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Linda Jiménez

Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (2/3): History and Centro Isaac Campantón

13 Av 5778 (24/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the legend of the automaton of Tábara, a town in the Spanish province of Zamora?

(This is part 2 of a series of three … Leer más

Jewish Zamora, with Jesús Jambrina (1/3): A Chronology and a Sage

6 Av 5778 (17/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the name of the book that was written by Rabbi Isaac Campanton in the 15th century, and is still used for the study of the Torah today?

(This … Leer más

Sara Aharoni, Israeli Educator and Writer

28 Tammuz 5778 (10/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What educational program did Sara Aharoni develop for adults in Peru, and who participated in it?

Sara Aharoni was born in Israel in 1953. She worked … Leer más

Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part II: The Community Today

21 Tammuz 5778 (03/07/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what way was Iberica Films, founded by German Jewish refugee David Oliver in 1933, innovative?

This is the second of the two-part series that we … Leer más

Jewish Barcelona, with Dominique Tomasov–Part I: The History

14 Tammuz 5778 (26/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What book was found hidden in the wall of a building in Barcelona in 1846? And what does it tell us about the person who hid it there?

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David Hirshberg: My Mother’s Son

6 Tammuz 5778 (19/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did people in the United States realize about sports for the first time in 1952?

David Hirshberg is the pseudonym for an entrepreneur who prefers … Leer más

Rabbi Sonsino: The Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Concept of God in Judaism

30 Sivan 5778 (12/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the people who wrote them?

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, … Leer más

Martina Lemoine: Dr. Angel Pulido and the Sephardic Cause

23 Sivan 5778 (05/06/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was “the Sephardic cause” that Dr. Pulido championed?

Angel Pulido was a Spanish doctor and politician at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th … Leer más

Daniela Flesler: The “Rediscovery” of Spain’s Jewish Heritage

16 Sivan 5778 (29/05/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was discovered in Lucena, Spain, in 2006, and how has it affected the town’s relationship to its Jewish history?

Daniela Flesler is Associate Professor in … Leer más

Rachel Sherman, Sociologist: Being Affluent in New York

9 Sivan 5778 (22/05/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About what percentage of New Yorkers earn more than $250,000 a year?

Rachel Sherman is an associate professor of sociology at the New School for Social … Leer más

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research and FRA Antisemitism Survey

3 Sivan 5778 (16/05/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What differences are there between the FRA antisemitism survey that was conducted in 2012 and the one that is in progress now?

The Institute for Jewish … Leer más

Lag BaOmer: History and Traditions

15 Iyyar 5778 (30/04/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does shooting bows and arrows have to do with playing cards? And how are both of these activities related to Jewish history?

The name of … Leer más

“Jewish History in Sarajevo”, with Director Jonna Rock

10 Iyyar 5778 (24/04/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the average age of members of the Jewish community in present-day Sarajevo?

Jonna Rock was born in 1980 and completed her studies in Slavonic … Leer más

Anti-Semitism in the U.S.: The German-American Bund and the KKK, with Michael D’Innocenzo

26 Nisan 5778 (10/04/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Daily Stormer website and who is its intended audience?

Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on April 12 this year, and this week … Leer más

Poland’s New “Holocaust Law”: An Open Letter to Students, with Piotr Laskowski

5 Nisan 5778 (20/03/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the public reaction to the letter published by two Polish teachers in answer to the new government law?

At the beginning of February the … Leer más

Judeo-Spanish in the Royal Spanish Academy, with Ora R. Schwarzwald

27 Adar 5778 (13/03/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does “desmazalado” mean, and where does the word come from?

The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) is the official institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language. It was … Leer más

Scattered Among the Nations, with Bryan Schwartz

19 Adar 5778 (06/03/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many travelling exhibits does Scattered Among the Nations have?

Scattered Among the Nations is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Jewish and non-Jewish world … Leer más

Los profesores se preguntan cómo resistieron los judíos en el Holocausto, con Nora Gaón

9 Adar 5778 (23/02/2018) |

SHOÁ AHORA – Con motivo del último Día Internacional para la Memoria del Holocausto, Nora Gaón del museo israelí Lohamei Haguetaot (luchadores del gueto) realizó el 1 de febrero de 2018 un taller sobre las resistencias en el … Leer más

Democrats Abroad Israel, with Heather Stone

5 Adar 5778 (20/02/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many members does Democrats Abroad have in Israel?

In 2016, the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 9 million U.S. citizens living abroad.

Exhibit “De la luz al secreto”, with Moisés Bentata

29 Shevat 5778 (13/02/2018) |

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has Judaism influenced Moisés Bentata’s art?

On January 30, the exhibition De la Luz al Secreto, («From the Light to the Secret») was inaugurated at … Leer más