Religion/Culture
A jew
Being Jewish encompasses a language, culture and religion even though Jews live all over the world and speak different languages.
The time when the first wave began and where the Jews came from
What is Spain & Portugal 1600-1700s ?
Where were the 2nd wave of Jews from?
Central Europe
Where did the majority of these immigrants originate from?
Th state with the highest population of Jews
What is New York?
the Jewish holy book
What is Thorah?
Jews fled to American Colonies for
What is freedom?
Jewish population grew to what in 1880?
What is 500,000
This area encompassed pieces of different countries and where Eastern European Jews were forced to
What is the Pale?
Some famous Jewish celebrities
Who are Daniel Radcliffe, James & Dave Franco, Pink?
One of the oldest religion
What is Judaism ?
The group of immigrants that first settled in colonies
What are Sephardic Jews?
What percent worked as servants or laborers?
What is 1 percent
Most Eastern European Jews came to the U.S. from
what is Russia?
A famous Jewish American influencer who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.
Who is Albert Einstien?
The language Jewish people speak
What is Hebrew?
The "Catholics Monarch of Spain"
Who is Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
Where did the Sephardic Jews immigrate from?
What is Spain
How many Jews immigrated and settled to the United States during the 3rd wave?
2 million
Anti-semitism or prejudice made life difficult for Jewish-Americans in the late 1930s during a major event called
What is Holocaust?
The names of Jewish gods
What are Jehovah and Yahweh?
The religion that Jews were forced to covert to under the "Catholic of Monarchs" ruling
What is Christianity?
What percent of German Jews had at least 1 servant in their homes by the late 1800?
What is Russification?
What is a form of cultural assimilation which the Russian government implemented in the late 1890’s in order to spread Russian culture and language.
Name 3 books that could be helpful for YOU when learning more about Jewish Americans?
Lower East Side Memories
Roads Taken
Anne Frank (A Diary of a Young Girl)