Linda Jiménez
Two Stories for Chanukah, by Sam Liptzin and Chaver Paver
27 Kislev 5780 (24/12/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – HAPPY CHANUKAH FROM ENGLISH CORNER TO ALL OUR LISTENERS !!!
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Angels Stole the Latkes, by Sam Liptzin
Sam Liptzin was born in a small village called Lipsk, in Poland, in 1893. By … Leer más
Shield of Honor: Teaching Values through Football. Young Israelis Visit Seville
20 Kislev 5780 (17/12/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did the Israeli Hope Shield of Honor program choose 14 to16-year-olds to participate in the visit to Seville?
Israeli Hope is the President of Israel’s flagship program … Leer más
René Mayer (II): Chess and Humor
13 Kislev 5780 (10/12/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the motto of the World Chess Federation?
René Mayer was born in France in 1947. He is best known for his lifelong dedication to chess–he has … Leer más
René Mayer (I): A Post-War European Jew
6 Kislev 5780 (03/12/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did the Jewish community in Madrid hold services before the synagogue was built in 1968?
René Mayer was born in France in 1947. He is best known … Leer más
Eshkol Nevo, Israeli Writer
15 Heshvan 5780 (12/11/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is Three Floors Up different from Eshkol Nevo’s previous novels?
Eshkol Nevo was born in Jerusalem in 1971, and spent part of his childhood in the United … Leer más
Hasidic Music in Weimar, with Rabbi Sruli Dresdner
8 Heshvan 5780 (05/11/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why do Hasidim dance only to singing, without instruments?
Rabbi Sruli Dresdner grew up in a Hasidic family in New York and has been performing and teaching Klezmer … Leer más
Alan Bern: Yiddish Culture in Weimar, Germany
1 Heshvan 5780 (29/10/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does the four-fold mission of Yiddish Summer Weimar consist of?
Alan Bern is an American composer, pianist, accordionist, educator and cultural activist, based in Berlin. He is internationally … Leer más
The Big Sukkah, by Abraham Reisen
17 Tishri 5780 (15/10/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot (pronounced Sukkos by Ashkenazi Jews), is a biblical Jewish holiday beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei, between late September and late October. It is one of the three biblically mandated … Leer más
A Yom Kippur Scandal, by Sholem Aleichem
10 Tishri 5780 (08/10/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sholem Aleichem is probably the best-known and most well-loved Yiddish writer. He was born Sholem Rabinovich in Russia in 1859, and died in New York in 1916. He did a lot to promote … Leer más
«The Dark Young Man» by Jacob Dinezon, with Scott Hilton Davis
3 Tishri 5780 (01/10/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unusual about the titles of Jacob Dinezon’s first three novels?
Jacob Dinezon was born near Kovno, Lithuania, in 1851. At the age of 15, after his … Leer más
Khayele (Helen) Beer, Yiddishist
18 Elul 5779 (17/09/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is unique about Itzik Manger’s ballads?
Helen (Khayele) Beer is Lecturer in Yiddish in the department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. She was … Leer más
León Felipe: A Spanish Poet with a “Commitment to the Jewish People”, with Jesús Jambrina
11 Elul 5779 (10/09/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What poem did León Felipe dedicate “To all the Jews in the world, my friends, my brethren”?
León Felipe was a Spanish poet who was born in Zamora … Leer más
Upon the Wings of an Eagle: A Family Saga by Chaya Diane Hager
4 Elul 5779 (03/09/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the German Jewish philanthropist whose organization sponsored the large-scale emigration of persecuted Jews from Russia in the 19th century, and the founding of Moisés … Leer más
The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village, with Ruth Behar
27 Av 5779 (27/08/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are «madreñas» and how are they used?
Ruth Behar is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was born in … Leer más
Venezuela’s Jews: Dealing with the Crisis, with Isaac Nahon-Serfaty
20 Av 5779 (20/08/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has the recent crisis in Venezuela influenced the issue of Jewish identity there?
Isaac Nahon-Serfaty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University … Leer más
The Leonese Language: Little-known but widespread, with Alicia Valmaseda
13 Av 5779 (13/08/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where is a variety of Leonés an officially recognized language?
León is now a region of Spain to the northwest of Madrid, but during the Middle Ages it … Leer más
Return to Sepharad in the 21st Century, with Elena Goti
5 Av 5779 (06/08/2019) | Raquel CornagoThis week’s trivia question: How many Sephardi Jews from Luxembourg have applied for Spanish nationality?
Elena Goti is an Argentinian-born social psychologist, whose professional career has focused on groups and families from a trans-generational and trans-cultural perspective. For … Leer más
Cuba’s Jews, with Ruth Behar
27 Tammuz 5779 (30/07/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the “Patronato”, in Havana?
Ruth Behar is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was born in Havana, Cuba … Leer más
The Artian: Art Meets Entrepreneurship–Three Innovators
21 Tammuz 5779 (23/07/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the mission to the moon, what is SpaceIL’s main activity?
The Artian is an innovation and creativity training company that, while rooted in the art … Leer más
The Artian: Art Meets Entrepreneurship, with Nir Hindi
14 Tammuz 5779 (16/07/2019) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does art bring to the business world?
The Artian is an innovation and creativity training company that, while rooted in the art world, explores the influence of art … Leer más