Jewish History
This was the place where the Jews were given the 10 commandments.
What is Mount Sinai?
This is the name of the Hebrew alphabet.
What is the alef bet?
This is the holiday most commonly associated with giving and receiving gifts.
Chanukah
This is a popular NYC 'Jewish' food.
What are bagels?
This is what the weekly reading from the Torah is called.
What is parashat hashavuah?
This is the Jewish year we are in.
What is 5782?
This is how you say "I" or "me" in Hebrew.
What is אני?
This is the holiday that includes a fast, rather than special foods.
What is Yom Kippur?
This is the name of a language spoken in some Ashkenazi families.
What is Yiddish?
These are the five books of the Torah.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
This was a huge incident that caused many Jews to flee Europe in the 1500s.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
This is the traditional "Happy Holiday," greeting in Hebrew.
What is "חג שמח"?
This holiday features bitterness and sweetness next to each other, in food and in the story.
What is Passover?
This is a popular game that we played when we had extra religious school time.
What is skribble.io?
This is another name for the Torah.
What are the five books of Moses?
When the temple was first built, it was under this King's rule.
Who is King Solomon?
This is how you say children in Hebrew.
What is "יְלָדִים"?
This is the holiday where we finish reading the Torah and begin again.
What is simchat torah?
This is the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel/Palestine.
What is New York City?
This is the name of the person who interpreted dreams for one of the Pharaohs of Egypt.
Who is Joseph?
This was the date that the first synagogue was built in North America.
What is December 2nd, 1763?
This is how you say, "I love chocolate," in Hebrew.
What is "אני אוהב שוקולד"
This is the holiday that some people eat a lot of cheese on during a long night of studying.
What is Shavuot?
This is the name of a language spoken by Spanish Jews.
What is Ladino?
These are the names of the midwives who refused to drown the baby boys when Pharaoh ordered it.
Who are Shifrah and Puah?