Agnieszka Holland: Polish Filmmaker

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was Agnieszka Holland’s greatest challenge when filming “In Darkness”?

Last week we spoke with Sally Perel, whose amazing experiences during World War II were made … Leer más

Moshe Margolin – The Jewish Theological Seminary

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Our guest this week is Moshe Margolin, the senior director of the Institute for Jewish Learning at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Mr. Margolin’s career in Jewish education spans more than 30 … Leer más

Robert Kostro: The Polish History Museum in Warsaw

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the three missions of Warsaw’s Polish History Museum?

Robert Kostro is a Polish historian, journalist, columnist and politician. In the 1980s, Mr. Kostro was active … Leer más

Robert Kostro: Jews in Poland and Jan Karski

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jews were there in Poland before the Holocaust, and how many are there now?

Our guest this week is Robert Kostro, who is a … Leer más

Kosher Certification throughout the World: Rabbi Menachem Genack of the Orthodox Union

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What foods need the most constant supervision by the OU?

The Orthodox Union is an educational, outreach and social service organization which serves the North … Leer más

Información diferente para comenzar la semana 19/5/2014

LAS NOTICIAS DE LOS LUNES – La III Semana del Libro Judío en Madrid y Mosaicos la primera muestra colectiva de Arte Judío en Madrid centran el interés informativo de estas noticias diferentes con las que queremos … Leer más

N.CH** on the Costa del Sol: Spain’s Only Kosher Hotel

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – THIS WEEK’S TRIVIA QUESTION: When was the N.CH Kosher hotel first opened, and how many guests can it accommodate?

The two-star N.CH. Hotel is the only kosher hotel in … Leer más

Torremolinos: A Jewish Community on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Torremolinos is a municipality on Spain’s Costa del Sol, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism beginning in the late … Leer más

Rabbi Menachem Genack: Letters to President Clinton

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – April 23 is World Book Day, so before getting to our interview, I thought you might like to know the origin of this special day. World Book Day is a yearly event … Leer más

Special Earth Day Program: Judaism and Nature

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Earth Day is on April 22nd, and since protecting the environment is such an important issue, we thought it would be interesting to find out about what aspects of Judaism are directly … Leer más

Passover: Some History, Stories and Recipes

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – The Haggadah is the book we read at the Passover seder which tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt. There have been printed Haggadot for five centuries, but the basic … Leer más

Dr. Sam Abudarham: The Jewish Community in Gibraltar

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Gibraltar, as you know, is a British Overseas Territory, located at the southern tip of Spain. It has an area of only 2.3 square miles, or 6 square kilometers, about one-fifteenth … Leer más

Katie Halper: Commie Camp (The Movie)

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Camp Kinderland is a very unusual summer camp, which was founded 90 years ago by progressive secular Jewish activists as a retreat for their children from the tenements of New York … Leer más

Ruth Behar y su literatura sefardí para jóvenes y niños

LA ENTREVISTA – La antropóloga, escritora y profesora cubano-estadounidense de la Universidad de Michigan, Ruth Behar , es como muchos de ustedes saben,   autora de interesantísimos trabajos y libros -también para niños- sobre la cultura y la identidad sefardí. … Leer más