It’s CHANUKAH, NOT “Chrismukkah”

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – COME CELEBRATE CHANUKAH WITH US A number of Jewish communities in Spain traditionally hold public celebrations of Chanukah, to which everyone is invited. If you would like to learn more about this holiday, … Leer más

Saint Teresa of Avila, the Woman, with Helena Cosano

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Teresa of Avila have problems with the Inquisition? And what protected her from being persecuted by it?

Helena Cosano was born in India, where … Leer más

De la Biblia: el trigo

RECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – El segundo programa de la serie sobre las siete especies está dedicado al trigo, una alimento tan ancestral como fundamental. En tiempos bíblicos, una cosecha abundante de trigo simbolizaba el bienestar … Leer más

YIVO: Its History and New Online Classes, with Jonathan Brent, CEO

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people around the world took Discovering Ashkenaz, YIVO’s first online course, and where were they from?

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, based in … Leer más

Flying Couch: Amy Kurzweil’s Graphic Memoir

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why did Amy Kurzweil name her graphic memoir  Flying Couch?

Amy Kurzweil is a cartoonist and writer. Originally from the Boston area, she now lives in … Leer más

De la Biblia: tortas de aceite

RECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – La Torá -nos recuerda nuestra anfitriona en esta cocina tan especial- no ofrece recetas, pero sí habla de alimentos. Acerca de estas comidas bíblicas vamos a hablar en una serie de … Leer más

The Battle of Cable Street, with Derek Gadd

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What opposing views did different Jewish groups have with regard to permitting a fascist march through the East End of London in 1936?

On Sunday, October … Leer más

Berenjenas, what else?

RECETAS CON HISTORIA – ¿Sabían que un nombre antiguo inglés para la berenjena fue “Jew’s Apple”, o sea, manzana judía? Y es que la vinculación de las berenjenas con el pueblo judío y sus recetas es ancestral.

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Bet-El: Madrid’s Conservative Community, with Mario Stofenmacher

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does Bet-El’s new program LAMED consist of, and who is teaching it?

Mario Stofenmacher is one of the founders of Bet-El, Madrid’s Conservative (or Masorti) Jewish … Leer más

The Gefilteria: Reimagining Old World Jewish Foods

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

Five years ago Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern were friends in their 20s who missed the delicious Ashkenazi cooking that they had grown … Leer más

¿»Huevos judíos»? ¿Húngaros?

RECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – A comienzos de 5777 empezamos este programa de cocina en el que Linda Jiménez Glassman, la responsable de nuestro Englih Corner, nos enseña a preparar sus recetas favoritas siempre con una … Leer más

Juan Carlos Fauvety, Film Historian: The Holocaust in Cinema

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: In what year did film director Stanley Kramer die? And what is the name of the documentary that Juan Carlos Fauvety made about him?

Juan … Leer más

Dr. Yossi Shain: The Israelization of Judaism and its Effects on the Diaspora

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How has the attitude of Israel changed towards Israelis who have gone to live in the diaspora?

Dr. Yossi Shain is a Professor of Political Science … Leer más

Abraham Peer-Plocker: The Israel-Portugal Friendship Association

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why haven’t many Israelis visited Portugal until very recently?

This week we have a guest interviewer on English Corner. Pascal Roy is in charge of Radio … Leer más

The European Association for Jewish Studies, with Dr. François Guesnet

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When and where was the last EAJS Conference held, and how many presentations were given there?

The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) is the sole … Leer más

¡Happy 600 cumpleaños «Rincón en inglés»!, con Linda Jiménez

LA ENTREVISTA – Era diciembre de 2004 cuando Solly Wollodarsky Z»L -nuestro primer y querido director- le propuso a Linda Jiménez hacerse cargo del English Corner la apuesta en inglés de Radio Sefarad. El primer programa conducido por … Leer más

Dr. Lily Kahn: UCL Jewish Languages Conference

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What do all “Jewish” languages have in common?

Every year at the beginning of September the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture … Leer más

Shlomo Zirdok: The Jewish Number

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people work answering the phone at the Jewish Number’s switchboard?

The Jewish Number is a new nonprofit organization whose goal is twofold: to connect … Leer más

Genie Milgrom: The Converso Project

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Which country has the Converso Project chosen to begin digitizing documents, and why?

Genie Milgrom was born in Havana, Cuba to Roman Catholic parents of Spanish … Leer más

Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride: Children of Terror

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the UPA in World War II Ukraine?

Bozenna Urbanowicz was born into a Catholic family in 1934 in the far eastern area of Poland … Leer más