Holidays
This holiday is eight days long and celebrates the miracle of the Jews triumphing over the Syrian/Greek army as well as the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days.
What is Chanukah?
He led the Jews out of Egypt and in the desert for 40 years.
This salty sea is the lowest point on Earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
The holiest site for Jews - a part of the ancient Holy Temple.
What is the Kotel? (Western Wall)
This is Israel's national bird.
What is the Hoopoe?
This holiday we celebrate our freedom from slavery in Egypt
What is Passover?
This King of Israel was famous for his harp playing and his slaying of Goliath, a giant Philistine.
Who was King David?
This "green" region in Israel has the most fertile soil and is home to many farms.
What is the Galilee?
Israel's government meets in this building, where the country's laws are made.
What is the Knesset?
This war was fought in 1973, on a Jewish holiday.
What is the Yom Kippur War?
This holiday means "lots" in English and on this holiday we wear costumes.
What is Purim?
This prophet symbolically visits us each Passover at our seders and was famous for going up to Heaven alive in a chariot of fire.
Who is Elijah?
It is the largest desert in Israel.
What is the Negev Desert?
You can see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibited here.
What is the Israel Museum/the Shrine of the Book?
This Israeli actress plays Wonder Woman in the DC Comics movies.
Who is Gal Gadot?
This holiday is our day of judgement when we hear the shofar blown and eat apples and honey for a sweet year.
What is Rosh Hashana?
This is the current Prime Minister of Israel.
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
This northern territory was captured from Syria during the Six Day War.
What is the Golan Heights?
You can visit Israel's Holocaust Memorial Museum, also called this.
What is Yad Vashem?
Israel has more of these cultural sites than any other country per capita.
What are museums?
This holiday is also known as the festival of the ingathering. We build huts in our yards to celebrate G-d's protection of the Jews in the desert. We also shake the four species: lulav, etrog, hadasim, and aravot together on this holiday.
What is Sukkot?
He was the first prime minister of Israel.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
This geographical feature's source is found in Israel's northern mountains and stretches from the Kinneret to the Dead Sea.
What is the Jordan River.
These are the 4 quarters in the Old City.
What are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Armenian?
In an average of 2 hours, it is possible to do this in Israel.
What is run across the country from east to west?