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100
The Hall of Fame Jewish baseball pitcher who chose to observe Yom Kippur rather than play Game 1 of the 1965 World Series.
A. Max Fried
B. Andrew Nusbaum
C. Sandy Koufax
D. Hank Greenberg
Who is C. Sandy Koufax
100
This weekly day of rest which begins at sunset with the lighting of candles on Friday to represent peace and holiness in the home and culminates with the lighting of a multi-wick candle at sundown on Saturday to show the separation between this holy day and everyday activities.
A. Rosh Hashanah
B. Yom Ha'atzmaut
C. Shabbat
D. Yom Kippur
C. The weekly day of rest
100
The YIDDISH word for the head covering (skullcap) that Jewish males (and sometimes females) wear to show humility.
A. Baseball Cap
B. Kippah
C. Kovah
D. Yarmulke
D. What is a Yarmulke?
100
The two food categories, which include food equipment, forbidden to be mixed according to Kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) are:
A. Seafood and Dairy
B. Chocolate and Ice Cream
C. Meat and Dairy
D. Eggs and Poultry
C. What are Meat and Dairy
100
The Yiddish word for a building used for Jewish prayer is:
A. Beit K'nesset
B. Shul
C. Synagogue
D. Yeshiva
C. What is a shul?
200
The Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice who co-founded the ACLU Women's Rights Project.
A. Amy Coney Barrett
B. Jessica Lyons
C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D. Sandra Day O'Connor
C. Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
200
The significance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
A. A day that Jews reflect on the prior year and pray for forgiveness
B. Commemorates the creation of the world
C. A day that Jews make resolutions and pray for a good, sweet year
D. All of the Above
D. All of the Above
200
The traditionally knotted tassels/strings that men wear on four-cornered garments are called:
A. Torah
B. Hamantashen
C. Tzitzit (Tzitzis)
D. Tallit (Tallis)
C. What are Tzitzit (Tzitzis)
200
Two features that identify that seafood is kosher:
A. Fins and Teeth
B. Claws and Buttery Taste
C. Fins and Scales
D. Teeth and Eyes
C. What are Fins and Scales
200
Jews who trace their ancestry back to Jewish communities living in the Iberian Peninsula:
A. Sephardic Jews
B. Ashkenazi Jews
C. Andrews
D. Mizrachi Jews
A. What are Sephardic Jews
300
The rabbi who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
B. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
C. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
B. Who is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
300
This eight-day holiday celebrates winning freedom from the religious persecution by the Assyrian Greeks.
A. Sukkot
B. Hanukkah
C. Purim
D. Passover
B. Hanukkah
300
The reason married Orthodox women cover their hair with a wig (sheitel), hat, or cloth (tichel) is:
A. To hide balding
B. Fashion
C. Modesty
C. What is Modesty
300
The two features that help determine whether a land animal is kosher are:
A. Fur and Paws
B. Split Hooves and Chews Its Cud
C. Sleeps Standing and Lays Eggs
D. Hair and Hooves
B. What are Split Hooves and Chews Its Cud
300
This holiest city for the Jews, where two Holy Temples once stood, was conquered by the Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Ottomans, and British, to name a few:
A. Hebron
B. Safed (Tzfat)
C. Jerusalem
D. Tiberias
C. What is Jerusalem
400
Judaism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic faiths, (possibly the oldest) traces its origins to this revolutionary patriarch and matriarch.
A. Moses and Yocheved
B. Abraham and Sarah
C. King David and Batsheva
D. Adam and Eve
B. Who are Abraham and Sarah
400
This masquerade holiday celebrates the bravery of Queen Esther standing up to Haman and the salvation of the Jews from a near genocidal massacre in ancient Persia.
A. Hanukkah
B. Shavuot
C. Purim
D. Passover
C. What is Purim
400
The Yiddish word for the fur hat worn by some Hasidic men on Shabbat and Jewish holidays is:
A. Tichel
B. Kittel
C. Tallit
D. Shtreimel
D. What is a Shtreimel
400
The O-U, Chaf-K, CRC, Star-K, and O-K are:
A. Jewish-owned clothing companies
B. Seals on containers of food produced in Israel
C. National Kashrut Certifying Agencies
D. Jewish sports leagues
C. National Kashrut Certifying Agencies
400
The Jews were exiled from the Land of Israel in 70 C.E. by this empire:
A. Ottoman Empire
B. Galactic Empire
C. Roman Empire
D. Greek Empire
C. What is the Roman Empire
500
Jews were so grateful to this Greek emperor for sparing Jerusalem that many named their children after him.
A. Emporer Palpatine
B. Antiochus Epiphanes
C. Alexander the Great
D. Ptolemy
C. Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This monthly Jewish observance celebrates the renewal of the lunar cycle and marks the start of a new Hebrew month.
A. Festivus
B. Shavuot
C. Rosh Chodesh
D. Sukkot
C. What is Rosh Chodesh
500
The prayer shawl traditionally worn during Jewish prayer services is called a:
A. Bekishe
B. Tallit (Tallis)
C. Tichel
D. Yarmulke
B. What is a Tallit (Tallis)
500
The features of a kosher bird are:
A. It has an extra toe/crop/gizzard
B. It is not a bird of prey
C. Not among the 24 classes in the Torah
D. All of the Above
500
Unlike some Orthodox Jews who may limit engagement with secular culture, this movement generally seeks to combine traditional Jewish observance and religious law with participation in modern secular society:
A. Reform
B. Reconstructionist
C. Hasidic
D. Modern Orthodox
D. What is Modern Orthodox