Bar/Bat Mitzvah
This is the name of the speech I will give at my BM in Hebrew
What is a D'var Torah
The definition of antisemitism.
What is hatred of the Jewish people?
The epidemic that sparked antisemitism in the middle ages.
What is the Black Plague?
The name of the next holiday coming up in April!
What is Passover?
This is the heroine of the story of Purim.
Who is Esther?
This is the first word in the Torah blessing.
What is "Baruch"?
The name of a new kind of Christianity in the 1500s.
What is Lutheranism?
When the Jews weren't allowed to own land this is the profession many chose.
What are bankers?
The name of the holiday during which we commemorate the re-dedication of the Temple.
What is Hanukkah?
Mordechai was Esther's cousin. (True or false)
What is true!
This is the name of the Torah portion I will be reading at my B Mitzvah.
What is______________? (if everyone in the team gets it right then that team gets points)
The main emotion that stoked antisemitism.
What is fear?
The idea that led to Jews becoming full citizens in Europe in the 17th/18th/19th centuries.
What is the Enlightenment?
This is the most important holiday of the Jewish year.
What is Sukkot?
This was the name of the queen who came before Esther.
Who is Vashti?
This is the word for "Torah portion" in Hebrew.
What is a parashah?
The accusation that Jews were killing Christian babies.
What is the blood libel?
The new idea that led to a new form of antisemitism in the 19th century.
What is race science and eugenics?
This is what we pray for during Sukkot.
What is rain or a good harvest?
This is what "Oznei Haman" are in English.
What are hamentaschen?
This is the meaning of the words "B'nei Mitzvah"
What is "children of the obligation"?
The areas that Jews were confined to in Europe.
What are Ghettos?
This antisemitic book claimed to be the "secret minutes" of the Jews at the first Zionist congress and their plan to take over the world.
What was the Protocols of The Elders of Zion?
In biblical times, these two holidays during the fall, were originally only for the priests in the Temple to prepare for the pilgrimage to happen on another holiday.
What are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
This is the name for a "lot" in Hebrew and if made plural it is the name of the holiday.
What is a "pur"?
This is a gender-free term used to describe B'nei Mitzvah.
What is a B-Mitzvah?
The name of the French soldier who was blamed for spying because he was Jewish.
Who was Alfred Dreyfus?
The name of the man who first wrote about race science and the Jews in Germany in the 19th century.
Who was Wilhelm Marr?
This is the Israeli holiday for trees.
What is Tu B'shvat?
This was supposed to happen on the 13th of Adar.
What was Haman's plan to kill the Jews?