ISRAELI BASICS
This national snack food is made exclusively in Israel and tastes of peanut butter (it is also available in other flavors).
What is Bamba?
This dance is commonly done at Israeli and Jewish weddings in a circle.
What is the Hora?
The term for a commandment.
What is a Mitzvah?
This is the largest city in Israel by population.
What is Jerusalem?
This holiday commemorates Queen Esther's bravery in the Persian Empire.
What is Purim?
This iconic Jerusalem landmark is a primary site of Jewish prayer.
What is the Kotel (or Western Wall)?
This Israeli actress was born in Jerusalem and has been seen in the Star Wars Franchise and Marvel Studio's Thor.
Who is Natalie Portman?
What Jewish holiday celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple that is also known as the Festival of Lights?
What is Hanukkah?
What is the The Dead Sea?
The seven days following the death of a Jewish person.
What is Sitting Shiva?
Israel was founded in (what year).
What is Shakshuka?
There are typically ___ days in the Jewish year?
What is 354?
This desert covers much of southern Israel.
What is the Negev Desert?
This region in northern Israel is known for wine production.
What is Golan Heights?
The population of Israel is approximately __% Jewish.
What is 70-80%?
This national anthem of Israel was written long before the state was officially founded.
What is Hatikvah?
The most sacred and holiest holidays in Judaism that focuses on atoning for ones sins of the past year.
What is Yom Kippur?
This Israeli city sits in what is known as the "Silicon Wadi" tech hub.
What is Tel Aviv?
The 20th-century movement that sought the establishment of a Jewish state.
What GPS navigation system that was founded in Israel was purchased by Google for over a billion dollars in 2013.
What is WAZE?
This singing contest has been won multiple times by Israel participants.
What is Eurovision?
This famous first-century BCE rabbi, known for his emphasis on ethics over ritual, famously taught the Golden Rule and founded a school that rivaled Shammai's.
Who is Rabbi Hillel?
This body of freshwater is also called the Sea of Galilee.
What is Lake Tiberias or Genezareth Lake or Kinneret.
This Israeli innovation, widely used in agriculture, allows crops to grow efficiently in the desert using water delivery.
What is drip irrigation?