“Jewish History in Sarajevo”, with Director Jonna Rock

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the average age of members of the Jewish community in present-day Sarajevo?

Jonna Rock was born in 1980 and completed her studies in Slavonic … Leer más

Anti-Semitism in the U.S.: The German-American Bund and the KKK, with Michael D’Innocenzo

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Daily Stormer website and who is its intended audience?

Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on April 12 this year, and this week … Leer más

Poland’s New “Holocaust Law”: An Open Letter to Students, with Piotr Laskowski

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the public reaction to the letter published by two Polish teachers in answer to the new government law?

At the beginning of February the … Leer más

Judeo-Spanish in the Royal Spanish Academy, with Ora R. Schwarzwald

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does “desmazalado” mean, and where does the word come from?

The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) is the official institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language. It was … Leer más

Scattered Among the Nations, with Bryan Schwartz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many travelling exhibits does Scattered Among the Nations have?

Scattered Among the Nations is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Jewish and non-Jewish world … Leer más

Los profesores se preguntan cómo resistieron los judíos en el Holocausto, con Nora Gaón

SHOÁ AHORA – Con motivo del último Día Internacional para la Memoria del Holocausto, Nora Gaón del museo israelí Lohamei Haguetaot (luchadores del gueto) realizó el 1 de febrero de 2018 un taller sobre las resistencias en el … Leer más

Democrats Abroad Israel, with Heather Stone

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many members does Democrats Abroad have in Israel?

In 2016, the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 9 million U.S. citizens living abroad.

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Exhibit “De la luz al secreto”, with Moisés Bentata

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has Judaism influenced Moisés Bentata’s art?

On January 30, the exhibition De la Luz al Secreto, (“From the Light to the Secret”) was inaugurated at … Leer más

The Sephardic Influence in the U.S., with Miguel de Lucas

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special accommodation was made for Jews at the first celebration party of Independence Day in the United States?

The Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and … Leer más

Auschwitz: The Exhibition

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, what other museums and institutions have contributed to this exhibition?

On December 1 the world´s first Auschwitz traveling exhibition opened … Leer más

“Surviving Skokie”, with Eli Adler

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the NSPA?

Eli Adler is a professional cinematographer with more than thirty years experience. He is a child of a Holocaust survivor, and has … Leer más

Centro Sefarad-Israel’s 10th Anniversary

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Institute of Jewish Culture, and what percentage of Centro Sefarad-Israel’s activities does it organize?

On February 8, 2007 the official opening of the … Leer más

The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education, with Shlomi Ravid

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the CJPE’s Peoplehood Papers, and how long have they been publishing them?

In recent years there has been a tremendous growth of interest in … Leer más

“Un saco de canicas” de Christian Duguay, con Linda Jiménez

EL CELULOIDE ELEGIDO – Si, como apunta Linda Jiménez, la película franco-canadiense Un saco de canicas es “muy recomendable”, los amantes de la novela de Joseph Joffo estamos de enhorabuena. La responsable de nuestro English Corner  (cinéfila empedernida) comenta … Leer más

Kibbutz, Moshav, Moshava, with Ami Barr

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who were the Sobotnikim, and what was their role in the settlement of the Land of Israel?

Most people have heard of the kibbutz, a collectively owned and … Leer más

Nora Gold and Jewish Fiction.net

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How often is Jewish Fiction.net published, and how many stories are there in each issue?

Nora Gold is a prize-winning author who was born in Montreal … Leer más

Turkish Music, with Ethnomusicologist Dorit Klebe

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

Dorit Klebe is a German ethnomusicologist from Berlin, where she studied musicology, ethnomusicology and turcology. She conducted fieldwork in Turkey, Greece, Italy … Leer más

A Hanukkah Memoir, by Norma Rosen

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, so this is a special holiday program. In this memoir, “A Generation Reclaims Hanukkah”, American author Norma Rosen tells of her own experience … Leer más

Jewish Vilna between the Wars, with Helen Mintz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Abraham Karpinowitz write about Vilna’s “ordinary” people?

Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más

Abraham Karpinowitz’s Vilna My Vilna, with Helen Mintz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two major themes run through Abraham Karpinowitz’s writings?

Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más