Jewish Languages
The common language of all Jewish prayer. A modern version of this language is now spoken in Israel.
What is Hebrew?
A common soup for the winter. Also known as Jewish penicillin and can be found as Passover Seders.
What is Matzo Ball soup?
This group makes up 90% of Jews in America. They can belong to either Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox denominations.
Who are Ashkenazi Jews?
A popular musical based on Ashkenazi shtetl life in Eastern Europe.
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
D.C's Wonder Woman. Also former miss Israel in 2004
Who is Gal Gadot?
This is the language that was spoken by Jews who came to live in the Lower East Side in Manhattan in the late 1800s. It was spoken by the most common ethnic Jewish group that lives in the United States today.
What is Yiddish?
A dish originating from North Africa that includes eggs and can be spicy. It is commonly eaten for breakfast and can be found all over Israel today.
What is Shakshuka?
This Jewish group faced expulsion in 1492. Many Jews from this ethnic group practiced their religion secretly.
Who are Sephardim?
This Ashkenazi Jewish hat is worn by some Hasidic men in Orthodox circles. It is a warm fur hat usually worn on Shabbat and on holidays. It has its origins in Eastern Europe.
What is a Shtreimel?
A Russian-speaking Israeli popstar who recently performed "Hurricane" for Israel in last year's Eurovision
Who is Eden Golan?
The language that the Torah was originally written in. This was the common language of the Persian empire in the seventh century BCE.
What is Aramaic?
A Shabbat stew involving meat, beans, and rice. It is commonly eaten by all Jewish ethnic groups.
What is cholent?
Who are Mizrahi Jews?
What is the name of this mainstream Ladino Hanukkah song that was written in 1983? It is performed to a Tango theme.
What is "Ocho Kandelikas?"
This woman is an African-American actress with Eritrean-Jewish roots. She is a big supporter of Israel. She is known for her rolls in Girls Trip and Like A Boss.
Who is Tiffany Haddish?
This language became extremely meaningful after the Jews were exiled out of the geographic area where it originated from.
What is Ladino?
A rice dish eaten by Bukharian Jews on Shabbat. It is green and filled with herbs.
What is bakhsh?
While this Jewish ethnic group mostly remained isolated in the Jewish world, Jewish scholars and theologians started to recognize them as Jews beginning in the 16th century. This Jewish group started fleeing to Israel in the 1980s to escape persecution.
What are Beta Israel Jews? Also known as Ethiopian Jews.
A popular Moroccan/Sephardic Jewish festival that celebrates the end of Passover. It is commonly celebrated in Israel. You will find fried dough and special pancakes known as mufletta at the festival.
What is Mimouna?
A famous Sephardic scholar, rabbi and doctor. He was one of the most prolific and influential torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Who is Maimonides?
This language is on the verge of extinction today. It became especially useful for scholarly writing revolving around astronomy, theology, and medicine.
What is Judeo-Arabic?
A savory pastry like dough that was traditionally eaten by Yemeni Jews on Shabbat. It is commonly served with a boiled egg, a spicy green herb sauce, and a tomato sauce.
What is Jachnun?
This group of Jews are united by one common language that they all spoke. They can be part of any ethnic Jewish group and have largely emigrated away from their homelands. Today, they have come back to Judaism, but practice differently.
Who are Russian Speaking Jews?
Which Jewish ethnic group names their children after relatives who have passed away? Which Jewish ethnic group does the opposite by naming their children after living grandparents?
What is the difference in naming customs between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews?
The first East-Asian woman to be ordained as a rabbi. Born to a Korean mother and a Jewish father, this woman is now the Senior Rabbi at the Central Synagogue in in Manhattan.
Who is Angela Buchdahl?