The Ninth Candle: A New Approach to Holocaust Education
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What age range are The Ninth Candle’s programs designed for? Luke […]
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Squatting in Tree Pits (aka Guerrilla Gardening), with Sara Casado
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How do trees benefit from having other plants around them?
Stolpersteine in Madrid: Honoring the Victims of Nazism
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many stolpersteine are there in Madrid, and mostly in which
Sitting on a Suitcase: Psychoanalytic Stories
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was in the “small suitcase” that each contributor to the
Illustrating Ladino Proverbs, with Marc Shanker
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Marc Shanker first hear the proverbs that he illustrated
“The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue”, with Elizabeth Brown
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is the book dedicated to, and why? Elizabeth Brown
Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail, with Frances Levine
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When did many German Jewish families begin to move into the
Cooking Up Democracy (and Turning the Tables)
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people contributed recipes to the book? For the last
Two Stories for Chanukah, by Sam Liptzin and Chaver Paver
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – HAPPY CHANUKAH FROM ENGLISH CORNER TO ALL OUR LISTENERS !!! Angels Stole the Latkes,
Iraqi Jewish Culture, with Regine Basha
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the names of the two instruments (shown above) which
Iraqi Jews: Some History and (Mostly) Culture, with Regine Basha
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Iraqi Jews go after they left Iraq in the
Together in Manzanar: A Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: There were four different groups incarcerated in the camps: Issei, Nisei,
The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai, with Dr. Melissa R. Klapper
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why wasn’t coffee available in the South during the Civil War,
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center, with Rachel King
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where and whom did the JHC collect oral histories from? The
The Montjuic Project, with Dr. Ze’ev Maor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How are organizations in Poland and the Institute for Jewish Studies
The Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona, with Dr. Ze’ev Maor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which Jewish culture does the Institute focus on? And which non-Jewish
A Place for People Like Us, with Writer Danila Botha
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What writer inspired Danila to choose this title for her book?
Two Stories for Simchat Torah
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week is Simchat Torah, and to celebrate I’m going to read you two stories.
The Big Sukkah, by Abraham Reisen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (pronounced Sukkos by Ashkenazi Jews), is a biblical Jewish holiday beginning on the 15th
A Yom Kippur Scandal, by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sholem Aleichem is probably the best-known and most well-loved Yiddish writer. He was born