Sarah Wiek:  Volunteering in Israel

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

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

Nani Vazana:  Ladino Singer-Songwriter

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How was Nani able to write songs in a language that she didn’t speak?

Noam Vazana, Nani, is a singer, songwriter and musician. She plays the … Leer más

ANU Museum of the Jewish People:  Special Wartime Programing, with CEO Dan Tadmor

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why are ANU’s virtual activities only transmitted live and not recorded?

ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv was originally known as Beit Hatfutsot, the … Leer más

The Protone Project:  Security in Places of Worship

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What intercultural event did Arco Forum organize in Madrid to present the PROTONE Project?

PROTONE is a project whose aim is to encourage cooperation among different … Leer más

Margaret Littman:  Eclectic Freelance Writer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the most difficult project that Margaret Littman has undertaken?

Margaret Littman is an award-winning freelance editor and writer who is based in Nashville, Tennessee.  She … Leer más

The Golden Age of Alandalús: The Cairo Genizah…in Madrid!

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Aside from holy books, what other kinds of documents were found in the Cairo Genizah?

The Cairo Genizah, is a collection of Jewish manuscript fragments and administrative documents that were kept … Leer más

“The Yom Kippur War”, from Golda Meir’s Autobiography

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Golda Meir usually spend her weekends when she was Prime Minister of Israel?

Golda Meir was born on May 3, 1898, in Kyiv, Ukraine. … Leer más

A Story for Sukkot:  The Etrog, by S. Y. Agnon

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot is an 8-day holiday which begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the 15th of Tishri. The word “Sukkot” is the plural of “sukkah”, the temporary hut that is built for this holiday, … Leer más

The Day before Yom Kippur, by Sholem Aleichem

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each … Leer más

A Rosh Hashonah Story by Yente Serdatzky

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh Hashonah story. It’s called “Rosh Hashonah”, and was written by Yente Serdatzky. She was a Yiddish writer, who … Leer más

Jacobo Sefamí: Searching for Jewish Roots in Syria

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Syria in 2009?

Jacobo Sefamí is the grandson of Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Turkey and Syria to Mexico … Leer más

Dr. Jerold C. Frakes: Bovo-Bukh, a Medieval Yiddish Tale of Chivalry

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What popular Yiddish expression has its origin in the title of the medieval epic Bovo-Bukh?

Dr. Jerold C. Frakes is a professor emeritus of English at … Leer más

Jewish Food and its Links to Jewish Culture, with Joel Haber 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the economic situation in Israel in the 1950s cause Kurdish Jews there to modify the recipe of one of their traditional foods?

Joel Haber was … Leer más

Alcañices: A Border Town with a Jewish History, with Sergio Rodríguez

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did conversos in Alcañices put on their doorframes to cover the place where the mezuzah had been?

Dr. Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros is vice-rector of the … Leer más

Jews in Kobe, Japan, with S. David Moche

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chiune Sugihara and what did he do?

Kobe is a port city in the Kansai region of Japan on the main island of Honshu. An important city throughout Japanese history, Kobe also has a … Leer más

A Bukharan Jewish Odyssey, with Dahlia Abraham-Klein

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Dahlia’s family different from most Central Asian Jews who settled in New York?

Dahlia Abraham-Klein was born in New York into a Jewish family from … Leer más

Zamora Sefardí, with Jesús Jambrina

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the difference between zamorasefardi.com and zamorasefardi.es?

Zamora is the capital of Zamora province in the Castilla and León region of northwest Spain. It is about … Leer más

Performance and Jewish Heritage Tourism, with Dr. Mechele Leon

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is performance studies and how is it related to tourism?

Dr. Mechele Leon is Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, where she teaches theatre … Leer más

St. Augustine, Florida: The First Jews in North America, with Rabbi Merrill Shapiro

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why was the Spanish mission in St. Augustine, Florida called “Nombre de Dios” (Name of God)?

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro is the founder and Chairman of the St. … Leer más