Holidays
Food
History
Israel & Geography
Bonus/Random
100

What holiday celebrates by lighting a menorah?

What is Hannukah?

100

What potato dish is traditionally eaten on Hannukah?

What are latkes?

100

What city in the U.S. is home to one of the largest Jewish populations outside Israel?

What is NYC?

100

What city is the capital of Israel?

What is Jerusalem?

100

What is the word for a good deed or act of kindness?

What is a mitzvah?

200

What holiday celebrates the Jewish new year?

What is rosh Hashanah?

200

What bread is braided and often eaten on Shabbat?

What is challah?

200

Who lead the israelites out of Egypt?

Who is Moses?

200

What other religions consider Jerusalem a holy city?

What are Islam and Christianity?

200

What phrase do people say to mean congratulations or good luck?

What is mazel tov?

300

What holiday celebrates the Jewish people getting out of Egypt?

What is Passover?

300

What fruit is dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah?

What is an apple?

300

What year was the modern state of Israel established?

What is 1948?

300

What famous wall in Jerusalem is a holy site?

What is the western wall (kotel)?

300

What triangular cookies are eaten on Purim?

What are hamantaschen?

400

What holiday is known as the day of atonement?

What is yom kippur?

400

What is the traditional food eaten on Passover?

What is matzo/matzah?

400

What country did most Sephardic jews come from after being expelled in 1492?

What is Spain?

400

What sea borders the east of Israel?

What is the dead sea?

400

What language mixes German and Hebrew and was spoken by meany European Jews?

What is yiddish?

500

What holiday celebrates receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai?

What is Shavuot?

500

Meat and dairy foods must be kept separate according to what set of laws?

What are Kashrut laws?

500

What ancient king of Israel was known for building the first temple in Jerusalem?

Who is King Solomon?

500

What desert covers a lot of southern Israel?

What is the Negev desert?

500

What animal is used to make the shofar that's blown on Rosh hashanah?

What is a ram?