famous jews
(then and now)
(then and now)
Seinfeld co-star Jay Greenspan
Who is Jason Alexander?
Chick Peas, Olive Oil, and Sesame Paste
What is Hummus?
Often hung in people's hoes as a sign to ward off evil and shaped like a hand
What is a hamsa?
What is Touro Synagogue?
This is the official currency of Israel
What is the shekel?
This prophet symbolically visits us each Passover at our seders and was famous for going up to Heaven alive in a chariot of fire.
Who is Elijah?
Traditional Israel food eaten on Hannukah
What are suffgoniot?
The Hebrew word for giving charity.
What is "tzedaka'?
The holiday Shavuot commemorates the receiving of the Ten Commandments on this location
What is Mt. Sinai?
In this 1983 musical Barbra Streisand disguises herself as a boy to study the talmud
What is Yentil?
Her poem graces the Statue of Liberty in NYC Harbor with these words: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...'
Who is Emma Lazarus
Jewish Dietary Laws
What is kosher?
Wintertime Jewish holiday that's mentioned in the New testament but not in the Jewish Bible
What is Hanukkah?
The highest point in Israel
What is Mt. Hermon
1818: The first synagogue of this branch of Judaism open in Hamburg
What is Reform?
The father of modern Zionism
Who is Theodore Herzel?
You scoop these up before Pesach and sell so as not to violate the Pesach laws of yeast
This is what we do each week in temple on the Sabbath. It helps us learn about our history and the mitzvot.
What is reading the weekly portion of the Torah?
A bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
What is a mikveh?
The year Sandy Koufax refused to play in Game 1 of the World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur
What is 1965?
This Kind of Israel was famous for his slaying of Goliath, a giant Philistine
Who was King David?
In Hebrew it means burnt offering
What is Challah?
Ancient Jewish Festival the first Eco friendly holiday in history
What is Tish A Ba Av?
City in Northern Israel associated with Jewish mystics
What is Sefat?
A child's toy invented in 1959 by Jewish American businesswoman Ruth Handler
What is the Barbie Doll?