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200

The Hebrew name for God.

What is Yaweh?

200
Made of chickpeas.

What is Hummus?

200

He writes the Chanukah songs about famous Jews and is a famous actor/comedian.

Who is Adam Sandler?

200

Here is where you can float freely.

What is the Dead Sea?

200

The persecution of the Jews by German Nazis from 1933 to 1945, resulting in the murder
of nearly six million Jews.

What is the Holocaust?

400

Jewish mysticism.

What is Kabbalah?

400

In Hebrew it means burnt offering.

What is Challah?

400

This was one of the most famous scientists in modern history.

Who is Albert Einstein?

400

The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.

What is Yad Vashem?

400

A movement that was originally committed to the re-establishment of the Jewish homeland; since 1948, generally the support of Israel.

What is Zionism?

600

Every blessing starts out with this word.

What is Baruch?

600

Also called Kneidlach.

What are matzoh balls?

600

A Harry Potter actor who died in Deathly Hollows Part 2.

Who is Helena Bonham Carter?

600

The currency of Israel.

What are Shekels?

600

The situation of jews living away from their homeland, a circumstance that has been true for most Jews since the classical period.

What is a diaspora?

800

The literal translation of Torah.

What is instruction?

800

Jewish Dietary laws.

What is Kosher?

800

He played in the Night at the Museum movies and Meet the Parents.

Who is Ben Stiller?

800

This holy space has split sides.

What is the Western Wall?

800

A common way of referring to the Hebrew bible.

What is Tanakh?

1000

Has a final letter and is on the dreidel.

What is nun?

1000

Made of apples and wine.

What is charoset?

1000

An actor in the original Star Wars franchise. 

Who is Harrison Ford?

1000

The siege of this mountain was a pivotal event in the First Jewish-Roman War as it brought an end to the first revolt by the Jewish people against the Roman Empire in Roman-controlled Judea.

What is Masada?

1000

A vast depository blending together the oral and written forms of the Torah, based on the Mishnah with extensive rabbinic commentary. 

What is Talmud?