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

CHUTZ-POW! Superheroes of the Holocaust

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What three themes are found in every volume of the CHUTZ-POW! series?

CHUTZ-POW! SUPERHEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST is an acclaimed and ongoing comic-book series created and published … Leer más

DOROT: Bringing Generations Together

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  How old are DOROT’s volunteers, and what is the average age of their clients?

DOROT is the Hebrew word for “generations.» The organization is dedicated to learning and … Leer más

KlezKanada, with Sebastian Schulman

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – KlezKanada’s signature activity is a weeklong festival in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains with classes and workshops with dozens of the world’s top musicians in Jewish folk music during the day and … Leer más

Patricia Martínez de Vicente: La Clave Embassy

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was Eduardo Martínez Alonso’s profession and how was he able to use it to save thousands of people from the nazis during World War II?

(This … Leer más

Centro Sefarad-Israel on its 15th Anniversary, with Director Miguel de Lucas

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Spanish teachers has Centro Sefarad-Israel sent to Yad Vashem in Israel, and what did they do there?

Centro Sefarad-Israel is an institution created in … Leer más

ELI Talks and My Jewish Learning, with Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many recordings has ELI Talks done so far?

ELI Talks began in 2012 at the North American Jewish Day School Conference as a production of The … Leer más

The Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program, with Arie Katz

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many online programs does CSP usually have every week?

The Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program (OCCSP) was founded in 2001 as a community-wide … Leer más

Daniel Höltgen: Council of Europe’s First Special Representative on Religious Intolerance

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What has the French Jewish Students’ Union done to combat antisemitism online?

The Council of Europe was founded in 1949 by the Treaty of London, largely in response to the horrors … Leer más

Secular Synagogue, with Rabbi Denise Handlarski

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is Secular Synagogue different from other Jewish programs and sites?

Denise Handlarski is the founder and rabbi of Secular Synagogue, an online community for Jews … Leer más

The Baltimore Zionist District, with Caren Leven

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people attended the BZD’s first virtual event last year, and how many are attending now?

The Baltimore Zionist District (BZD) uses its direct Israeli connection … Leer más

Reconstructionist Judaism: The Fourth Stream, with Rabbi Mira Wasserman

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the most controversial position of Reconstructionist Judaism nowadays?

Reconstructionist Judaism is a politically and religiously progressive Jewish movement that is the smallest and youngest of the so-called … Leer más

On Burning Ground: An Amazing Story of Survival, with Michael Skakun

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  When Joseph Skakun was working as a slave laborer for the Nazis, how did he hide his Yiddish accent from his Russian and Polish companions?

Michael Skakun, … Leer más

ANU: The NEW Museum of the Jewish People

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ –This week’s trivia question:  How can you and your community become a part of the new Museum of the Jewish People?

Beit Hatfutsot was originally known as the Museum of the … Leer más

Yiddish Farm Revisited

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many people have participated in Yiddish Farm’s classes?  And in their farm tours?

Yiddish Farm is located in Goshen, New York, about 60 miles, or 100 kilometers, … Leer más

Shavuot–History, Customs and a Story: «Greens for Shavuos» by Sholem Aleichem

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why do some people decorate their homes with greens and fresh flowers on Shavuot?

Shavuot (pronounced Shavuos by Ashkenazi Jews) is not as well-known as other holidays … Leer más

A Hollywood Mother (A Story for Mother’s Day) by Chaver Paver

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Many countries observe Mother’s Day in May, so this week we are celebrating with a special story, by a writer whom you may not know.

Chaver Paver is the pen name of the … Leer más

Lag BaOmer: History and Traditions (The End of a Plague?)

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 … Leer más

The Novelized Life of Alfonso de Zamora: An Illustrious Crypto-Jew at the Service of the Church

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Which university was the first one in Spain to offer a specific program of studies for women?

Alfonso de Zamora was born in 1474. A graduate … Leer más

Israel’s War of Independence: Women in the Palmach, with Ami Barr

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why were the ultra-Orthodox residents of Safed opposed to the city being defended by Palmach fighters?

This week Israel celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence Day.  When … Leer más