Tanya Zion-Waldoks: Haredi Feminism in Israel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has the Supreme Court in Israel made decisions that […]
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The Matzevah Foundation: Restoring Jewish Cemeteries in Poland, with Dr. Steven Reece
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many projects and volunteers has the Matzevah Foundation had so
Rebecca Clarren: The Cost of Free Land
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did homesteaders have to do in order to keep
Three Chanukah Stories by I. B. Singer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah and, in keeping with our tradition here at English Corner,
Sarah Wiek: Volunteering in Israel
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where do foreigners stay while they are volunteering in Israel? Sarah
Anything But Yes: Jewish Life and Resistance in the Rome Ghetto
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What could Jewish women in 18th-century Rome do that Catholic women
Nani Vazana: Ladino Singer-Songwriter
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Nani able to write songs in a language
ANU Museum of the Jewish People: Special Wartime Programing, with CEO Dan Tadmor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why are ANU’s virtual activities only transmitted live and not
The Protone Project: Security in Places of Worship
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What intercultural event did Arco Forum organize in Madrid to
Margaret Littman: Eclectic Freelance Writer
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the most difficult project that Margaret Littman has undertaken?
The Golden Age of Alandalús: The Cairo Genizah…in Madrid!
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from holy books, what other kinds of documents were found
“The Yom Kippur War”, from Golda Meir’s Autobiography
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Golda Meir usually spend her weekends when she was
A Story for Sukkot: The Etrog, by S. Y. Agnon
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot is an 8-day holiday which begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the 15th
The Day before Yom Kippur, by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the
A Rosh Hashonah Story by Yente Serdatzky
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh
Jacobo Sefamí: Searching for Jewish Roots in Syria
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Syria in 2009?
Dr. Jerold C. Frakes: Bovo-Bukh, a Medieval Yiddish Tale of Chivalry
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What popular Yiddish expression has its origin in the title
Jewish Food and its Links to Jewish Culture, with Joel Haber
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the economic situation in Israel in the 1950s cause
Alcañices: A Border Town with a Jewish History, with Sergio Rodríguez
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did conversos in Alcañices put on their doorframes to cover
Jews in Kobe, Japan, with S. David Moche
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who was Chiune Sugihara and what did he do? Kobe is a