Anti-Semitism
Family and Religion
Food/Language
Economics/Politics
Holidays/Celebrations
100
Prejudice or hatred against Jews
What is Anti-Semitism
100
Also known as a non-Jew
What is a Gentile
100
Jewish men cover their heads with this as an acknowledgment that there is a God above them
What is "yamaka"
100
What most Jewish Americans politically label themselves as
What is Democratic
100
Marks the beginning of manhood for 13 year old boys
What is Bar Mitzvah
200
An extreme example of Anti-Semitism
What is The Holocaust
200
The religion most adherent to traditional beliefs and rituals; believe everything in the Torah was revealed directly by God
What is Orthodox Judaism
200
Unleavened bread
What is Matzah
200
Jews in poverty according to Ann Wolfe
What is "the invisible Jewish poor"
200
Marks the beginning of the womanhood at age 12
What is Bat Mitzvah
300
Tragic example of an opportunist; his “final solution” and scapegoating of the German Jews led directly to the Holocaust
Who is Adolf Hitler
300
To live among members of a household that interact regularly with kinfolk
What is familism
300
Special type of bread used for Jewish Holidays
What is Challah
300
The median household income of the Jewish population
What is $50,000
300
Celebrated for seven or eight days starting on the night of a full moon in April
What is Passover
400
A person or group blamed irrationally for another person’s or group’s problems or difficulties
What is Scapegoating Theory
400
A central concept in the Jewish tradition involving a set of religious obligations and civil laws (halakha) written in Hebrew
What is The Torah
400
Donut shaped piece of bread that is boiled before it is even baked
What is a bagel
400
The first Orthodox Jew elected into the U.S. Senate
Who is Joseph Lieberman
400
The Jewish New Year and the day when the year number on the Jewish calendar increases
What is Rosh Hashanah
500
A form of racism and racial discrimination and was initially referred to the old Jewish religious yearning to return to the biblical homeland
What is Zionism
500
Meant to signify that Jews should attempt to conserve Jewish tradition, rather than reform or abandon it.
What is Conservative Judaism
500
The two most common languages
What are Yiddish and Hebrew
500
Currently Congress's only Jewish Republican
Who is Eric Ivan Cantor
500
The Jewish day of atonement
What is Yom Kippur
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