Jews and Sports
This Jewish baseball player famously refused to play in a World Series game that fell on Yom Kippur.
Who is Sandy Koufax?
Ramah in the poconos opened its doors in this year
What is 1950?
These are the two fasts that last over 24 hours
What is Yom Kippur and Tisha B'av?
This middah (in Hebrew) is what the cowardly lion was missing.
What is Ometz Lev?
This is the first prayer we should say upon waking.
What is MODEH/MODAH Ani?
This city's name in Hebrew roughly translates to "City of Peace"
What is Jerusalem?
This is the most prominent Israeli playing in the NBA
Who is Deni Avdija?
Camp is located in this Pennsylvania county
What is Wayne County?
These are the five books of the Torah, in order.
What are Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, and Devarim?
Middot are said to help a regular person become this
What is a "mensch"?
This is the "Standing" Tefillah.
What is the Amidah?
This city is considered "The First Hebrew City"
What is Tel Aviv?
This Baltimore Orioles pitcher was the first Israeli drafted by Major League Baseball.
Who is Dean Kremer?
This building, which is used mostly as a Makom tefillah, was named after a former director of camp who died camp
What is Beit Mogilner?
This Hebrew term describes foods like rice and beans that are not hametz but are avoided by some Jews on Pesach
What is kitniyot?
This mitzvah, often translated as charity, comes from the middah that means "righteous"
What is Tzedakah?
This hand motion that we do for one of the amidah blessings is also done on Yom Kippur
What is beating our chest?
This type of Israeli community is built around sharing resources, and is usually marked by the presence of small homes and large public areas
What is a Kibbutz?
The mother of Rosh Mayim Nava Isseroff was the first one to swim across this body of water
Notzetzim was not always known by its current name. Before the edah was called Notzetzim, this was its name
What was Nitzanim?
This is the month and year that the State of Israel was established
What is May/Iyyar 1948?
This middah (in Hebrew) is said to not be able to be understood in a human context and is the highest attainable attribute
What is Keter?
This is the singular for the word "Tefillin"
What is a Tefilah?
This is the largest port city in the south
What is Ashdod?
Yael Arad was the first Israeli to win an olympic medal in this martial art
What is Judo?
This camp building's original purpose was to house the world's largest cheese at the 1964 world's fair
What is the Chadar Ochel/Beit Am Gadol?
These are gifts of food we give on Purim
What are mishloach manot?
This middah is mentioned twice in the listing of the 13 attributes of God
What is Chesed/Lovingkindness?
These two prayers are commanded in the Torah
What is the Shema and Birkat Hamazon?
In the Torah, Abraham is said to have dug a well in this city
What is Be'er Sheva?