Feminist Anthropology, with Ruth Behar

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ  – This week’s trivia question: What is autoethnography?

Dr. Ruth Behar is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was born in Havana, Cuba to a Jewish-Cuban … Leer más

Danila Botha:  Award-Winning Canadian Writer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What importance do visual arts and music have in Danila Botha’s work?

Danila Botha is a Canadian fiction writer based in Toronto. She was born in Johannesburg, … Leer más

Sar-El:  Volunteers for Israel, with CEO Keren Dahan

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  About what percentage of Sar-El volunteers are not Jewish?

Over 40 years ago, Sar-El–The National Project for Volunteers for Israel, was founded as a non-profit, non-political organization … Leer más

«Whistleblowers»: Fighting to Expose the Holocaust in America, with Rafael Medoff

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Where did Josiah DuBois work and what brought him into contact with what was happening in Nazi Germany?

This week we are bringing you a new graphic … Leer más

The GI’s Rabbi: World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn, with Mark Zaid

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How did a Yom Kippur service in 1944, led by Rabbi Eichhorn, help U.S. military intelligence?

Mark S. Zaid is an American attorney, based in Washington, D.C., … Leer más

The Nash Didan Jews, with Sam Miller

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is a common Shabbat lunch food for the Nash Didan, and what color is it?

The Nash Didan are a small Jewish community, originally from the … Leer más

Shavuot–History, Customs and a Story: «Greens for Shavuos» by Sholem Aleichem

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why do some people decorate their homes with greens and fresh flowers on Shavuot?

Shavuot (pronounced Shavuos by Ashkenazi Jews) is not as well-known as other holidays … Leer más

The Academic Network against Antisemitism, with David Villar

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What three strategies is the Network using to combat antisemitism?

Last month teachers, researchers and students from over a dozen Spanish universities and research institutions joined together … Leer más

Mark S. Zaid: Comic Books, Seriously

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Who was declared persona non grata in Nazi Germany during World War II, and why?

Mark S. Zaid was born in 1967 and grew up on … Leer más

Mark S. Zaid: Using the Law to Challenge Authority

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What does Whistleblower Aid do, and what do they charge?

Mark S. Zaid is an American attorney, based in Washington, D.C., with a practice focused on national security law, freedom of speech constitutional claims, and government … Leer más

The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, with Rafael Medoff

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  When did historians begin to look seriously at FDR’s response to the Holocaust?  And what did they discover?

The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies teaches … Leer más

Jewish and Native American:  «Two Tribes», with Emily Bowen Cohen

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How old is the protagonist of Two Tribes and who was the book written for?

Emily Bowen Cohen is Jewish and a member of the Muscogee Nation. … Leer más

Ordinary Jews Resisting Nazi Persecution, with Wolf Gruner 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How did Wolf first discover that there were individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution?

Wolf Gruner is a German academic who has been the Founding Director of the … Leer más

“This Night of Nights”:  A Story for Passover by Sarah Lerner

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Passover, so we are offering you a contemporary story, This Night of Nights, by Sarah Lerner. 

Sarah was born in London to a British Jewish mother … Leer más

JSpaceCanada, with Maytal Kowalski 

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What are JSpaceCanada’s values and how does their work reflect them?

JSpaceCanada is a pro-Israel, pro-peace Zionist advocacy organization that champions a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. The … Leer más

Josh Tuininga:  We Are Not Strangers

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Where in Seattle does this story take place?

Josh Tuininga is an author, artist, and designer living in North Bend, Washington. After studying fine art at the … Leer más

American Highschoolers on a Study Trip to Spain

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  In which Spanish town were the students able to see the original 1492 Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain?

We recently met with a group … Leer más

Orejas o bolsillos de Haman, ¡en Purim no hay que elegir!

RECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Como saben Purim celebra la salvación de los judíos del plan de Hamán, el primer ministro del Rey de Persia, de matarlos. La palabra “purim” significa “suertes”, en el sentido de … Leer más

A Short Story for Purim: “Dressing Up”, by Mark Binder

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Purim, so we thought you’d like to hear a Purim story. Mark Binder is an author and storyteller who lives in Providence, R.I. He is the founder … Leer más

Two New Novellas by Nora Gold

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What is a “flip book” and why did Nora choose to use this format?

Dr. Nora Gold is a prize-winning author who was born in Montreal, … Leer más