Linda Jiménez
The ABCs of Prevention and Fitness, with Vicki Gold
8 Heshvan 5779 (16/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is residual air and where is it found?
Vicki Gold is a highly experienced physical therapist, presenter and educator. She is a graduate of Hunter … Leer más
Three Jewish Schools of Thought: Frankism, Hasidism and Haskalah, with Amelia Serraller
1 Heshvan 5779 (09/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – What percentage of the Polish population was Jewish before World War II, and what percentage of the Jewish population was Hasidic?
Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University … Leer más
Jewish History in Poland, with Amelia Serraller
24 Tishri 5779 (02/10/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year were Jews first given political rights by the Polish king?
Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University in Madrid, where she … Leer más
Margalit Matitiahu: Sefarad Ways and Life–Leon Reencounter
18 Elul 5778 (28/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is Agadán and what is its legend?
Margalit Matitiahu is an Israeli poet who writes in Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew. Since 1986 she has served as secretary-general of … Leer más
Spain’s Ancient Jewish Cemeteries, with Dominique Tomasov
11 Elul 5778 (21/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jewish cemeteries were there in Spain at the time of the Expulsion in 1492? And how many communities did they serve?
Dominique Tomasov … Leer más
Searching for Sephardic Roots, with Abraham García
3 Elul 5778 (13/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the main motivation that people have to research their possible Sephardic heritage?
A number of years ago we spoke with Abraham García who, using … Leer más
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, with Alfredo Alonso Estenoz
26 Av 5778 (07/08/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges refer to Israel in one of his poems?
Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentinian poet, essayist, and short-story … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (3/3): VI International Congress—Jews in the Kingdom of León
19 Av 5778 (31/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special Jewish connection is there between the cities of Zamora in Spain and Bragança in Portugal?
(This is the last in a series of three … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (2/3): History and Centro Isaac Campantón
13 Av 5778 (24/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the legend of the automaton of Tábara, a town in the Spanish province of Zamora?
(This is part 2 of a series of three … Leer más
Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (1/3): A Chronology and a Sage
6 Av 5778 (17/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the book that was written by Rabbi Isaac Campanton in the 15th century, and is still used for the study of the Torah today?
(This … Leer más
Sara Aharoni, Israeli Educator and Writer
28 Tammuz 5778 (10/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What educational program did Sara Aharoni develop for adults in Peru, and who participated in it?
Sara Aharoni was born in Israel in 1953. She worked … Leer más
Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part II: The Community Today
21 Tammuz 5778 (03/07/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what way was Iberica Films, founded by German Jewish refugee David Oliver in 1933, innovative?
This is the second of the two-part series that we … Leer más
Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part I: The History
14 Tammuz 5778 (26/06/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What book was found hidden in the wall of a building in Barcelona in 1846? And what does it tell us about the person who hid it there?
… Leer más
David Hirshberg: My Mother’s Son
6 Tammuz 5778 (19/06/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did people in the United States realize about sports for the first time in 1952?
David Hirshberg is the pseudonym for an entrepreneur who prefers … Leer más
Rabbi Sonsino: The Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Concept of God in Judaism
30 Sivan 5778 (12/06/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the people who wrote them?
Rabbi Rifat Sonsino is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, … Leer más
Martina Lemoine: Dr. Angel Pulido and the Sephardic Cause
23 Sivan 5778 (05/06/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was “the Sephardic cause” that Dr. Pulido championed?
Angel Pulido was a Spanish doctor and politician at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th … Leer más
Daniela Flesler: The “Rediscovery” of Spain’s Jewish Heritage
16 Sivan 5778 (29/05/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was discovered in Lucena, Spain, in 2006, and how has it affected the town’s relationship to its Jewish history?
Daniela Flesler is Associate Professor in … Leer más
Rachel Sherman, Sociologist: Being Affluent in New York
9 Sivan 5778 (22/05/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About what percentage of New Yorkers earn more than $250,000 a year?
Rachel Sherman is an associate professor of sociology at the New School for Social … Leer más
The Institute for Jewish Policy Research and FRA Antisemitism Survey
3 Sivan 5778 (16/05/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What differences are there between the FRA antisemitism survey that was conducted in 2012 and the one that is in progress now?
The Institute for Jewish … Leer más
Lag BaOmer: History and Traditions
15 Iyyar 5778 (30/04/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does shooting bows and arrows have to do with playing cards? And how are both of these activities related to Jewish history?
The name of … Leer más
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ACTUALIDAD
Especial noticias 23/11/2024
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Jorge Rozemblum
NOTICIAS CON COMENTARIO A DOS – El tema central de esta entrega antes de la entrada del shabat no podía ser otro que la orden de comparecencia ante la Corte Penal Internacional emitida para Netanyahu y Gallant, y … Leer más
CULTURA
La importancia de la Tnuá para las familias desde el 7/10
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Raquel Cornago
DESDE BARCELONA, CON BRIAN BLACHER – “Hoy más que nunca la Tnuá es una especie de regalo que solo tenemos durante unos años en nuestra vida”. Desde el 7/10 de 2023, el mundo de las Tnuot Noar, los … Leer más
VIDA JUDÍA
Sodoma y Gomorra: leyenda y verdad bíblica
22 Heshvan 5785 (22/11/2024) | Jorge Rozemblum
HABLEMOS DE LA BIBLIA, CON IRIT GREEN – Génesis 19
24 Entonces Dios hizo llover sobre Sodoma y sobre Gomorra azufre y fuego de parte de Dios desde los cielos;
25 y destruyó las ciudades, … Leer más
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