Don’t Cry, You’re a Jew: An Anthology
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is the target readership of this anthology? Rosally Saltsman […]
Linda Jiménez
From Russia to Israel–Escaping the War…and BREAKING NEWS
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Before beginning our program, we want to bring you some BREAKING NEWS!!! On May
Golda Meir: Israel’s “Iron Lady”, with Ignacio Uría
“It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has
Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, with Eliana Rapp Badihi
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the series of Testimonial Films that
Prophet in Our Midst: A Story for Passover
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This Passover story is by Abraham Moses Klein, who was one of Canada’s most
A (Traditional???) Passover Treat
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Since it’s Passover season, and a time for traditional questions and
1948–The Exhibition: The Founding of the State of Israel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why does the exhibition emphasize the time period beginning with World
The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience, with Drora Arussy
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What countries does IJE’s Crypto-Jews course focus on? The American
The House is in the Book: A Collaborative Work of Art
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a “book artist”? The House is in the Book
A Purim Story by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we celebrate Purim, so, in keeping with English Corner tradition, I’m going
International Women’s Day: Courage, Freedom and Solidarity
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did Emma Goldman mean when she spoke of “the
Jewish Partisans (III): The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what country outside the United States has JPEF
Jewish Partisans (II): Sephardic and Women Partisans
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of Jewish partisans were women and how were they
Jewish Partisans (I): The Bielski Group
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Bielski partisan group take in everybody, including elderly
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light, with Joyce Yarrow
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the meaning of the word “zahara”? Joyce Yarrow was
70 Faces Media: Connecting people to all sides of the unfolding Jewish story
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the HUB? 70 Faces Media is the largest
Aristides de Sousa Mendes: Portuguese Righteous Among the Nations
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is helping to fund the restoration of Sousa Mendes’s
Salud i Vida: Celebrating Ladino
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which Israeli politician was instrumental in creating International Ladino Day? The
The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How does the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience use a
America’s Southern Jewish Experience
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When was there a large Alsatian immigration to the American South,