Israel
What year did Israel gain its independence
1948
This famous baseball pitcher spent his entire career with the dodgers. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1972
Sandy Koufax
This holiday occurs every Friday from sundown to Saturday at sundown
Shabbat
Hebrew is the national language of which country
Israel
This form of social media was founded by a jewish man by the name of Mark Zuckerberg
What three languages are the most commonly spoken in Israel
Hebrew, English, and Arabic
This WNBA player retired at the end of the 2022 season. She is widely considered to be one of the best WNBA players of all time. She holds many records including the all time wins leader, assist leader, and games played leader
Sue Bird
This holiday lasts eight days long
Chanukah
How many letters are in the hebrew alphabet
26
Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed this very famous search engine
Who is the current prime minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
This famous jewish baseball player played for the Detroit Tigers and was primarily a left fielder. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1956
Hank Greenberg
How many days apart are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
10 days
Is the hebrew written in the torah the same as the hebrew that is spoken today
No, the hebrew in the torah is biblical hebrew and the hebrew spoken today is modern hebrew
Engineers at Motorola’s, a research and development center in Israel developed the original design for this piece of technology that almost everyone worldwide owns
The cell phone
Who was the first prime minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
This famous jewish football player was a quarterback for your chicago bears and was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 1965
Sid Luckman
This holiday marks the end of the annual Torah reading and the beginning of the cycle for the coming year
Simchat Torah
What sound does alef make
It's silent
Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine founded this famous navigation system
Waze
Who is the only Israeli Prime minister to be assassinated
Yitzhak Rabin
This jewish hockey family currently has 3 players in the NHL. One is a top 3 defenseman in the league, one is a top 15 forward in the league, and the other is one of the best young defenseman in the league. Who is this family?
The Hughes family
This holiday marks the new year of trees and marks the coming of spring
Tu B’shevat
What is the hebrew word for a good deed
mitzvah
This stuffed animal was created by a jewish couple (Morris and Rose Michtom) who created a stuffed animal after Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
The teddy bear