NFTY
Israel
Food
Holidays
Jews in pop-culture
100
How many NFTY events are there each year?
Five
100
What is Israel's official anthem called?
Hatikvah
100
Name three popular jewish foods.
Bagels and cream cheese, kugel, babka, bialy, challah, latka, hamentashin, etc. (this is not all of them)
100
Name Six Jewish Holidays
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simcah Torah, Shavout, Purim, Passover, Hannukah
100
What Prophet brought the ten commandments down to the people from the mountains?
Moses
200
Name all of the NFTY events
JELLO, Fall Kallah, Winter Kallah, TheVent, Spring Kallah
200
What are the two official languages of Israel?
Hebrew and Arabic
200
What does Hag Sameach mean?
Happy Holidays
200
What were the ten commandments stored in? **Hint: this was carried into battle**
the Ark of the Covenant
300
Name all the positions of regional board (nine positions)
prez pvp savp rcvp cvp emvp smvp nmvp wmvp
300
Israel is home to the lowest point below sea level. What is this place?
The dead sea
300
Name five customs for Hannukah
Presents, Driedel, Gelt, Latke, Lighting the Menorah, zx
300
What Sacred text covers ethical and religious maters as well as history and folklore?
the talamud
400
What did NFTY-MAR used to be called?
MAFTY
400
What is Israel's official tree?
olive tree
400
Name all the six things on the seder plate with their hebrew names
Maror, Charoset, Karpas, Z'roa, Beitzah, matzah
400
What does the Torah have in common with Christian scriptures?
the first five books of the Old Testiment
500
Name 5 of all 19 NFTY regions
NFTY-CAR: Chicago Area Region NFTY-CWR: Central West Region NFTY-GER: Garden-Empire Region NFTY-MAR: Mid Atlantic Region NFTY-MI: Michigan NFTY-MV: Missouri Valley NFTY-NAR: New York Area Region NFTY-NE: Northeast NFTY-NEL: Northeast Lakes NFTY-NO: Northern NFTY-NW: Northwest NFTY-OV: Ohio Valley NFTY-PAR: Pennsylvania Area Region NFTY-SAR: Southern Area Region NFTY-SO: Southern NFTY-SoCal: Southern California NFTY-STR: Southern Tropical Region NFTY-SW: Southwest NFTY-TOR: Texas-Oklahoma Region
500
What is unique about the glue on Israli stamps? (Hint hint it has to do with food)
Its kosher
500
Name the five books of the Torah (must be the hebrew and english names)
Genesis - Bereisheet, Exodus - Shemot, Leviticus - Vayikra, Numbers - Ba Midbar, Deuteronomy - D'varim
500
What form of Jewish law addresses morality, responcibility, ethics, and religious practices?
the Halachah