Ashkenazi
Name two traditional foods
bagels/challah/knishes, etc.
The Hebrew word “Sefarad” means this country.
Spain
hummus
Ethiopian Jews live on this continent.
Africa
Name a famous Jew
easy
This is the special language Ashkenazi Jews spoke, mixing Hebrew and German.
Yiddish
The language they spoke, mixing Hebrew and Spanish.
Ladino
name a country that a Mizrahi Jew might be from
Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Egypt
For centuries, Ethiopian Jews did not celebrate post-biblical holidays. Name one
Purim, Hannukah, Tu B'shevat
Rabbi Beyo is a Jew! Name 2 facts about Rabbi Beyo
hopefully you were listening!
Many Ashkenazi Jews moved here in the 1800s and 1900s for religious freedom.
USA
Sephardic Jews are know for eating what on Passover, which Ashkenazi Jews do not?
Kitniyot: beans, pease rice, and corn
The Hebrew word “Mizraḥ” means this direction.
East
Many Ethiopian Jews moved to Israel in which decade (60s, 70s, or 80s) hint: CDs, chicken mcnuggets, and nintendo was invented in this decade
80s
Outside of the US and Israel, ____ is the most Jewishly populated country in the world
France
In traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation, several vowels and this letter are pronounced differently.
Tav (T vs S)
Mimouna is a fun cultural celebration after the holiday of:
Passover!
The countries of Iraq and Iran were referred to as the following in Biblical reccounts
Iraq - Babylonia; Iran - Persia
Ethiopian Jews make a flatbread called Injera from this native Ethiopian grain
Teff
The Hebrew word for different Jewish communities around the world.
Edot
Ashkenazi Jews are descended from the Jews of which two countries?
Germany and France
Sephardic Jews were expelled from their home country in the year ____.
1492
This spicy green condiment, now mainstream in Israel, came from Yemenite Jews
schug
Ethiopian Jews call themselves by this Hebrew name.
Beta Israel
Some Syrian Jews have more than one _____ on Hanukkah.
Shamash