Israel
In 1947, the UN declared that there should be a Jewish state and this other state.
What is the Arab/Palestine state?
What is the Hebrew word for the old testament?
What is the Torah or Five books of Moses?
This festival celebrates the new year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
To keep kosher, these two food groups cannot be eaten together.
What is dairy and meat?
Judah Ha Nasi organized this famous text.
What is the Mishnah?
This year was when Israel declared itself a nation.
What is 1948?
This prayer is considered to be central to Jewish faith, and it is often said twice a day during prayers.
What is the Shema?
This festival celebrates the harvest.
What is Sukkot?
This one time ritual happens eight day after a male baby is born.
What is Brit Milah (or Bris)?
This famous ship left Hamburg, Germany in 1939 with Jewish refugees
What is the MS St. Louis?
This man is considered the father of Zionism.
Who is Theodor Herzl?
This denomination of Judaism is known for a committed approach to sources of Halakah and legal reasoning, but does not maintain all the mitzvot?
What is Conservative Judaism?
During the festival of sukkot, you sit in one of these 'tents/booths'.
What is a sukkah?
The ark holds this important text in the synagogue.
What is the Torah?
This event marked the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora.
What is the destruction of the Second Temple?
This is the government of Israel.
What is the Knesset?
What does the number 18 symbolize in Judaism?
What is to life?
This festival last for eight days.
What is Hanukah?
This prayer over the wine is said at shabbat dinner.
What is the kiddush?
This Roman emperor fought the Jews during the Bar Khoba Revolt.
Who is emperor Hadrian?
This Memorial is held in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem, where a torch lighting service and a siren is sounded.
What is Yom Ha-Shoah?
This Jewish sect is part of orthodoxic Judaism?
What is Hasidism?
This is a day of somber and seeking for forgiveness.
What is Yom Kippur?
This rite involves a visit from the rabbi and neighbors for moral and provisional support.
What is the "sitting Shiva"?
These warriors fought against the Hellenization of Jewish culture and especially the Temple.
Who are the Maccabees?