Linda Jiménez
Three Chanukah Stories by I. B. Singer
23 Kislev 5784 (05/12/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah and, in keeping with our tradition here at English Corner, I’m going to read you a story–actually three stories.
“Grandmother’s Tale”, “The Devil’s Trick” and “Zlateh … Leer más
Sarah Wiek: Volunteering in Israel
16 Kislev 5784 (28/11/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where do foreigners stay while they are volunteering in Israel?
Sarah Wiek is from Germany and currently lives in a small town on the Baltic Sea, … Leer más
Anything But Yes: Jewish Life and Resistance in the Rome Ghetto
9 Kislev 5784 (21/11/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What could Jewish women in 18th-century Rome do that Catholic women could not?
Joie Davidow is the author of half a dozen nationally-published books, as well as an … Leer más
Nani Vazana: Ladino Singer-Songwriter
2 Kislev 5784 (14/11/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How was Nani able to write songs in a language that she didn’t speak?
Noam Vazana, Nani, is a singer, songwriter and musician. She plays the … Leer más
ANU Museum of the Jewish People: Special Wartime Programing, with CEO Dan Tadmor
23 Heshvan 5784 (07/11/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why are ANU’s virtual activities only transmitted live and not recorded?
ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv was originally known as Beit Hatfutsot, the … Leer más
The Protone Project: Security in Places of Worship
16 Heshvan 5784 (31/10/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What intercultural event did Arco Forum organize in Madrid to present the PROTONE Project?
PROTONE is a project whose aim is to encourage cooperation among different … Leer más
Margaret Littman: Eclectic Freelance Writer
3 Heshvan 5784 (17/10/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the most difficult project that Margaret Littman has undertaken?
Margaret Littman is an award-winning freelance editor and writer who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. She … Leer más
Presentación de «Notas de campo – Field Notes»: un libro bilíngüe de Marjorie Kanter
1 Heshvan 5784 (15/10/2023) | Jorge RozemblumDE ACTUALIDAD – El miércoles 11 de octubre de 2023 a las 18 hs se presentó en el Centro Sefarad Israel de Madrid un singular libro bilíngüe, que su autora, Marjorie Kanter, sitúa en algún lugar entre la … Leer más
The Golden Age of Alandalús: The Cairo Genizah…in Madrid!
26 Tishri 5784 (10/10/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Aside from holy books, what other kinds of documents were found in the Cairo Genizah?
The Cairo Genizah, is a collection of Jewish manuscript fragments and administrative documents that were kept … Leer más
“The Yom Kippur War”, from Golda Meir’s Autobiography
19 Tishri 5784 (03/10/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Where did Golda Meir usually spend her weekends when she was Prime Minister of Israel?
Golda Meir was born on May 3, 1898, in Kyiv, Ukraine. … Leer más
A Story for Sukkot: The Etrog, by S. Y. Agnon
12 Tishri 5784 (26/09/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Sukkot is an 8-day holiday which begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the 15th of Tishri. The word “Sukkot” is the plural of “sukkah”, the temporary hut that is built for this holiday, … Leer más
The Day before Yom Kippur, by Sholem Aleichem
4 Tishri 5784 (19/09/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each … Leer más
Zanahorias glaseadas y lekaj de miel y avellanas para Rosh Hashaná
1 Tishri 5784 (15/09/2023) | Raquel CornagoRECETAS CON HISTORIA, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Casi al comienzo de un año nuevo, empezamos este programa de cocina en el que Linda Jiménez Glassman, la responsable de nuestro Englih Corner, nos enseñará a preparar sus recetas favoritas … Leer más
A Rosh Hashonah Story by Yente Serdatzky
27 Elul 5783 (12/09/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we are celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh Hashonah story. It’s called “Rosh Hashonah”, and was written by Yente Serdatzky. She was a Yiddish writer, who … Leer más
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages, with Nora Gold
20 Elul 5783 (05/09/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did Nora Gold decide the order in which to put the stories in the book?
Dr. Nora Gold is a prize-winning author and the founder … Leer más
Jacobo Sefamí: Searching for Jewish Roots in Syria
13 Elul 5783 (29/08/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: About how many Jews were there in Syria in 2009?
Jacobo Sefamí is the grandson of Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Turkey and Syria to Mexico … Leer más
Dr. Jerold C. Frakes: Bovo-Bukh, a Medieval Yiddish Tale of Chivalry
6 Elul 5783 (22/08/2023) | adminENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What popular Yiddish expression has its origin in the title of the medieval epic Bovo-Bukh?
Dr. Jerold C. Frakes is a professor emeritus of English at … Leer más
Jewish Food and its Links to Jewish Culture, with Joel Haber
28 Av 5783 (14/08/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How did the economic situation in Israel in the 1950s cause Kurdish Jews there to modify the recipe of one of their traditional foods?
Joel Haber was … Leer más
Alcañices: A Border Town with a Jewish History, with Sergio Rodríguez
22 Av 5783 (08/08/2023) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What did conversos in Alcañices put on their doorframes to cover the place where the mezuzah had been?
Dr. Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros is vice-rector of the … Leer más
«Los que no se perdieron» de Jaime Einstein Z’L , con Pilar Díez
16 Av 5783 (02/08/2023) | Raquel CornagoLA ENTREVISTA – La periodista Pilar Díez en conversación con nuestra colaboradora Linda Jiménez desde el XI Congreso Internacional Sefardí de Zamora nos habla de la novela Los que no se perdieron, de su esposo Jaime Einstein, Z”L, … Leer más
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