This is a movement of Jews and non Jews that support a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the Land of Israel.
What is Zionism?
100
This is the father of Modern Zionism. "If you will it, it is no a dream."
Who was Theodor Hertzl?
100
This means "aliyah" in English.
What is "going up?"
100
Operations Moses and Solomon brought Jews from this country to escape discrimination and poverty.
What is Ethiopia?
100
Since the founding of the State of Israel, this organization was mandated as the organization responsible for aliyah in the diaspora
What is the Jewish Agency for Israel?
200
This declaration supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
200
This British policy abandoned the idea of partitioning Palestine, put the governance of Palestine into the hands of Palestinian Jews and Muslims, and severely limited the number of Jews allowed to immigrate to Palestine between 1940 and 1944. Yikes!
What was the White Paper?
200
Between 1949–1950, nearly the entire community of this country's Jews immigrated to Israel under "Operation Magic Carpet"
What is Yemen?
200
Between 1950-1952, many of Iraq's Jewish population came to Israel under this operation.
What is Operation Ezra and Nehemiah?
200
In the mid 1950s, this country's Jewish population made Aliyah to Israel as part of the "Gomulke Aliyah"
What is Poland?
300
This Aliyah was known as "The Farmer's Aliyah"
What is the First Aliyah?
300
Moroccan and Tunisian Jews mostly immigrated to Israel or this country
What is France?
300
This town in Ethiopia provides a home for Jews waiting to make Aliyah to Israel
What is Gondar?
300
Between 1948 and 1960, new immigrants to Israel were sprayed with this... thing.
What is DDT insecticide?
300
There are about 85,000 Cochin Jews and Paradesi Jews living in Israel that originally came from this country
What is India?
400
This delicious snack was brought to Israel by Tunisian Jews with amazing culinary taste.
What is shakshouka?
400
This sandwich was brought to Israel with great success by Iraq's fine Jewish immigrants.
What is the Sabich?
400
Someday, Rachel will make us this Ethiopian bread that is both tasty and nutritious.
What is enjera? (injera? anjira?)
400
Ironically, this major world event in 1948 drastically worsened the situation for many Jews in Muslim countries.
What was the establishment of the state of Israel?
400
The earliest immigrants to Israel received desirable homes in established urban areas, but most of the immigrants, especially those coming from Muslim countries, were sent to these transit camps in the Negev.
What are Ma'aborot?
500
This name refers to a group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to escape the inferior condition of dhimmis, converted publicly to Islam, but were said to have retained their beliefs.
Who were the Donme?
500
While many Iranian Jews immigrated to Israel, many of them immigrated to this city in the US, which later received the nickname "*I can't tell you because it will give it away*"
What is Los Angeles, also known as Tehrangeles?
500
Here's a fun accusation: it is said by some that this prime minister of Israel asked the US to not allow Jews to immigrate in, in order that they would instead help populate the growing state of Israel
Who is Ben Gurion?
500
This 2 day pogrom in 1941 was the "beginning of the end" for Iraq's Jewish community, and immediately following the pogrom, many left the country.