The Stateless Central Asian Merchant, with Dahlia Abraham-Klein
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special skill did all Jewish boys over thirteen learn, and […]
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“And Maybe Even Higher”: a Story for Rosh Hashanah by I.L. Peretz
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This story, which is a classic, has been translated many times. This version was translated
Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, with Dr. Beth Ricanati
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the “mitzvah” of making challah? Dr. Beth Ricanati has
Jews in Morocco II: The Mimouna Association, with El Mehdi Boudra
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What areas are the Mimouna Association’s People-to-People initiatives working in, and
Jews in Morocco I: A Long History, with El Mehdi Boudra
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did many Jews leave Morocco after 1956, and where did
New Yiddish Songs of Grief, Fury, and Love, with Joe Dobkin and Josh Waletzky
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What organization are the proceeds of the album going to, and
The Night of the Murdered Poets, with Shane Baker
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When was the first commemoration held, and why that year? In
Music Among the Crypto-Jews in Northeast Brazil, with Judith Cohen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: An adaptation of which medieval instrument is still played in Brazil,
Literary Walking Tours in Madrid, with Marjorie Kanter
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the tours when there are children in
“Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust”, with Robin Judd
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What organizations helped war brides, and specifically Jewish ones, with
The Jews of Curaçao, with María Elena Cuartas y de Marchena
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the Yom Kippur service in Curaçao? María
Ner Tamid: A Transborder Sephardi Project, with María José López-Palop
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many cultural associations are currently part of Ner Tamid?
Jews in the American Revolution, with Adam Jortner
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special characteristics did American Judaism have that made it different
Growing Up on a Kibbutz in the 1980s, with Shaked Barr
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special activity did the kibbutzim organize in the summer for
Growing Up on a Kibbutz in the 1950s
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: At what age did children begin to work in the
The Izmir Jewish Heritage Project, with Nesim Bencoya
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a parochet? Izmir is situated on the Aegean Sea
The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral, with Scott D. Seligman
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Mayor of New York agree to appoint
The National Museum of American Jewish Military History, with Michael Rugel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did Jewish American soldiers do in displaced persons camps
THE JEWS: 5000 YEARS AND COUNTING, with Rob Kutner
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who is the book’s intended readership? May is Jewish Heritage Month
4 WINTERS: Jewish Partisans in World War II, with Julia Mintz
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from giving their testimonies, how did the partisans help in