Linda Jiménez
Jewish Women Who Made a Difference
13 Adar 5783 (06/03/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year was the first International Women’s Day celebrated?
March 8 is International Women’s Day, so this week we are going to speak about three Jewish … Leer más
Purim: History(?), Traditions and a Recipe
8 Adar 5783 (28/02/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where does the custom of masquerading on Purim come from?
We’re celebrating Purim this week, so I thought it would be interesting to talk a little … Leer más
Isabel Frey: Revolutionary Yiddish Music
1 Adar 5783 (21/02/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is Isabel Frey’s music received in her home country of Austria, and what kind of people make up most of her fan base there?
Isabel Frey is a … Leer más
Hana Jaeger: An Israeli Artist in Madrid
24 Shevat 5783 (14/02/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has living in Spain influenced Hana Jaeger’s work?
Hana Jaeger is an Israeli artist who has lived in Madrid since 2020. She came to art relatively … Leer más
Solomon Perel: “I Was Hitler Youth Solomon” (Europa Europa)
16 Shevat 5783 (07/02/2023) | Jorge RozemblumENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What were the last words of advice that Sally Perel’s parents gave him, and did he follow that advice?
(On February 2, 2023 Solomon Perel passed away at … Leer más
Tu B’Shevat: Not just the «Birthday of the Trees»
9 Shevat 5783 (31/01/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the seven species listed in the Book of Deuteronomy that Jews traditionally eat on the holiday of Tu B’Shevat?
Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of the … Leer más
George Sherman: “We discovered Mauthausen”
3 Shevat 5783 (24/01/2023) | Jorge RozemblumENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When the 11th Armored Division of the American Army discovered the Mauthausen concentration camp in May, 1945, how many Spanish prisoners did they find there?
On … Leer más
Shtetl to Ellis: The Untold Story, with Leah Kaplan
25 Tevet 5783 (17/01/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many immigrants were processed at Ellis Island every day between 1900 and 1914?
Leah Kaplan’s grandparents emigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe at the … Leer más
The ASF’s Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry, with Genie Milgrom
18 Tevet 5783 (10/01/2023) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry that is issued by the American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience good for?
Genie Milgrom was born in Havana … Leer más
Performing Tangier, with Marjorie Kanter
11 Tevet 5783 (03/01/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who participates in Marjorie Kanter’s workshops?
Performing Tangier is an international festival that recently celebrated its 18th edition. It is a five-day long city-wide festival held in … Leer más
REAL New York Bagels in Madrid! Tamara Cohen’s MAZÁL
4 Tevet 5783 (27/12/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What kinds of bagels do they make at Mazál and which are the most popular?
Mazál opened in Madrid as a New York-style bagel shop in 2020 … Leer más
The Little Chanukah Lamp: A Story by I. L. Peretz
27 Kislev 5783 (20/12/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH 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 holiday story But first, some background about the author, I.L. Peretz .
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Twinned Towns: Castrillo Mota de Judíos (Spain) and Kfar Vradim (Israel)
20 Kislev 5783 (13/12/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: On what basis was the town of Kfar Vradim founded?
Castrillo Mota de Judíos is a small village of about 50 inhabitants in the Spanish province of … Leer más
Jaime Moreno Bau, New Director of Centro Sefarad-Israel
12 Kislev 5783 (06/12/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What do the Centro Sefarad-Israel and its Director do to fight against antisemitism?
Centro Sefarad-Israel was created in 2006, through an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign … Leer más
50th Anniversary of Benidorm’s Jewish Community
6 Kislev 5783 (29/11/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has Covid affected the Benidorm community and its services?
Benidorm is a town in the province of Alicante on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. It is … Leer más
Carla Berg: Multifaceted Brazilian-born Jewish Singer
29 Heshvan 5783 (22/11/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many languages does Carla sing in, and why did she decide to sing in Ladino?
Carla Berg was born in Brazil to parents of Syrian Jewish … Leer más
The Boston Chocolate Party: A Children’s Book for Hanukkah
22 Heshvan 5783 (15/11/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why was chocolate distributed to soldiers and prisoners in the American colonies?
Tami Lehman-Wilzig was born in the United States and has lived in Israel since … Leer más
Silent Tears: Poetry of Holocaust Survivors Set to Music
15 Heshvan 5783 (08/11/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Dan Rosenberg decide to translate the poems into Yiddish before setting them to music?
Dr. Paula David is a gerontologist and social worker in … Leer más
Hen Mazzig: Mizrahi Jewish Activist and Influencer
6 Heshvan 5783 (31/10/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where in Israel do most Mizrahi Jews live, and how does it affect their educational opportunities?
Hen Mazzig is an Israeli-born Mizrahi Jew and advocate for the Mizrahi … Leer más
Hebrew Union College’s Jewish Language Project, with Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor
1 Heshvan 5783 (25/10/2022) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are some of the unusual features of the Jewish Language Project’s Passover Haggadah?
Wherever Jews have lived around the world, they have spoken and written using … Leer más
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