Jewish Continuity in the Land of Israel
He was the first Jew to live in the Land of Israel/Canaan.
Abraham
This is a popular peanut butter puff snack in Israel.
Bamba
The modern State of Israel was declared in this year.
1948
He was the first Prime Minister of Israel.
David Ben-Gurion
Israel is this many miles wide at its narrowest point.
9 Miles
He conquered Jerusalem and made it his capital.
King David
This is the Hebrew name for Israel Independence Day.
Yom Ha'Atzmaut
This man is known as the Father of Modern Zionism.
Theodor Herzl
She was the only woman Prime Minister of Israel.
Golda Meir
This sea lies to the west of Israel.
The Mediterranean Sea (Yam HaTichon)
This is the Hebrew word which means to immigrate to Israel.
Aliyah
On Yom HaShoah v'HaGvurah (Holocaust Observance Day) and Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) Israelis collectively do this for two minutes.
Stop everything - even traffic - and stand in silence in honor of those lost as a siren sounds.
The belief that Jews have a right to self determination in their ancestral Homeland.
Zionism
As Prime Minister, he was assassinated.
Yitzhak Rabin
This city is known as the Capital of the Negev
Bersheeba (Beer-Sheva)
In the 1560's Jewish mysticism, known as Kabbalah, became the central focus in this Israeli city.
Tzfat
This is the name of Israel's National Anthem.
Hatikvah (The Hope)
This incident propelled Theodor Herzl to write "The Jewish State" ("Der Judenstat").
The Dreyfus Affair
He was known for his eye patch.
Moshe Dayan
This is the lowest point on Earth.
The Dead Sea (Yam Ha Melach}
Tel Aviv was established in this year.
1909
This is what the Israeli Parliament is called.
The Knesset
"By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept for Zion..." comes from which psalm?
Psalm 137
As Prime Minister, he signed a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
Menachem Begin
This is the highest mountain in Israel.
Mount Hermon