Holidays
A holiday that celebrates the Jewish people's escape from slavery
What is Passover?
The river that Moses was left in as a baby
What is the Nile River?
A legendary scientist who created the equation E=mc2
Who is Albert Einstein?
The Hebrew word for giving charity, something all Jews are commanded to do
What is tzedakah?
This braided bread is eaten in its circular form on Rosh Hashanah
What is Challah?
The Jewish holiday that marks the completion and immediate restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle
What is Simchat Torah?
The patriarch of the Jewish faith
Who is Abraham?
An actor/musician who starred in the movies Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and wrote the Hanukkah Song
Who is Adam Sandler?
The form Gd initially appeared as to speak to Moses
What is the burning bush?
A circular boiled bread brought to the US by Polish Jews that is usually eaten with cream cheese
What is a Bagel?
The prophet that is left a glass of wine after the Passover Seder
Who is Elijah?
The matriarch of the Jewish faith
Who is Sarah?
Harry Potter's actor
Who is Daniel Radcliffe?
This is what the torah is made of
What is parchment from a kosher animal?
Eaten on Passover, this often is a mix of walnuts, apples, and wine
What is charoset?
A noise maker used by children whenever the antagonist of the Purim story's name is said
What is a grogger?
The group of Jewish rebel warriors led a successful revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, an event commemorated by the holiday of Hanukkah
Who are the Maccabees?
Founder of the revolutionary Bay Area pant company
Who was Levi Strauss?
What is 613?
The triangular cookies typically eaten on Purim
What are Hamantashen?
The four species shaken on Sukkot (name at least 2)
What are lulav, etrog, hadasim, and aravot?
Different Jewish groups across the diaspora.
What are Sephardic, Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, and Ethiopian Jews?
Although the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson weren’t Jewish, their original Broadway actor is
Who is Daveed Diggs?
These are the names of the books of the Torah in Hebrew (name 2)
What is Bereshit (Genesis), Shemot (Exodus), Vayikra (Leviticus), Bamidbar (Numbers), and Devarim (Deuteronomy)?
This iconic New York establishment, famous for its pastrami sandwiches, was the setting for the unforgettable "I'll have what she's having" scene in When Harry Met Sally
What is Katz's deli?