Famous Jews
A German physicist who discovered E=mc^2.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The name of the place that many Jews had to go through before entering the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?
Due to this War, antisemitism lessoned during the mid-20th century.
What is World War II?
He invented Jewns during the Gold Rush.
Who is Levi Strauss?
The American holiday is fashioned after this Jewish holiday.
The first Jewish Supreme Court Justice. Has a college named after him.
Who is Louis Brandeis?
The first American Jews traveled from this country with Columbus.
The first synagogue was built in this state in the 1600s.
What is New York?
This toy was invented by a Jewish couple and named after a President.
What is the Teddy Bear?
In this City, there were Yom Kippur services during the Gold Rush, helping to create one of the first Jewish communities in California.
What is San Francisco?
He wrote songs like White Christmas and God Bless America.
Who is Irving Berlin?
In the mid-1800s, a huge influx of Jews traveled from this country.
Where is Germany?
The name of the first Jewish colony, now known as New York.
What is New Amsterdam?
Karl Landsteiner invented this vaccine, and then Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, prioritizing saving lives over profit. Both Jews.
What is Polio?
Many jews had this profession during the 18th and early 19th century.
What are Peddlers?
He refused to play baseball on Yom Kippur.
Who is Sandy Koufax?
This U.S. document was a big step for Jews because it gave them the right to freedom of religion.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Jewish, created this internet sensation.
What is Google?
This was Sam Gompers's first fight during the Labor Movement.
A female activist who led a strike after the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire.
Who is Rose Schneiderman?
During this decade, the United States limited immigrants from Europe.
What is the 1920's?
10,000 American Jews applied to fight in Israel for this war.
What is the 6-day war?
David Sarnoff helped develop this broadcasting network.
What is NBC or RCA?
Rabbi Isaac Meyers Wise, who founded Reform Judaism, helped open this college.
What is Hebrew Union College?