OC Board Facts
What is Zach’s favorite drink?
Diet Coke
Who leads the learning at every Lunch & Learn?
Rabbi Albert
How many men do you need for a minyan?
10
Before health codes changed street vending forever, what barrel-brined vegetables were a staple of Lower East Side street life, famously sold out of wooden carts?
Pickles
What year did the the first shul open on the Lower East Side?
1849
How many sides is Jack’s favorite dice?
8
How often do Lunch & Learns happen?
How many hours is the Yom Kippur Fast?
25 Hours
What were the densely packed apartments on the Lower East Side called?
Tenements
How many shuls were on the Lower East Side in its peak?
500
What is Rabbi’s full name?
Rabbi Daniel Albert
What topic is spoken about at Thursday’s Lunch & Learn?
The Parsha of the week
How many days between Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana?
10 days
The first Jews to live in New York arrived from which country?
Brazil
How many years did the Streit's Matzo Factory operate on the Lower East Side?
90 Years
How many fish does Abigail have?
12
What is OC’s annual Thanksgiving/Fall themed event?
Fall Fest
Name one of the Simanim (significant/symbolic foods) we eat on Rosh Hashana?
Apples dipped in honey, pomegranate, carrots, dates, leeks, cabbage, betts, gourds, squash, fish, fish head, lamb, lamb head
What street was the epicenter of the noisy, bustling pushcart open-air market before indoor markets were built?
Hester Street
During the mid-1920s, the premier Yiddish-language newspaper, The Jewish Daily Forward, reached a peak daily circulation of how many, beating out several mainstream English papers?
275,000 Copies
Name one of Jacob’s original songs on spotify.
Underpass, That Love, Strong Enough, Restart
Excluding Lunch & Learns and Fall fest, name one event that OC has had this past year.
correct?
What is the Hebrew word for the prohibition of mixing wool and linen?
Shaatnez
What is the primary difference that distinguishes a traditional authentic bialy from a classic New York bagel?
Bialys are not boiled and feature an indentation topped with onions, whereas bagels are boiled and baked and have a hole.
What was the price hike that spurred the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott on the Lower East Side?
12 cents to 18 cents