David Serero: Sephardic Singer, Actor and Philanthropist
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did David Serero adapt Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice to […]
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Sergi Pitarch: Mariano Rawicz’s Final Embrace
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Luis Faure? Sergi Pitarch is a film director,
ERENSYA: Uniting Sephardic Jews, with Miguel de Lucas
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the language spoken by the
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
Laurel Zehnder, Intern at Radio Sefarad AND Upcoming Chanukah Celebrations in Spain
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – (Chanukah begins this year on the evening of December 6, and many cities in Spain
Castrillo: An Old Town Changes its (Shameful) Name, with Miguel de Lucas
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the meaning of the word “castrillo” in old
Genie Milgrom: Ancestral Memory and Knesset Conference on “Bnei Anousim”
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “ancestral memory”? Genie Milgrom was born in Havana,
Dr. Natan Sznaider: Cosmopolitanism and the Jews
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the Holocaust remembered differently in different countries? Dr.
Rea Mochiach: 11th Century Poetry, 21st Century Music
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What kind of musical instrument is the Kamanché, and where
Dr. Saúl Weisleder: Costa Rica’s Jewish Community, Past and Present
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does the word “polaquear” mean in modern Costa Rican
Genie Milgrom’s 15 Grandmothers
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What vestiges of a Jewish past are there in the
Jewish Artists Exhibiting in Madrid
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where and when was the organization AJAPE founded? AJAPE is
The Workmen’s Circle’s I.L. Peretz “Shule”: Promoting Jewish Culture and Social and Economic Justice
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the Workmen’s Circle Shule’s Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Ilan Ronen: The Food Paradox
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why is modern technology, such as drip irrigation actually bad
Julia López Fuentes — AJC Fellows Program
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How long is the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program, and
Al Gordon: WJPR Radio
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a “part-15” radio station? Al Gordon has been
William Gertz Runyan: Yankev (Jacob) Botoshansky, a little-known Yiddish Writer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where was Yiddish writer Jacob Botoshansky born, and why did
Dr. Aviad Moreno—The History of Moroccan Jews
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews live in Morocco today? Dr. Aviad
Heidi Levine, Award-winning Photojournalist
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What advantages do women journalists have over their male colleagues
David Hatchwell—President of the Jewish Community of Madrid
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the Jewish Community of Madrid do recently to