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Linda Jiménez

American Highschoolers on a Study Trip to Spain

17 Adar II 5784 (26/03/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  In which Spanish town were the students able to see the original 1492 Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain?

We recently met with a group … Leer más

Orejas o bolsillos de Haman, ¡en Purim no hay que elegir!

13 Adar II 5784 (22/03/2024) |

RECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Como saben Purim celebra la salvación de los judíos del plan de Hamán, el primer ministro del Rey de Persia, de matarlos. La palabra “purim” significa “suertes”, en el sentido de … Leer más

A Short Story for Purim: “Dressing Up”, by Mark Binder

9 Adar II 5784 (19/03/2024) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Purim, so we thought you’d like to hear a Purim story. Mark Binder is an author and storyteller who lives in Providence, R.I. He is the founder … Leer más

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