Linda Jiménez
The Sephardic Influence in the U.S., with Miguel de Lucas
21 Shevat 5778 (06/02/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What special accommodation was made for Jews at the first celebration party of Independence Day in the United States?
The Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and … Leer más
Auschwitz: The Exhibition
14 Shevat 5778 (30/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, what other museums and institutions have contributed to this exhibition?
On December 1 the world´s first Auschwitz traveling exhibition opened … Leer más
«Surviving Skokie», with Eli Adler
8 Shevat 5778 (23/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the NSPA?
Eli Adler is a professional cinematographer with more than thirty years experience. He is a child of a Holocaust survivor, and has … Leer más
Centro Sefarad-Israel’s 10th Anniversary
1 Shevat 5778 (16/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the Institute of Jewish Culture, and what percentage of Centro Sefarad-Israel’s activities does it organize?
On February 8, 2007 the official opening of the … Leer más
The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education, with Shlomi Ravid
23 Tevet 5778 (09/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are the CJPE’s Peoplehood Papers, and how long have they been publishing them?
In recent years there has been a tremendous growth of interest in … Leer más
«Un saco de canicas» de Christian Duguay, con Linda Jiménez
18 Tevet 5778 (04/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoEL CELULOIDE ELEGIDO – Si, como apunta Linda Jiménez, la película franco-canadiense Un saco de canicas es «muy recomendable», los amantes de la novela de Joseph Joffo estamos de enhorabuena. La responsable de nuestro English Corner (cinéfila empedernida) comenta … Leer más
Kibbutz, Moshav, Moshava, with Ami Barr
16 Tevet 5778 (02/01/2018) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Who were the Sobotnikim, and what was their role in the settlement of the Land of Israel?
Most people have heard of the kibbutz, a collectively owned and … Leer más
Nora Gold and Jewish Fiction.net
9 Tevet 5778 (26/12/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How often is Jewish Fiction.net published, and how many stories are there in each issue?
Nora Gold is a prize-winning author who was born in Montreal … Leer más
Turkish Music, with Ethnomusicologist Dorit Klebe
1 Tevet 5778 (19/12/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is a ney?
Dorit Klebe is a German ethnomusicologist from Berlin, where she studied musicology, ethnomusicology and turcology. She conducted fieldwork in Turkey, Greece, Italy … Leer más
A Hanukkah Memoir, by Norma Rosen
25 Kislev 5778 (12/12/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, so this is a special holiday program. In this memoir, «A Generation Reclaims Hanukkah», American author Norma Rosen tells of her own experience … Leer más
Jewish Vilna between the Wars, with Helen Mintz
18 Kislev 5778 (05/12/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Abraham Karpinowitz write about Vilna’s “ordinary” people?
Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más
Abraham Karpinowitz’s Vilna My Vilna, with Helen Mintz
11 Kislev 5778 (28/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What two major themes run through Abraham Karpinowitz’s writings?
Helen Mintz is an internationally acclaimed solo artist, storyteller, translator from Yiddish to English and teacher based … Leer más
Yiddish Culture in Prewar Warsaw, with Karolina Szymaniak
4 Kislev 5778 (21/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Jewish culture viewed by the surrounding non-Jewish Polish society in prewar Warsaw?
Dr. Karolina Szymaniak has a PhD in literary and cultural studies. She … Leer más
Jewish Museum Berlin, with Maren Krüger
26 Heshvan 5778 (14/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What percentage of the visitors to Berlin’s Jewish Museum are from other countries, and what is their main reason for visiting the museum?
The Jewish Museum … Leer más
Journal for Diasporic Hebrew, with Tal Hever-Chybowski
18 Heshvan 5778 (07/11/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What centuries-old traditional method was used to finance the publication of the second issue of Journal for Diasporic Hebrew?
Tal Hever-Chybowski grew up in Jerusalem and … Leer más
The Israeli Diaspora: Israelis in Berlin
11 Heshvan 5778 (31/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is it about Berlin that attracts many Israelis to move there?
Diaspora-Israel Day is a new holiday which was initiated by project Domim-aLike, which is a … Leer más
Vilna, 1939: Khurbn-Forshung (Holocaust Research), with Miriam Schulz
5 Heshvan 5778 (24/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:: What is the integrative method in Holocaust studies, and why was it especially innovative in 1939?
Born and raised in Berlin, Miriam Schulz completed her BA in … Leer más
Yiddish in Berlin, with Tal Hever-Chybowski
28 Tishri 5778 (17/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What are three reasons why people may want to learn Yiddish?
The Medem Library in Paris is the largest Yiddish language library in Europe. It was … Leer más
El curso «Yiddish in Berlin», con Linda Jiménez
26 Tishri 5778 (15/10/2017) | Raquel CornagoLA ENTREVISTA – «Para mí es una cosa del alma, el idioma de mis abuelos, el de mi madre…» Ésto y más es lo que significa el idish para la conductora de nuestro English Corner, Linda Jiménez Glassman, … Leer más
CITYarts and “Pieces for Peace”, with Tsipi Ben-Haim
22 Elul 5777 (12/09/2017) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many countries have hosted “Pieces for Peace” workshops so far?
CITYarts is a nonprofit public arts and education organization founded in 1989 by Tsipi Ben-Haim, … Leer más