Biblical
This is the Hebrew name of the heroine better known as Queen Esther.
What is Hadassah?
During the haskalah, or Jewish enlightenment, Miriam Markel-Mosessohn was one of the first women to become recognized as a scholar of this language.
What is Hebrew?
In 1969, this Israeli politician became only the third woman in the world to become her country's prime minister.
Who is Golda Meir?
This US Supreme Court justice was the first woman to become dean of Harvard Law School.
Who is Elana Kagan?
This Moabite princess who gave up her royal title to convert to Judaism famously told Naomi, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay."
Who is Ruth?
Although she was never formally ordained, it is commonly accepted that 17th-century Kurdish Jewish biblical scholar Asenath Barzani was the first woman to serve as one of these.
What is a rabbi?
Regina Jonas was the first woman to be formally ordained as one of these in 1935.
What is a rabbi?
This Black Jewish actress received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Gen on “The Good Place.”
Who is Maya Rudolph?
This prophet was the only woman to rule over pre-monarchic Israel as a judge.
Who is Deborah?
This poet, famous for the inscription "Give me your tired, your poor" on the Statue of Liberty, came from a prominent Sephardi Jewish family in New York.
Who is Emma Lazarus?
In 1984, electrical engineer Judith Resnik became the first Jewish woman to accomplish this feat.
What is fly in space?
This comedian, born to an Eritrean Jewish father, won a Primetime Emmy for her 2017 appearance on "Saturday Night Live."
Who is Tiffany Haddish?
From 76 BCE to 67 BCE, Salome Alexandra became the second and final woman to hold this title.
What is Queen of Judea?
During the 16th century, Gracia Mendes Nasi helped these fellow Jews flee the Spanish Inquisition to safety in Ottoman Turkey.
Who are conversos?
In 1952, British Jewish chemist Rosalind Franklin discovered this property of DNA.
What is the double helix?
From 2008 to 2013, Jewish businesswoman Houda Nonoo served as the ambassador of this Gulf country to the US.
What is Bahrain?
This woman from the Book of Judges killed Sisera, the commander of an invading army, by hammering a tent peg into his skull.
Who is Yael?
Rachel Beer, from an influential Iraqi Jewish family, became the this of London's Sunday Times in 1891.
What is editor-in-chief?
South African Jewish activist Ruth First was assassinated in 1982 for her involvement in this leading anti-apartheid organization.
What is the African National Congress?
Leah Gazan, elected last month as the NDP MP for Winnipeg Centre, is both Jewish and a member of this indigenous nation.
What is Lakota?