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Two New Novellas by Nora Gold

3 Adar II 5784 (12/03/2024) |

 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is a “flip book” and why did Nora choose to use this format?

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

N. G. Haiduck:  A “Girl” Cabbie in New York

26 Adar I 5784 (05/03/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:   What is the only problem that Nancy had being a woman taxi driver?

N.G. Haiduck is an American poet.  She has received the Jerome Lowell DeJur Award … Leer más

Yale’s Fortunoff Archive and Songs from Testimonies Project

19 Adar I 5784 (27/02/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why is a French boy scout song included in this collection?

In 1979 the Holocaust Survivors Film Project began taping the testimonies of survivors and witnesses in … Leer más

(Jewish) Gangsters vs. Nazis (in 1930s America), with Michael Benson

12 Adar I 5784 (20/02/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Who was Sparky Rubenstein and why did he become famous?

Michael Benson has written over sixty books and is one of the world’s most popular true-crime writers.  During … Leer más

Gad Franco: A Sephardi Turkish Patriot, with Anthony Gad Bigio

5 Adar I 5784 (13/02/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What happened to Gad Franco when he criticized the Turkish government for imposing a heavy tax on minorities during World War II?

Gad Franco was born in … Leer más

Happy 20th Birthday, Radio Sefarad!

27 Shevat 5784 (06/02/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many listeners did Radio Sefarad have every day during the pandemic?

Radio Sefarad is a communication project of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain. This month … Leer más

Tamar Ilana: Multilingual Singer and Flamenco Dancer

20 Shevat 5784 (30/01/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was «Fedora Upside-Down» and what did they do?

Tamar Ilana is a flamenco dancer and multi-lingual vocalist who is based in Toronto, Canada.  She is … Leer más

Guy Stern:  “Ritchie Boy” and Renowned Holocaust Scholar

14 Shevat 5784 (23/01/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What two things does the International Institute of the Righteous do? 

(Guy Stern, a German Jewish refugee who was one of the last known surviving members of … Leer más

Genie Milgrom:  Between the Stone and the Flower

7 Shevat 5784 (16/01/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is the significance of the title of Genie’s movie: Between the Stone and the Flower?

Genie Milgrom was born in Havana Cuba into a Roman Catholic … Leer más

Warsaw: A City Divided, with Director Eric Bednarski

29 Tevet 5784 (09/01/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many markers are there in the streets of Warsaw that indicate where the Ghetto was?

Eric Bednarski is a film writer, director, producer, and archival researcher.Leer más

Steven Ujifusa: The Last Ships from Hamburg

22 Tevet 5784 (02/01/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What happened to the Jews who were waiting in Hamburg’s immigrant village when World War I broke out?

Steven Ujifusa is a historian who chronicles the confluence … Leer más

Tanya Zion-Waldoks:  Haredi Feminism in Israel          

15 Tevet 5784 (26/12/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has the Supreme Court in Israel made decisions that support the position the Orthodox feminists?

Tanya Zion-Waldoks  is a lecturer in the Seymour Fox School … Leer más

The Matzevah Foundation: Restoring Jewish Cemeteries in Poland, with Dr. Steven Reece

7 Tevet 5784 (19/12/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many projects and volunteers has the Matzevah Foundation had so far?

The Matzevah Foundation is a small nonprofit organization that exists to educate the public about … Leer más

Rebecca Clarren:  The Cost of Free Land

1 Tevet 5784 (12/12/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What did homesteaders have to do in order to keep the free land that the United States government had given them?

Rebecca Clarren is an award-winning … Leer más

Three Chanukah Stories by I. B. Singer  

23 Kislev 5784 (05/12/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah and, in keeping with our tradition here at English Corner, I’m going to read you a story–actually three stories.

“Grandmother’s Tale”, “The Devil’s Trick” and “Zlateh … Leer más

Sarah Wiek:  Volunteering in Israel

16 Kislev 5784 (28/11/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Where do foreigners stay while they are volunteering in Israel?

Sarah Wiek is from Germany and currently lives in a small town on the Baltic Sea, … Leer más

Anything But Yes: Jewish Life and Resistance in the Rome Ghetto

9 Kislev 5784 (21/11/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What could Jewish women in 18th-century Rome do that Catholic women could not?

Joie Davidow is the author of half a dozen nationally-published books, as well as an … Leer más

Nani Vazana:  Ladino Singer-Songwriter

2 Kislev 5784 (14/11/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How was Nani able to write songs in a language that she didn’t speak?

Noam Vazana, Nani, is a singer, songwriter and musician. She plays the … Leer más

ANU Museum of the Jewish People:  Special Wartime Programing, with CEO Dan Tadmor

23 Heshvan 5784 (07/11/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why are ANU’s virtual activities only transmitted live and not recorded?

ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv was originally known as Beit Hatfutsot, the … Leer más

The Protone Project:  Security in Places of Worship

16 Heshvan 5784 (31/10/2023) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What intercultural event did Arco Forum organize in Madrid to present the PROTONE Project?

PROTONE is a project whose aim is to encourage cooperation among different … Leer más