People
This person is the songleader at Congregation Beth Shalom and at Camp Chaverim.
Who is Gordon?
We eat this food, made out of potatoes, at Chanukah.
What are latkes?
On this holiday, we celebrate the Maccabees, spin dreidls, and light the menorah.
What is Chanukah?
In this story, the animals came on two by two, and rain fell for 40 days and nights.
What is Noah's Ark?
This country is the only one whose official religion is Judaism.
What is Israel?
These are our Israeli counselors at Camp Chaverim.
Who are Amit and Luna?
This Hebrew word means hello, goodbye, and peace.
What is shalom?
On this holiday, which happens every week, we light two candles, eat challah, and go to synagogue.
What is Shabbat?
These two people were the very first Jews, and they are among the patriarchs and matriarchs, the important people we mention in some of our prayers, of Judaism.
Who are Abraham and Sarah?
The Jews were slaves in this country before coming to the land we call Israel.
What is Egypt?
This famous scientist with crazy hair invented the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Boys and girls have a bar or bat mitzvah at this age.
What is 13?
On this holiday, we have a really long dinner, called the seder, and we can’t eat bread, but we eat lots of matzah.
What is Passover?
This man led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt after the 10 Plagues.
Who is Moses?
This sea, just south of Israel, is not the same color as its name.
What is the Red Sea?
This famous magician made an elephant disappear as one of his amazing tricks, and he was also an escape artist.
Who is Harry Houdini?
Hamantashen, the cookie with three corners that we eat during Purim, represents this bad guy's hat.
Who is Haman?
On this holiday, we boo the bad guys and eat a three-pointed cookie as a delicious treat.
What is Purim?
In this story, God created day and night, then dry ground and plants, the sun, moon, and stars, animals, and finally people.
What is the story of creation?
The Kotel (western wall) is found in the old part of this Israeli city, which is the capital of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish “Second Gentleman” of the United States, is the husband of this woman, who has a very important role in our federal government.
Who is Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States?
This Hebrew word means thank you.
What is todah?
On this holiday, we plant trees and celebrate nature.
What is Tu Bishvat?
God gave the Jews a stone tablet with these things written on them, which are the most important rules we have to follow.
What are the 10 Commandments?
The shore of this sea is the lowest point on Earth. HINT: everything in it floats.
What is the Dead Sea?