Jews and Sports
This Jewish baseball player famously refused to play in a World Series game that fell on Yom Kippur.
Who is Sandy Koufax?
Tel Aviv has a beach named after this landlocked city, the only city in Israel larger than Tel Aviv itself
What is Jerusalem?
This is the name of the Agam
What is Fork Mountain Pond?
This what Tanakh is an acronym for.
What are Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim?
This is the First country to sign a peace agreement with Israel in this year
What is Egypt in 1979?
This man was the first Secretary of Treasury of the US.
Who was Hamilton?
Mark Spitz, a Jew, held the record for most Olympic gold medals for 36 years. He won them in this sport
What is Swimming?
This Maccabia team is the only city mentioned in the Torah
What is Be'er Sheva?
This camp director died at camp and famously "taught camp how to sit shiva".
Who is David Mogilner?
These are the two places where the Talmud was compiled
What is Babylonia and the Land of Israel?
This is God's Pet, according to the Talmud.
What is the Leviathan?
This man surprisingly completed his term as Vice-President
Who was Aaron Burr, sir?
The mother of Rosh Mayim Nava Isseroff was the first one to swim across this body of water
What is the Kineret? (Sea of Galilee)
These two cities were named in honor of Theodor Herzl
What is Herzlia? (And What is Tel Aviv?)
This building, resembling a common Mongolian farming tent, was originally created to house "Kesher," an edah for the deaf and hard of hearing
What is the yurt?
This is the number of blessings in the weekday Amidah
What is 19?
This is what we call the letter written by the British Foreign Minister to Rothschild in 1917
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This King, despite losing the American colonies, is the longest reigning King (but not Queen) in English/British history
Who was George III?
Yael Arad was the first Israeli to win an olympic medal in this martial art
What is Judo?
This coastal city has a subway system that goes up and down a steep mountain
What is Haifa?
The number of Ramah camps/programs currently led by Ramah Poconos alumni.
What is 5? Poconos, Palmer, Galim, TRY, Seminar
The aliyah that a couple shares before their wedding
What is an Aufruf?
In order to be a Shaliach Tzibbur Maimonidies said in THIS Jewish text said that a person must be humble, popular with the community, and possess a pleasant voice
What is the Mishneh Torah?
This city was the first capital of the United States
What is Philly?
This famous soccer player proudly proclaims his Jewish heritage
Who is David Beckham?
This is the only quarter of Jerusalem's Old City named after a nationality and not a religious group
What is the Armenian Quarter?
Shoafim was originally named after this Israeli hero who died in a hostage rescue operation on July 4, 1976
Who was Yoni Netanyahu?
The only one of the three pilgrimage holidays that does not take place on a full moon
What is Shavuot?
These are 3 of the leaders of different streams of Zionism
Who were Herzl, Ehad Haam, Bialik, Rav Kook, A.D Gordon, Jabotinsky?
This is who John Adams spent his summers with
Who were his family?