Shabbat
The Torah says that for 6 days we work, and on the 7th day we do this.
What is rest?
The Hebrew word for repentance.
What is Teshuvah?
The Israeli actress who played Wonder Woman was born to Jewish parents and served in the Israeli Defense Forces.
Who is Gal Gadot?
What is Dayeinu?
This famous bell has a verse from the Bible, Leviticus 25:10, inscribed on the side.
What is the liberty bell?
Shalom Aleichem is customarily sung before Kiddush on Friday, a song whose purpose is this.
What is to welcome Shabbat?
Apples and honey are served during Rosh Hashanah for this reason.
What is to have a sweet new year?
His theory of relativity helped him earn the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921, and he co-founded Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1925.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This item on the seder plate represents the bitterness of slavery.
What is maror?
What is Barnard College?
Ashkenazi slow-cooked stew often eaten for Shabbat lunch.
What is cholent?
The three different sounds of a shofar.
What are Tekiah, Shevarim, and Teruah?
Emma Lazarus, a Sephardic Jew born in New York in 1849, is famous for her sonnet inscribed on the pedestal of this statue.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
The four sons in the Passover Haggadah.
What is the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask?
This condiment was the first food item to carry the OU logo, marking it as a kosher food ('U' inside of a circle).
What is Heinz Ketchup?
In synagogue, we hear the public reading of this, a selection from Nevi'im (prophets).
What is Haftarah?
The Haftarah that is recited during the Yom Kippur afternoon service.
What is the Book of Jonah?
This supreme court justice was the first Jew to serve on the highest court in the land.
Who is Louis Brandeis?
What is tsfardea (צְפַרְדֵעַ)?
This Jewish magician made an elephant disappear on stage in his trick called the 'vanishing elephant.'
Who is Houdini?
This is the # of forbidden labors in Shabbat.
What is 39?
Another name for Rosh Hashanah.
What is Yom Hadin (Day of Judgment)?
The first Jewish Olympian.
Who is Alfréd Hajós?
Another name for Pesach.
What is Hag Ha'aviv (the holiday of spring)?
Jacob Adler's performance of this Jewish character in 'The Merchant of Venice' was so successful on the Yiddish stage that he performed it on broadway.
Who is Shylock?