Jewish Continuity in the Land of Israel
Israeli Culture
Zionism 101
Israeli Leaders
Israeli Geography
100

He was the first Jew to live in the Land of Israel/Canaan.

Abraham

100

This is a popular peanut butter puff snack in Israel.

Bamba

100

The modern State of Israel was declared in this year.

1948

100

He was the first Prime Minister of Israel.

David Ben-Gurion

100

Israel is this many miles wide at its narrowest point.

9 Miles

200

He conquered Jerusalem and made it his capital.

King David

200

This is the Hebrew name for Israel Independence Day. 

Yom Ha'Atzmaut

200

This man is known as the Father of Modern Zionism.

Theodor Herzl

200

She was the only woman Prime Minister of Israel.

Golda Meir

200

This sea lies to the west of Israel.

The Mediterranean Sea (Yam HaTichon)

300

This is the Hebrew word which means to immigrate to Israel.

Aliyah

300

On Yom HaShoah v'HaGvurah (Holocaust Observance Day) and Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) Israelis collectively do this for two minutes.

Stop everything - even traffic - and stand in silence in honor of those lost as a siren sounds.

300

The belief that Jews have a right to self determination in their ancestral Homeland.

Zionism

300

As Prime Minister, he was assassinated.

Yitzhak Rabin

300

This city is known as the Capital of the Negev

Bersheeba (Beer-Sheva)

400

In the 1560's Jewish mysticism, known as Kabbalah, became the central focus in this Israeli city.

Tzfat

400

This is the name of Israel's National Anthem.

Hatikvah (The Hope)

400

This incident propelled Theodor Herzl to write "The Jewish State" ("Der Judenstat").

The Dreyfus Affair

400

He was known for his eye patch.

Moshe Dayan

400

This is the lowest point on Earth.

The Dead Sea (Yam Ha Melach}

500

Tel Aviv was established in this year.

1909

500

This is what the Israeli Parliament is called.

The Knesset

500

"By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept for Zion..." comes from which psalm?

Psalm 137

500

As Prime Minister, he signed a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat of Egypt.

Menachem Begin

500

This is the highest mountain in Israel.

Mount Hermon

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