Coming to America
The first jew arrived in North America in this year
What is 1492?
He famously sat out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series to observe Yom Kippur, highlighting his commitment to faith alongside athletic excellence
Who is Sandy Koufax?
She established the National Women’s League of the United Synagogue with the vision of serving as the coordinating body for Conservative synagogue sisterhoods
Who is Matilde Schecter?
Successful businessman who served as mayor of NYC for 3 terms
Who is Michael Bloomberg?
Jewish-American actress best known for her work in Yiddish theater and played roles depicting the “typical Jewish mother"
Who is Molly Picon?
He is known as the first Jewish American citizen
Who is Asser Levy?
One of the greatest swimmers in history, won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics
Who is Mark Spitz?
The year Women's League for Conservative Judaism was founded
What is 1918?
He started Facebook
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
She works in counterterrorism at the NYPD and now serves as the NYPD Commissioner
Who is Jessica Tisch?
The first group of jews who came to North America came from this country
Brazil
Jewish philanthropist and owner of the Boston Patriots football team
Who is Robert Kraft?
Spanish Jews are called this
What are Sephardim?
He started investment banking firm started in 1869 in a one room basement office next to a coal chute
Who is Marcus Goldman?
First Jewish Miss America
Who was Bess Myerson?
In the 1830s, this city contained the largest Jewish community
Charleston, SC
2026 American Olympic hockey hero
Who is Jack Hughes?
He started Conservative Judaism in the United States
Who is Solomon Schechter?
An investment bank was started in 1850 by German Jewish immigrants Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer in Montgomery, Alabama
What is Lehman Brothers?
American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934
Who is Al Capp?
New Amsterdam in 1654
Known as “The Hebrew Hammer,” he was a Detroit Tigers star, five-time All-Star, and two-time World Series champion becoming the first Jewish athlete voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954
Who is Hank Greenberg?
The year that the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism was founded
What is 1913?
This family started the Hyatt Hotel Corporation in 1957 and still own majority shares
Who is the Pritzker family?
Current administrator of NASA
Who is Jared Isaacman?