Salud i Vida: Celebrating Ladino

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Which Israeli politician was instrumental in creating International Ladino Day?

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

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How does the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience use a traditional craft to involve its visitors?

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, which recently opened … Leer más

America’s Southern Jewish Experience

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  When was there a large Alsatian immigration to the American South, and why?

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, which recently opened in New Orleans, tells … Leer más

Valerie Geffner, Multifaceted Artist

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What does cholent, the typical stew that Ashkenazi Jews make for Shabbat, have to do with Valerie Geffner’s music?

Valerie Geffner is a New York-based multifaceted artist.  … Leer más

Anna Frajlich, Polish Poet, Essayist and Scholar

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  In what languages does Anna Frajlich write poetry?  And prose?

Anna Frajlich is one of the most eminent Polish poets, and one of the few Jewish … Leer más

Oxford Offers Courses on TWELVE(!) Rare Jewish Languages

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What do most Jewish languages have in common with each other?

In October 2021 Oxford University’s Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) inaugurated the new Oxford … Leer más

Press Conference with Vivian Gornick, American Feminist Writer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What novel inspired Vivian Gornick to write Unfinished Business?

Vivian Gornick is a radical feminist American critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist. She was born in 1935 in the Bronx … Leer más

«Chanukah in the Poorhouse», by Isaac Bashevis Singer

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week we’re celebrating Chanukah, so we decided to read you a Chanukah story. It is called “Chanukah in the Poorhouse”, and was written by Isaac Bashevis Singer . It was originally … Leer más

Chanukah: Its History, Significance and Customs, with Sarah Sonneborn

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What are the two meanings of the word Maccabee?

We all have a basic idea of the story behind Chanukah, but this week Sarah Sonneborn, who is a historian, … Leer más

K. Magazine: Jews, Europe, the XXIst Century, with Daniel Solomon

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What languages is K. published in?

K., the European Jewish Review, is an online magazine founded by journalists and academics from all over Europe.

Its mission is to … Leer más

Yiddishland…in California!

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the biggest challenge that Yiddishland faces because of their teachers being located all over the world?

YAAANA, the  Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of … Leer más

Suing Neo-Nazis: Integrity First for America, with Amy Spitalnick

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What impact has IFA’s case had even before going to trial?

(On October 25 the long-awaited trial of those responsible for the violent events in Charlottesville, … Leer más

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – THIS WEEK’S TRIVIA QUESTION: What three ways could people get from the east coast of the United States to San Francisco before the transcontinental railroad was built?

(This interview was … Leer más

ANOHA: The Children’s World of the Jewish Museum Berlin

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How many children are on ANOHA’s Children’s Council and what do they do?

The Jewish Museum in Berlin opened 20 years ago, and in 2017 we … Leer más

Growing Up on a Kibbutz in the 1950s

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  At what age did children begin to work in the adult branches of the kibbutz?

Rachel Biale was born in Israel in 1952 and raised on Kibbutz Kfar … Leer más

The New York Jewish Agenda, with Matt Nosanchuk

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Who makes up the NYJA Leaders’ Network, and what do they do?

The New York Jewish Agenda amplifies the voice of Jewish community leaders whose shared … Leer más

Sukkot: Some Customs and a Story by Abraham Reisin

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – The Festival of Sukkot begins on the 15th of Tishrei, the fifth day after Yom Kippur, and lasts for seven days. It is quite a drastic transition, from one of the most … Leer más

Yom Kippur in Hell: A Story by I. L. Peretz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Isaac Leib Peretz is considered to be one of the three great classical Yiddish writers, along with Mendele Mokher Seforim and Sholem Aleichem. He was born in the shtetl of Zamoshtch, Poland, … Leer más

Yuval Ron and Mindfulness Music for Kids

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What do Yuval Ron’s music and stories have in common?

Yuval Ron is an internationally renowned World Music artist, composer, educator, peace activist, writer, lecturer and record producer. Graduating … Leer más

Shanah Tovah! A Rosh Hashonah recipe for a sweet New Year

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What does the word “teiglach” mean? 

This week we’re celebrating Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, so we’re offering you a special holiday program.  As you know, most … Leer más