Minority Groups
What group is the majority in the Golan Heights?
Druze
What does shalom mean? (response must include at least 2 meanings)
hello/peace/bye
what year was Israel founded?
1948
what is the holiest site in Judaism
What is the capital of Israel also known as the city of David?
Jerusalem, if you say Tel Aviv -100 points
what group of Jews got to Israel in the early 90s predominately through Operation Solomon
Ethiopian beta Israel
what is shesh-sheva?
שש-שבע
6-7
who was the creator of political Zionism?
Theodor Herzl
What city is Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob buried in?
Hebron/hevron
What city has the largest lgbtq population in Israel?
Tel Aviv
What group claims to be descended from the 10 lost tribes of Israel and lives primarily in Judea and Samaria (the west bank)
Samaritans (Samaria is named after them )
what does Sababa mean?
cool
who was the leader of the Irgun?
Menachem Begin.
What do orthodox jews do on the first of each month?
Bless the moon/Rosh Chodesh
DAILY DOUBLE
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What is the name of the deepest hypersaline(very salty) lake in the world
/יָם הַמֶלַח
/the dead sea (idk why they call a lake a sea)
Солёное море
What Muslim, Northwest Caucasian ethnic group lives in isreal? Primarally Kfar Kama and Rehaniya
QUADRUPLE POINTS
the circassians
List all the letters that have final letters:
Kaf (כ/ך), Mem (מ/ם), Nun (נ/ן), Pe (פ/ף), and Tsade (צ/ץ)
give 100 points per letter named
what is the oldest city in Israel (and the world)?
Jericho (It is over 11,000 years old!)
what is a shmita year?
The 7th year when you cant work the land
what is the most southern city in Israel?
Eilat
What monotheistic religion runs a garden in Haifa? Tuesday Tripple
Baháʼí Faith.
what does the phrase t'ohel marak teeye hazak mean?
תאכל מרק, תהיה חזק
eat soup, be strong
which roman emperor captured and destroyed jerusalem?
Titus
What are the 7 species of Israel (shivat haminim)
wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates
100 points per answer
What is the highest mountain in Israel
Mount Hermon