This was the attitude of most Jews in the American colonies when the colonies declared their independence from Britain.
What is support for the revolution?
100
He spoke at the constitutional convention in favor of religious freedom and defending Jews.
Who was Stanislas, Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (or just Stan)?
100
After Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, this area rejected emancipation.
What is the southern part of Germany (Bavaria & Baden)?
100
At the beginning of the 19th century (1800s) Jews mostly had these kinds of jobs (3 out of 4)
What were used clothes sellers, street peddlers, money lenders, and beggars?
100
Reform Judaism rejected much traditional observance and made this the center of their Judaism.
What was social justice?
200
He was a major financial supporter of the American Revolution and came from this European country.
Who was Haym Saloman who came from Poland?
200
He was a young general of the French revolutionary army who took over the government.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
Napoleon and the French armies conquered these areas and emancipated the people there, including Jews. (at least 2 of 4).
What are western Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium?
200
These were some of the ways that Jews changed as they moved out of the ghetto (2 out of 3).
What was their clothing, speaking Yiddish, and educating their children (only) in cheders?
200
They argued that it was possible to observe halachah and still be part of the larger society.
Who were the Neo-Orthodox (Modern Orthodox)?
300
A recent Jewish immigrant (DON'T name) paid for this important campaign that ended the American Revolution.
What was Yorktown?
300
When the 1791 French constitution declared Jews to be citizens, this was how some areas of France reacted.
What was with continued discrimination?
300
Jews were not able to run for legislative office in this country until 1848, but they made slow, steady progress.
What is Britain (England)?
300
He was the leader of an important European community and worked internationally to help Jews in other countries.
Who was Moses Montefiore?
300
This rabbi was a strong critic of Reform and founded this movement.
Who was Rabbi Moshe Sofer who founded ultra-orthodoxy?
400
The American constitution, ratified in 1787, guaranteed these rights, especially important for Jews (name at least 2 out of 3).
What is religious freedom, separation of church and state, and no religious test for public office?
400
When the elders had answered the twelve questions the French asked that the answers be confirmed by this group.
What is a Sanhedrin?
400
In absolutist Russia there was no emancipation and the government tried to assimilate Jews in these two ways.
What is by draft into the army and through schools?
400
These were some of the middle class values that Jews adopted as they moved out of the ghetto.
What was the ideal of an educated gentleman (versus a Torah scholar), women focused on raising children and making a home, and mothers being responsible for the education of their children?
400
Jews in Germany made some of these changes in their synagogues to make them more like churches (2 out of 3).
What was using an organ, having bells, and shortening the service?
500
The first Jews to arrive in the north American colonies came from where, fleeing from what?
What is Brazil and fleeing from the Inquisition (brought back by the Portuguese)?
500
These were some of the questions asked of the French Jewish community when they appealed for help (at least 6).
What are 1. polygamy 2. divorce 3. intermarriage 4. Frenchmen brothers? 5. how treat Frenchmen? 6. acknowledge and defend France? 7. how choose rabbis? 8. power of rabbis 9. rabbis' power by law or custom? 10. any occupations forbidden? 11. usury from Jews 12. usury from gentiles.
500
This ruler of Russia declared that Jews could only live in this area.
Who is Catherine the Great who declared the Pale of Settlement?
500
European Jews persuaded the ruler of this country to try to make things better for Jews there and sent these Jews their petition and the rulers promise in a booklet called this.
What was Persia (Iran) and what was "Shaloch Manot"?
500
In the early 19th century, Reform Judaism stopped mentioning these two ideas in their prayer books for this reason.
What were references to Mashiach and return to Israel because they wanted to be considered good citizens of their countries (not longing to return to another country)?