A (Traditional???) Passover Treat

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Since it’s Passover season, and a time for traditional questions and answers, I thought I’d make this week’s trivia question related to tradition, yet more enigmatic … Leer más

Passover: Some History, Stories and Recipes

ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – Our trivia question for this week is: When and where was the first Haggadah written?

This week we’re bringing you a special pre-Passover program, with something for everyone, to help … Leer más

A Passover Story and an Unusual Recipe

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

This week we are celebrating Passover, so I thought I’d give you a present. The story I’m going to … Leer más

«The Magician»: A Passover 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 Zamoshtch, Poland, in 1852, and … Leer más