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Jewish Vilna between the Wars, with Helen Mintz
18 Kislev 5778 (05/12/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Abraham Karpinowitz write about Vilna’s “ordinary” people?
Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más
Abraham Karpinowitz’s Vilna My Vilna, with Helen Mintz
11 Kislev 5778 (28/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two major themes run through Abraham Karpinowitz’s writings?
Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más
Yiddish Culture in Prewar Warsaw, with Karolina Szymaniak
4 Kislev 5778 (21/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Jewish culture viewed by the surrounding non-Jewish Polish society in prewar Warsaw?
Dr. Karolina Szymaniak has a PhD in literary and cultural studies. She … Leer más
Jewish Museum Berlin, with Maren Krüger
26 Heshvan 5778 (14/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of the visitors to Berlin’s Jewish Museum are from other countries, and what is their main reason for visiting the museum?
The Jewish Museum … Leer más
Journal for Diasporic Hebrew, with Tal Hever-Chybowski
18 Heshvan 5778 (07/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What centuries-old traditional method was used to finance the publication of the second issue of Journal for Diasporic Hebrew?
Tal Hever-Chybowski grew up in Jerusalem and … Leer más
The Israeli Diaspora: Israelis in Berlin
11 Heshvan 5778 (31/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is it about Berlin that attracts many Israelis to move there?
Diaspora-Israel Day is a new holiday which was initiated by project Domim-aLike, which is a … Leer más
Vilna, 1939: Khurbn-Forshung (Holocaust Research), with Miriam Schulz
5 Heshvan 5778 (24/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:: What is the integrative method in Holocaust studies, and why was it especially innovative in 1939?
Born and raised in Berlin, Miriam Schulz completed her BA in … Leer más
Yiddish in Berlin, with Tal Hever-Chybowski
28 Tishri 5778 (17/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are three reasons why people may want to learn Yiddish?
The Medem Library in Paris is the largest Yiddish language library in Europe. It was … Leer más
CITYarts and “Pieces for Peace”, with Tsipi Ben-Haim
22 Elul 5777 (12/09/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many countries have hosted “Pieces for Peace” workshops so far?
CITYarts is a nonprofit public arts and education organization founded in 1989 by Tsipi Ben-Haim, … Leer más
A Spanish “Plaza”…..in Korea! with Sara Casado
15 Elul 5777 (05/09/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are three types of activities that take place in the amphitheater that is part of “¡Esta es una Plaza!”?
Lavapies is an old, traditional and … Leer más
Madrid’s Reform Jewish Community, with Yael Cobano
8 Elul 5777 (29/08/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Reform Jewish communities are there in Spain, and where are they located?
The Reform Jewish Community of Madrid, which is affiliated with the European … Leer más
Spanish Jewish Food BEFORE the Expulsion, with Sara Gardner
1 Elul 5777 (22/08/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: According to the Edict of Expulsion, what was one gastronomical reason given to justify expelling the Jews from Spain in 1492?
Sara Gardner is a Fulbright … Leer más
Sephardic Jews in Zimbabwe, with Stella Cohen
23 Av 5777 (14/08/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jews were there in Zimbabwe at their peak in the early 1960s, and how many are there now?
After the expulsion of the Jews … Leer más
“Saved by Language”…and Saving a Language, with Bryan Kirschen
17 Av 5777 (08/08/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What Jerusalem-based organization has helped to standardize a system of spelling for writing Ladino?
Dr. Bryan Kirschen is an American linguist who had already studied Hebrew, … Leer más
Emerging Jewish Communities in Sicily, with Judith Cohen
10 Av 5777 (01/08/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where was a mikveh found on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily?
Dr. Judith R. Cohen has visited us here on English Corner many times … Leer más
The IV Erensya Summit, with Miguel de Lucas
3 Av 5777 (25/07/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is FESELA and what countries are members?
The word “erensya” means “heritage” in Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, the language spoken by many descendents of the Jews … Leer más
L.L. Zamenhof and Esperanto, with Alejandro Pareja
24 Tammuz 5777 (18/07/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What motivated Zamenhof to create Esperanto?
2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of the death of the creator of the international language, Esperanto, and has been therefore … Leer más
Stella’s Sephardic Table, with Stella Cohen
18 Tammuz 5777 (11/07/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What ingredients from the local cuisine did the Sephardic Jewish community in Zimbabwe incorporate into their cooking?
Following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in … Leer más
Ulpan Israeli, with Frida Fisher
11 Tammuz 5777 (04/07/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What volunteer community activities do Ulpan Israeli’s students participate in?
Ulpan Israeli is a private Hebrew school located in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv. We spoke with its Director, Frida … Leer más
Jesús Casquete: Nazis at Street Level (the SA in the Weimar Republic)
4 Tammuz 5777 (27/06/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two key issues were present in Nazi ideology from the very beginning?
Jesús Casquete is a professor of the History of Social and Political Movements … Leer más
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ACTUALIDAD
Especial noticias 18/4/2024
10 Nisan 5784 (17/04/2024) | Jorge Rozemblum
NOTICIAS CON COMENTARIO A DOS – No es de extrañar que estos sean días de conjeturas, también para nuestro colaborador en Israel, Pascal Roy, siendo la principal de ellas en qué consistirá la respuesta israelí al ataque de … Leer más
CULTURA
«Mi vida» de Golda Meir, con Silvia Cherem y Ruben Lerner
10 Nisan 5784 (17/04/2024) | Raquel Cornago
SEFER: DE LIBROS Y AUTORES – «El 7 de octubre nos determina y marca, la autobiografía de Golda Meir cobra una dimensión muy diferente ahora, es fundamental su lectura en estos momentos, me urgía» nos dice la periodista … Leer más
VIDA JUDÍA
Narcisos amarillos y Julia Keil, la glamurosa artista art decó
9 Nisan 5784 (16/04/2024) | Raquel Cornago
POLIN: JUDÍOS POLACOS, CON ELZBIETA BORTKIEWICZ – Narcisos amarillos y la iniciativa Nos une la memoria- como cada 19 de abril Varsovia recuerdará a los héroes del Gueto- antes de empezar a conocer a Julia Keil (de soltera … Leer más
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