Holidays
This holiday celebrates the Jews taking back the Temple after the Greeks had used it for their religious practices
What is Hanukkah
This is the English Translation of the phrase Tikkun Olam, and can be represented by a globe with a bandage on it.
What is to Fix the World
This is the religion that Jesus was born into
What is Judaism
He came from Mesopotamia to the land of Israel, and then sent his servant back to get a wife for his son from that place
Who was Abraham
This probably fictional woman won a beauty contest, became a queen, and saved the Jewish people.
Who was Esther
This holiday celebrates woman whose family came to Persia after the Jews were exiled to Babylonia and their First Temple destroyed
What is Purim
This is the Hebrew word for money that is donated. Some families have a box for it and put money in it before the Sabbath starts
What is "Tzadakah"
This religion calls the Jewish bible, the Taanch, the Old Testament and uses that book as a basic text.
What is Christianity
1.5 million to 2 million Jews left this part of the world to come to the US. Most of us have our roots there.
What is Eastern Europe
This is the value that Rose Schniederman demonstrated when whe began by from fighting for rights of her fellow hat makers to working as an advisor to President Roosevelt on Labor Issues to becoming the secretary of Labor for the state of New York.
What is Tikkun Olam
This holiday reminds us that Jews were strangers in a strange land because it teaches us that Jews used to live in Egypt.
What is Passover
This is the English translation of the word Tzedek, and we are told to search after it in the phrase Tzedek, Tzedek, Tirdof.
What is "Justice"
This day of the week is the one that Christianity adapted from the Jewish tradition of celebrating the 7th day as a day of rest.
What is Sunday
In Spain Jews lived in harmony with these two religions during the Golden Age of Spain from around 900 to 1200.
What is Christianity and Islam
This is the value that Albert Einstein who many say is the most important scientist of the 20th centry used when he financially supporting causes, including helping Jews who were fleeing Europe.
What is Tzadakah
This holiday was originally celelbrated as a military victory and after that victory, Jews were rulers in their own country for 100 years.
What is Hanukkah
This English word is the root of word of the Hebrew word Tzakakh and teaches that Jews have an obligation to make change, not that we feel pity for those who need help, as the word charity does
What is justice
The 5 pillars of this religion are similar to Jewish tradition, particularly the Zaakat, the obligation to give money to the poor.
What is Islam
This Italian empire built an arch showing people taking the menorah from the Second Temple after they burned that temple and stole its treasure.
What is Rome
This is the value that Ruth Bader Ginsberg who was a Supreme Court Justice used when she came to prominence fighting for the rights of women and minorities in the courts.
What is Tzedek
This holiday celebrates the birth of the Jewish people
What is Passover
When people protest against racial inequality they are living this value expressed in these Hebrew words
Tikkun Olam
This man whose stories about characters such as Adam, Abraham and Moses were later collected into the Koran
Who was Mohammed?
This was the first place Jews lived after their First Temple was destroyed.
What is Babylon
This value is represented by the picture of Abraham Joshua Heschel walking with Martin luther King as they fight for a better world.
What is Tikkun Olam