9th Grade
major event in Jewish history happened in 70 CE
Destruction of 2nd Beit Hamikdash
What was the name of the geographic area where Jews in Poland and Eastern Europe had to live while under Russian control?
Pale of Settlement
Who was the Austrian journalist who reported on the Dreyfus Affair and was inspired to resolve the problem of European antisemitism?
Theodore Herzl
Which famous work did Rambam complete around the age of 30?
Commentary on Mishnah
For what did Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai ask Roman general Vespasian?
Yavneh and its sages
What is the Yiddish term for a small Jewish village in eastern Europe?
Who was the author of the poem “The New Colossus”?
Emma lazarus
What does שו"ת stand for?
Shaila Uteshuva
In sefer Shmot, what were the names of the two midwives who refused to kill Israelite baby boys?
Shifra and Puah
What is the five syllable Greek word for the four-letter name of God?
Tetragrammaton
In 1903, the World Zionist Congress rejected a proposal to establish a Jewish homeland in what country?
Uganda
Should you consider spending a year in Israel for a gap year?
Yes, (even if you don't go)
In what rabbinic period was the Mishnah written?
Tannaitic
Who was Rabbeinu Tam's grandfather?
Rashi
Before the English took over and changed the name to New York, what was it called?
New Amsterdam
Which Ashkenazic halachic scholar's shul and grave do we visit in Poland?
Ram"a
What do we call the “vav” in Tanakh that makes verbs switch their tense?
vav hahipuch
What is the Rambam's book of philosophy called?
Moreh Nevuchim / Guide of the Perplexed
Before he became Chief Rabbi of Palestine, Rav Kook was the rabbi of...
Yaffo (Tel Aviv OK)
Pim