vashem Spain: Testimony, Memory, Education, with Samuel Bengio
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Spanish educators have taken the course in
Photographer: Documenting the Lodz Ghetto, with Dariusz Jablonski
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chaim Rumkowski? In 1987, several hundred color slides documenting scenes
Jews in the Arab World, with Lyn Julius
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of the population of Baghdad was Jewish before
Counting Europe’s Jews, with Dr. Daniel Staetsky
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: King David conducted one of the first censuses in history.
Genocides in History, with Prof. Hernando Valencia Villa
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the four kinds of groups included in the
Two Stories for Chanukah, by Sam Liptzin and Chaver Paver
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – HAPPY CHANUKAH FROM ENGLISH CORNER TO ALL OUR LISTENERS !!! ——————————————————————————————————————– Angels Stole the
Shield of Honor: Teaching Values through Football. Young Israelis Visit Seville
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Israeli Hope Shield of Honor program choose
René Mayer (II): Chess and Humor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the motto of the World Chess Federation? René
René Mayer (I): A Post-War European Jew
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did the Jewish community in Madrid hold services before
Eshkol Nevo, Israeli Writer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is Three Floors Up different from Eshkol Nevo’s previous
Hasidic Music in Weimar, with Rabbi Sruli Dresdner
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why do Hasidim dance only to singing, without instruments? Rabbi
Alan Bern: Yiddish Culture in Weimar, Germany
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does the four-fold mission of Yiddish Summer Weimar consist
The Big Sukkah, by Abraham Reisen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (pronounced Sukkos by Ashkenazi Jews), is a biblical Jewish holiday beginning on the 15th
A Yom Kippur Scandal, by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sholem Aleichem is probably the best-known and most well-loved Yiddish writer. He was born
“The Dark Young Man” by Jacob Dinezon, with Scott Hilton Davis
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unusual about the titles of Jacob Dinezon’s first
Khayele (Helen) Beer, Yiddishist
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unique about Itzik Manger’s ballads? Helen (Khayele) Beer
León Felipe: A Spanish Poet with a “Commitment to the Jewish People”, with Jesús Jambrina
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What poem did León Felipe dedicate “To all the Jews
Upon the Wings of an Eagle: A Family Saga by Chaya Diane Hager
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the German Jewish philanthropist whose