A New Jewish Cemetery in Madrid, with Pamela Rolfe

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How long did it take to build the new Jewish cemetery once the land was obtained?

Bet-El is Madrid’s Conservative, or Masorti Jewish community. Since its … Leer más

Edith Scott Saavedra: The Lamps of Albarracín

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did many Jews in the Aragon region of Spain convert to Christianity voluntarily, even before the Inquisition was a threat?

Edith Scott Saavedra earned a … Leer más

Genie Milgrom: Pyre to Fire

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are some symbols that conversos etched on their houses as a way of communicating with other Crypto-Jews?

Genie Milgrom was born in Havana, Cuba, into … Leer más

J€W$ GOT MON€Y: A Documentary (Jewish Poverty in New York)

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the filmmakers choose New York to make a documentary about Jewish poverty?

Did you know that one in five Jewish people in New York … Leer más

Daniella Levy—Letters to Josep: Judaism, as told to a Christian friend

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “Breaking Stereotypes and Bridging Differences”?

Daniella Levy is a writer and Hebrew-English translator. She was born in New York and immigrated to Israel with … Leer más

Bettina Caro, Sephardi Artist

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What color do Sephardic Jews use to ward off the evil eye?

The Sephardi painter Bettina Caro was born in Casablanca and now works in a … Leer más

“Chanukah on a Ship to America”, by Sholem Asch

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week is Chanukah, so we are going to celebrate with a Chanukah story.

Sholem Asch was born in Kutno, Poland, in 1880. In 1899 he moved to Warsaw, where he wrote stories, … Leer más

Jônatas Chimen Dias DaSilva-Benayon: A Crypto-Jewish Artist from Brazil

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was the only member of Jônatas’s family who openly spoke with him about the family being Jewish, and what did his other relatives tell him?

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Crypto-Jews in Latin America, with Genie Milgrom

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Spain and Portugal at the time of the Inquisition, and what happened to them?

(NOTE: This is the second program … Leer más

KULANU (All of Us), with Bonita Sussman

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is the oldest functioning Jewish community in the Western Hemisphere?

“Kulanu” means “all of us” in Hebrew. The organization was founded in 1994 to support … Leer más

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, with Anna Shternshis

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What criteria were used to choose which songs to include on this album?

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II is a recording of … Leer más

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 course, is not a Jewish holiday. It traces its origins to the pre-Christian Celtic New Year, … Leer más

Olam Haba: The World to Come, with Conceptual Artist Daniel Solomons

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What happened when Orthodox Rabbi Mark Solomon told the Chief Rabbi that he was gay?

Daniel Solomons was born in Madrid in 1977 and grew up … Leer más

The ABCs of Prevention and Fitness, with Vicki Gold

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is residual air and where is it found?

Vicki Gold is a highly experienced physical therapist, presenter and educator. She is a graduate of Hunter … Leer más

Three Jewish Schools of Thought: Frankism, Hasidism and Haskalah, with Amelia Serraller

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – What percentage of the Polish population was Jewish before World War II, and what percentage of the Jewish population was Hasidic?

Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University … Leer más

Jewish History in Poland, with Amelia Serraller

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year were Jews first given political rights by the Polish king?

Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University in Madrid, where she … Leer más

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 day of the month of Tishrei, between late September and late October. It is one of the three … Leer más

Margalit Matitiahu: Sefarad Ways and Life–Leon Reencounter

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is Agadán and what is its legend?

Margalit Matitiahu is an Israeli poet who writes in Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew. Since 1986 she has served as secretary-general of … Leer más

Spain’s Ancient Jewish Cemeteries, with Dominique Tomasov

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jewish cemeteries were there in Spain at the time of the Expulsion in 1492? And how many communities did they serve?

Dominique Tomasov … Leer más

Searching for Sephardic Roots, with Abraham García

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the main motivation that people have to research their possible Sephardic heritage?

A number of years ago we spoke with Abraham García who, using … Leer más