Sephardic Jews in the US, with Devin Naar. Part II: Life, Culture, Language
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When protesting in New York against the Nazis in 1933, who […]
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Sephardic Jews in the US, with Devin Naar. Part I: Some History
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What were the causes of Jewish emigration from the former Ottoman
The Sousa Mendes Foundation: An Update
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many different countries did recipients of Sousa Mendes visas come
Claudia Tijman: Judaica Jewelry in Spain
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is Claudia Tijman’s most popular design? This week we’re
Don’t Cry, You’re a Jew: An Anthology
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is the target readership of this anthology? Rosally Saltsman
From Russia to Israel–Escaping the War…and BREAKING NEWS
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Before beginning our program, we want to bring you some BREAKING NEWS!!! On May
Golda Meir: Israel’s “Iron Lady”, with Ignacio Uría
“It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has
Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, with Eliana Rapp Badihi
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the series of Testimonial Films that
Prophet in Our Midst: A Story for Passover
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This Passover story is by Abraham Moses Klein, who was one of Canada’s most
A (Traditional???) Passover Treat
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Since it’s Passover season, and a time for traditional questions and
1948–The Exhibition: The Founding of the State of Israel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why does the exhibition emphasize the time period beginning with World
The House is in the Book: A Collaborative Work of Art
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a “book artist”? The House is in the Book
A Purim Story by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we celebrate Purim, so, in keeping with English Corner tradition, I’m going
International Women’s Day: Courage, Freedom and Solidarity
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did Emma Goldman mean when she spoke of “the
Jewish Partisans (III): The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what country outside the United States has JPEF
Jewish Partisans (II): Sephardic and Women Partisans
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of Jewish partisans were women and how were they
Jewish Partisans (I): The Bielski Group
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Bielski partisan group take in everybody, including elderly
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light, with Joyce Yarrow
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the meaning of the word “zahara”? Joyce Yarrow was
70 Faces Media: Connecting people to all sides of the unfolding Jewish story
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the HUB? 70 Faces Media is the largest
Aristides de Sousa Mendes: Portuguese Righteous Among the Nations
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is helping to fund the restoration of Sousa Mendes’s