Biblical
Led the Israelites across the Red Sea
Bonus: what is his sister's name?
Moses
Miriam
"oral Torah"; main text of Jewish law
Talmud
political movement to establish a Jewish state in the land of Israel
Zionism
Israel's capital city
Jerusalem
Language of the Torah
Almost sacrificed, but replaced with a ram at the last minute
Isaac
twelfth-century rabbi/doctor/philosopher who made his way from Spain to Egypt
Maimonides
concentration camps Auschwitz and Treblinka are located in this country
Poland
Jews established these commune-style settlements, often involving agricultural labor and shared responsibilities among community members
Kibbutz
Language of the shtetl; stories of Sholom Aleichem including what became Fiddler on the Roof
Yiddish
Son of King David; responsible for building first Temple
Solomon
Accusation that Jews murdered Christian babies and used their blood to bake matzah
Blood Libel
The descendants of Jews who fled this historical persecution in Iberia (Spain and Portugal) founded New York's first Jewish congregation; initiated by Catholic Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella
The Spanish Inquisition
Mountain fortress in the desert where Jewish rebels hid from the Romans
Masada
Language of the Sephardic diaspora (Jews descended from the Jews who left Spain in the fifteenth century), found in places like Morocco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, etc.
Ladino
Mother of Jacob and Esau; helped Jacob deceive his father
Rebecca
two parts that make up the Talmud (half points for each one)
Mishna/gemara
Young Jewish woman captured by Nazis in Amsterdam; wrote a diary describing life hiding in an attic
Document declaring Britain's support for a Jewish state in Palestine
Balfour Declaration
Person credited for reviving Hebrew as a modern spoken language
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Book of Judges: Very strong man who never cut his hair; when his hair was cut, he lost his strength
Samson
Muslim Spain; home to many famous medieval Jewish poets
al-Andalus/Sefarad
Baseball pitcher who sat out a World Series game on Yom Kippur
Sandy Koufax
Israel's first prime minister; Israel's first (and only) female prime minister; Israel's current prime minister
(1/3 points for each)
David Ben-Gurion; Golda Meir; Benjamin Netanyahu
Language of the Talmud; language probably spoken by Jesus and his peers in Roman Judea
Aramaic