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Olam Haba: The World to Come, with Conceptual Artist Daniel Solomons

15 Heshvan 5779 (23/10/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What happened when Orthodox Rabbi Mark Solomon told the Chief Rabbi that he was gay?

Daniel Solomons was born in Madrid in 1977 and grew up … Leer más

The ABCs of Prevention and Fitness, with Vicki Gold

8 Heshvan 5779 (16/10/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is residual air and where is it found?

Vicki Gold is a highly experienced physical therapist, presenter and educator. She is a graduate of Hunter … Leer más

Three Jewish Schools of Thought: Frankism, Hasidism and Haskalah, with Amelia Serraller

1 Heshvan 5779 (09/10/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – What percentage of the Polish population was Jewish before World War II, and what percentage of the Jewish population was Hasidic?

Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University … Leer más

Jewish History in Poland, with Amelia Serraller

24 Tishri 5779 (02/10/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year were Jews first given political rights by the Polish king?

Amelia Serraller studied Slavic Philology at the Complutense University in Madrid, where she … Leer más

Sukkot–Some Background and a Story by Sholem Aleichem

17 Tishri 5779 (25/09/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (Sukkos for Ashkenazi Jews) is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei, between late September and late October. It is one of the three … Leer más

Margalit Matitiahu: Sefarad Ways and Life–Leon Reencounter

18 Elul 5778 (28/08/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is Agadán and what is its legend?

Margalit Matitiahu is an Israeli poet who writes in Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew. Since 1986 she has served as secretary-general of … Leer más

Spain’s Ancient Jewish Cemeteries, with Dominique Tomasov

11 Elul 5778 (21/08/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jewish cemeteries were there in Spain at the time of the Expulsion in 1492? And how many communities did they serve?

Dominique Tomasov … Leer más

Searching for Sephardic Roots, with Abraham García

3 Elul 5778 (13/08/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the main motivation that people have to research their possible Sephardic heritage?

A number of years ago we spoke with Abraham García who, using … Leer más

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, with Alfredo Alonso Estenoz

26 Av 5778 (07/08/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges refer to Israel in one of his poems?

Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentinian poet, essayist, and short-story … Leer más

Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (3/3): VI International Congress—Jews in the Kingdom of León

19 Av 5778 (31/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special Jewish connection is there between the cities of Zamora in Spain and Bragança in Portugal?

(This is the last in a series of three … Leer más

Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (2/3): History and Centro Isaac Campantón

13 Av 5778 (24/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the legend of the automaton of Tábara, a town in the Spanish province of Zamora?

(This is part 2 of a series of three … Leer más

Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (1/3): A Chronology and a Sage

6 Av 5778 (17/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the book that was written by Rabbi Isaac Campanton in the 15th century, and is still used for the study of the Torah today?

(This … Leer más

Sara Aharoni, Israeli Educator and Writer

28 Tammuz 5778 (10/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What educational program did Sara Aharoni develop for adults in Peru, and who participated in it?

Sara Aharoni was born in Israel in 1953. She worked … Leer más

Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part II: The Community Today

21 Tammuz 5778 (03/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what way was Iberica Films, founded by German Jewish refugee David Oliver in 1933, innovative?

This is the second of the two-part series that we … Leer más

Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part I: The History

14 Tammuz 5778 (26/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What book was found hidden in the wall of a building in Barcelona in 1846? And what does it tell us about the person who hid it there?

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David Hirshberg: My Mother’s Son

6 Tammuz 5778 (19/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did people in the United States realize about sports for the first time in 1952?

David Hirshberg is the pseudonym for an entrepreneur who prefers … Leer más

Rabbi Sonsino: The Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Concept of God in Judaism

30 Sivan 5778 (12/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the people who wrote them?

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, … Leer más

Martina Lemoine: Dr. Angel Pulido and the Sephardic Cause

23 Sivan 5778 (05/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was “the Sephardic cause” that Dr. Pulido championed?

Angel Pulido was a Spanish doctor and politician at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th … Leer más

Daniela Flesler: The “Rediscovery” of Spain’s Jewish Heritage

16 Sivan 5778 (29/05/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was discovered in Lucena, Spain, in 2006, and how has it affected the town’s relationship to its Jewish history?

Daniela Flesler is Associate Professor in … Leer más

Rachel Sherman, Sociologist: Being Affluent in New York

9 Sivan 5778 (22/05/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About what percentage of New Yorkers earn more than $250,000 a year?

Rachel Sherman is an associate professor of sociology at the New School for Social … Leer más