Famous Jews (Then)
This person led the Jews out of Egypt and through the desert for 40 years
Who is Moses?
This 8 day long holiday celebrates the Jews victory over the Syrian/Greek Army where the oil on the menorah lasted for a magical 8 days.
What is Chanukah?
This event occurred when Moses was leading the Jews out of Egypt
What is the splitting of the Red Sea?
This Hebrew word means to give to charity
What is 'tzedaka'?
This famous comedian stars in multiple movies, including 50 First Dates
Who is Adam Sandler?
This ruler of Israel was famous for their harp playing as well as the slaying of Goliath
Who is King David?
We celebrate our freedom from slavery in Egypt
What is Passover?
This event occurred when a town was beyond saving and someone had to collect 2 of every animal
What is Noah's Ark?
We do this each week at the temple on the Sabbath and during B'nai Mitzvot
What is reading the Torah?
This person was famous for their appearance in the Night at the Museum movies
Who is Ben Stiller?
This person originally was Moabite royalty who converted to Judaism and came to Israel with their mother-in-law
Who is Ruth?
This holiday means 'lots' in English and we do not read from the Torah
What is Purim?
This event occurred on Mount Sinai
What is the giving of the 10 Commandments?
This is the 5th commandment out of 10
What is honoring your mother and father?
This Supreme Court Justice was appointed in 1993 and argued for Women's Rights and equality
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This prophet visits us each Passover at our seders and we lay a special cup out for them to drink
Who is Elijah?
We eat apples in honey and a round challah for this holiday
What is Rosh Hashana?
This event occurred to a famous prophet because he was escaping on a boat to avoid giving an important prophecy and is said to inspire a popular book
What is Jonah swallowed by a fish?
We shake a citron fruit, a palm frond, willow leaves, and myrtle leaves on sukkot
What are the 4 species?
This person is known for their performance in the critically acclaimed Black Swan movie for which they won an Oscar
Who is Natalie Portman?
This person took over as leader of the Jews after Moses and entered Israel.
Who is Joshua?
This holiday is known as the festival of ingathering. We build structures in our backyard and shake the 4 species
What is Sukkot?
This famous Judge of Israel lost all of their incredible strength because of this
What is the cutting of Samson's hair?
We do this on the 1st and 2nd night of Passover
What is read the Haggadah?
This famous scientist came up with the theory of relativity and created the well known equation E=mc2
Who is Albert Einstein?