People
Founder of Zionism
Theodor Herzl
Location where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses
Mount Sinai
the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object
Anthropomorphism
1950 Israeli law stating that any Jewish person can immigrate to Israel and obtain citizenship
Law of Return
A menorah used for a specific holiday with 9 candles instead of 7
Hanukkiah
Major 12th century scholar in Spain, known as Rambam
Maimonides
Term referring to Iberia under Muslim rule (major cities: Cordoba, Granada, Sevilla)
al-Andalus
Jewish scholars of the Muslim world under the 'Abbasid Caliphate (Babylonia / Iraq)
Geonim
Esoteric text written in Aramaic that serves as a foundational text for Kabbala
Zohar
A prayer shawl
Tallit
17th century Jewish-Dutch philosopher; Questioned the Hebrew Bible's divine authorship
Baruch Spinoza
Ceremony of circumcision
Brit Milah (Bris)
The mystical concept that humans must help God "repair the world"
Tikkun Olam
Names for the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds (2)
Bavli & Yerushalmi
A horn used for ritual purposes
Shofar
18th Century German Jewish Englightenment thinker; Wrote a German translation of the Hebrew Bible
Moses Mendelssohn
Dreyfus Affair
Babylonian version of Patriarch in the Geonic period
Exilarch
Name any one of the major texts written by Maimonides
Commentary to the Mishnah; Mishneh Torah; The Guide of the Perplexed
A physical barrier separating men and women in prayer services
Mechitzah
8th-century Persian founder of Karaism
Anan ben David
Meeting called by Napoleon in 1806 to determine if Jews could fully participate in French society
Paris Sanhedrin
An annual fast day that commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples
Tisha b’Av
Name one of the 2 major texts written by Moses Mendelssohn
Biur; Jerusalem
A Jewish prayer book that includes a set order of prayers
Siddur