Iraqi Jews: Some History and (Mostly) Culture, with Regine Basha
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Iraqi Jews go after they left Iraq in the […]
Linda Jiménez
Together in Manzanar: A Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: There were four different groups incarcerated in the camps: Issei, Nisei,
The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai, with Dr. Melissa R. Klapper
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why wasn’t coffee available in the South during the Civil War,
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center, with Rachel King
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where and whom did the JHC collect oral histories from? The
The Montjuic Project, with Dr. Ze’ev Maor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How are organizations in Poland and the Institute for Jewish Studies
The Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona, with Dr. Ze’ev Maor
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which Jewish culture does the Institute focus on? And which non-Jewish
A Place for People Like Us, with Writer Danila Botha
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What writer inspired Danila to choose this title for her book?
Two Stories for Simchat Torah
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week is Simchat Torah, and to celebrate I’m going to read you two stories.
The Big Sukkah, by Abraham Reisen
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (pronounced Sukkos by Ashkenazi Jews), is a biblical Jewish holiday beginning on the 15th
A Yom Kippur Scandal, by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sholem Aleichem is probably the best-known and most well-loved Yiddish writer. He was born
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
“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
She’s the one: el English Corner de Linda Jiménez
LA ENTREVISTA – This week’s trivia question: Which Radio Sefarad director invited English teacher Linda Jiménez to create English Corner?”
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