A Story for Chanukah: Gifts of the Last Night
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA jIMÉNEZ – This week is Chanukah, so I’ve decided to read you a Chanukah story. Gifts of […]
Linda Jiménez
It’s CHANUKAH (NOT “Chrismukkah”)
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Chanukah is probably one of the best known Jewish holidays, not because of any great
Bernadine’s Shanghai Salon, with Susan Blumberg-Kason
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did Bernadine Szold Fritz bring expats and Chinese together in
Bendigamos: A New Jewish Community in Amsterdam
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what imaginative and unconventional ways does Bendigamos attract new people
Barbra Dean: British Expat and Writer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where was Barbra when she got the idea to write “The
Spain’s Coordinator Against Antisemitism
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why have many Venezuelan groups in Spain joined with Movimiento Contra
The Camel in the Forest, with A. E. Hayoun
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Hayoun name her book “The Camel in the Forest”?
Jewish Space Lasers, with Mike Rothschild
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why didn’t the Rothschilds gain a financial foothold in the United
“The Secret Sabbath”: Crypto-Jews in Mexico and the U.S., with Filmmaker Daniel Goldberg
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are some of the practices of Jewish origin that
A Jewish Story for Halloween
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How do you get rid of a dybbuk? Halloween, of
Simchat Torah: Some Customs and a Story by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in the Torah.” This holiday, which takes place right after
Sukkot–Some Background and a Story by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (Sukkos for Ashkenazi Jews) is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th
Two Stories for Yom Kippur
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur is this week, and in this program we’re offering you two contemporary stories.
A Rosh Hashanah Story: “The Poor Community”, by Abraham Reisen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week is Rosh Hashanah, so we are bringing you a special holiday story by
“Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz”: A Graphic Family Memoir, with Ari Richter
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did Ari’s experience visiting Auschwitz differ from what he had
Jewish Prague Today, with Diego Bransburg
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why does the Spanish synagogue in Prague have that name?
Jewish History in (what is now) the Czech Republic
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was the Maharal and what is he known for?
Across So Many Seas, with Ruth Behar
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the rabbis encourage the women and children to do
Women Wage Peace, with Manuela Rotstein
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Mothers’ Call and who signed it? Women Wage
Cartoonists Against Racism, with Rafael Medoff
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did an antisemitic letter inspire a story in a