Jewish Sports
This Dodgers pitcher sat out a World Series game for Yom Kippur.
Who is Sandy Koufax?
This Holocaust survivor wrote the memoir Night.
Who is Elie Wiesel?
This braided bread is commonly eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
What is challah?
Created by Jewish American teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938, this "Man of Steel" is widely considered the world's first comic book superhero.
Who is Superman?
Known as the "Festival of Lights," this eight-day winter holiday celebrates the miracle of a small amount of oil lasting for eight nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This Detroit Tigers slugger was one of baseball’s first Jewish superstars.
Who is Hank Greenberg?
This teenage girl’s diary became one of the most widely read Holocaust accounts.
Who is Anne Frank?
Often called “Jewish penicillin,” this soup is made with chicken broth and vegetables.
What is chicken soup?
In 1873, this Jewish immigrant businessman partnered with a tailor to become the first person to patent riveted blue denim jeans.
Who is Levi Strauss?
Beginning every Friday at sundown and ending on Saturday evening, this weekly Jewish day of rest is welcomed with the lighting of two candles.
What is Shabbat?
This swimmer won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympics.
Who is Mark Spitz?
This author wrote Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Who is Judy Blume?
This ring-shaped bread is typically boiled and baked, often topped with cream cheese.
What is a bagel?
In 1955, this Jewish American medical researcher became the first to successfully develop and test a life-saving vaccine for polio.
Who is Jonas Salk?
Considered the holiest and most solemn day of the Jewish year, this "Day of Atonement" is observed with a 25-hour fast.
What is Yom Kippur?
This gymnast won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 and became an advocate for athlete safety.
Who is Aly Raisman?
This author wrote Not That Kind of Girl, a collection of personal essays.
Who is Lena Dunham?
These fried potato pancakes are traditionally eaten during Hanukkah.
What are latkes?
With the 1983 musical Yentl, this "Funny Girl" star became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major Hollywood studio film.
Who is Barbra Streisand?
During this spring holiday commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, observers eat unleavened bread called matzah at a ritual feast called a Seder.
What is Passover?
This Braves pitcher was key to their 2021 World Series championship.
Who is Max Fried?
Born to Polish-Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, this author and illustrator won the 1964 Caldecott Medal for a book that famously invited readers to "let the wild rumpus start!"
Who is Maurice Sendak?
This unleavened bread is eaten during Passover.
What is matzah?
Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, this prominent lawyer became the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Louis Brandeis?
Apples dipped in honey are a traditional sweet treat eaten to celebrate this holiday, which marks the Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?