“Meet a Jew”, with David Benatar
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is Centro Sefarad-Israel doing to support this project? Meet a […]
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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
Louis Brandeis: Lawyer, Activist, Supreme Court Justice, with Richard Michelson
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was a “Brandeis brief”? Louis Brandeis was the first Jew
The Jews of Turkey Then and Now, with Simon Waldman
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jews were there in Turkey in the 1920s when
Tova: A Jewish Bakery in Madrid, with Tamara Cohen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the inspiration behind Tova bakery? Tamara Cohen is an
Sukkot: Some Traditions and a Story
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the historical relationship between Passover, Shevout and Sukkot?
Silvina Mizrahi: A Sephardi Spirit
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What unique characteristics of Silvina’s hometown have had an important influence
Kaporos—A Story for Yom Kippur by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – The word “Kaporos” is a Hebrew word which refers to an old religious custom
Shanah Tovah! A Rosh Hashonah Recipe for a Sweet New Year
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does the word “teiglach” mean? This week we’re celebrating
WJPR (Revisited), with Al Gordon
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a “part-15” radio station? In August 2015 we spoke
East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press, with Vivi Lachs
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What criteria did Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin use when deciding
The Braided Prescription: Living Well through Making Challah, with Dr. Beth Ricanati
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is “challah diplomacy”? Dr. Beth Ricanati has built her career
Conversos in 16th and 17th Century Spanish Life and Culture, with Kevin Ingram
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How were conversos’ ideas about Christianity different from those of Old
Preserving Ladino and Solitreo, with Benni Aguado
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Solitreo come from, and what does the word mean?
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Theologian and Human Rights Activist, with Jordan Spencer Jacobs
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did Abraham Joshua Heschel think about language? Jordan Spencer Jacobs
The Endecha: Sephardic Music for Tisha B’Av, with Henar Cabrero
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the differences between the Sephardic and Spanish versions of
Zamora Sefardí’s 14th International Congress, with Dr. Jesús Jambrina
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jewish quarters were there in Zamora before the expulsion
Nataliya Tolok’s Many Hats: Promoting Jewish Culture in Lviv
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What sources do researchers use to find out about traditional Jewish
Lviv, Lvov, Lemberg, Leopolis…and its Jewish History, with Nataliya Tolok
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the population of Lviv in 1941 when the Nazis
Antisemitism, an American Tradition, with Dr. Pamela Nadell
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What “structured discriminations” were instituted in the 1920s, and when were