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Jewish/Israel Themes
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Jewpardy
The
leader prepares a Jewpardy board. (See example). Participants are split
into two teams.
A representative from Team 1 chooses a category and a level of difficulty.
The leader turns over the card and reads out the question on back.
If the participant answers correctly, his/her team receives the number
of points on that card.
If not, the card is turned over until someone else answers it.
Each person in each team should have a turn to answer a question.
Sample
Jewpardy Board
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Jewish Personalities |
Israel |
Bible |
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Possible
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Jewish
Holidays
* 10 Which are the
three Pilgrim Festivals? Pesach, Shavu’ot, Succot
* 20 In which city did Mordechai save the Jews from peril? Shushan
* 30 How many days do we celebrate Succot? Seven days in Israel
* 40 Which Jewish holiday is directly connected with the modern State
of Israel? Yom Ha’atzma’ut; Yom Yerushalayim
* 50 Name the four names of Pesah. Zman Cheirutenu, Chag Ha’aviv,
Chag Hamatzot, Chag Hapesach
Jewish History
* 10 Which period
in Jewish history saw the death of the most Jews? Holocaust
* 20 On which mountain was the Torah given? Sinai
* 30 When was the Six Day War? June 1967
* 40 What was the fate of the Jews of Massada? They killed themselves.
* 50 In what years did the destruction of the First and Second Temples
take place?
First: 586 B.C.E.; Second, 70 C.E.
Jewish Personalities
* 10 Which great
Jewish leader stuttered? Moses
* 20 Who wrote a diary of his/her experiences during the Holocaust, which
later became a famous book? Anne Frank
* 30 Which Jew formulated the theory of relativity? Albert Einstein
* 40 Who was a Jewish Supreme Court judge? Louis Brandeis
* 50 Name the Jewish philosopher who was put under cherem (excommunicated)
from Judaism. Spinoza
Israel
* 10 Who was the
father of modern Zionism, a man whose actions helped to create the State
of Israel? Theodor Herzl
* 20 Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel? David Ben Gurion
* 30 Name the country from which Jews were saved in Operation Magic Carpet.
Yemen
* 40 Name five Israeli wars and give dates.
War of Independence 1948
Sinai Campaign 1956
Six-Day War 1967
Yom Kippur War 1973
Lebanon War 1982
* 50 Name the first kibbutz. Degania
Bible
* 10 Which character
was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at Sodom and Gemorrah?
Lot’s wife
* 20 Name the five Books of Moses. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy
* 30 Who committed the first murder? Cain
* 40 From which city did Avraham come? Ur Casdim
* 50 Name the twelve sons of Ya'acob. Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda,
Issachar, Zevulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naftali, Gad, Asher, Joseph
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