Holidays
This "Festival of Lights" is celebrated with menorahs, dreidels, and fried food.
What is Channukah?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
A braided bread traditionally eaten on Shabbat.
What is challah?
He built an ark to survive a great flood.
Who is Noah?
To haul or carry something
What is to schlep?
The Jewish New Year, marked by apples and honey.
What is Rosh Hashana?
This Supreme Court Justice was known as the "Notorious RBG."
Who is Ruth Bater Ginsburg?
These potato pancakes are popular during Hanukkah.
What are latkes
This man received the Ten Commandments.
Who is Moses
This term describes someone who complains a lot.
What is kvetching?
This spring holiday celebrates the Exodus from Egypt.
What is Passover?
This stand-up comedian and actor played himself in a '90s sitcom famously described as "a show about nothing."
Who is Jerry Seinfeld?
This cured salmon dish is popular on bagels with cream cheese.
What is lox?
The Garden where Adam and Eve lived.
What is Eden?
This word for a clumsy person
What is a kluz?
The Day of Atonement, the holiest day in Judaism.
What is Yom Kippur?
This actress won an Oscar for playing a ballerina in Black Swan and once played Queen Amidala in Star Wars.
Who is Natalie Portman?
These filled pastries, shaped like triangles and traditionally eaten on Purim, often contain poppy seeds or fruit jam.
What are hamantaschen?
This book is the first in the Torah and means “In the Beginning.”
What is Genesis?
This term means pride or self-respect, usually too much of it.
What is chutzpah?
A joyful holiday where people wear costumes and read the Book of Esther.
What is Purim?
This longtime Daily Show host is known for his sharp political humor and Jewish roots.
Who is Jon Stewert?
This traditional Ashkenazi dish is made by stuffing a whole fish with a ground fish mixture, often served chilled with horseradish.
What is gefilte fish?
This prophet is famous for being swallowed by a big fish and later delivering God’s message to the city of Nineveh.
This Yiddish word means a small bit of dirt, grime, or a smudge, often found on your face or clothes.
What is schmutz?