Jewish News Quiz

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Quiz am Jewish News Quiz, erstellt von Samuel Breslow am 16/09/2022.
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

Frage
Which Middle Eastern country recently hosted its largest-ever Jewish wedding?
Antworten
  • Oman
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Qatar
  • United Arab Emirates

Frage 2

Frage
Legal scholars questioned the constitutionality of a new state law in New York. What does it do?
Antworten
  • Requires museums to label art looted by Nazis
  • Requires kosher certification agencies to share data with FDA inspectors
  • Imposes new curriculum standards on yeshivas
  • Requires municipal offices to close for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Frage 3

Frage
A Manhattan synagogue provoked fury when it removed lox from its menu for its smorgasbords following Shabbat services. What was its rationale?
Antworten
  • Supply chain disruption
  • Environmental concerns
  • Kosher status concerns
  • Overly messy eaters

Frage 4

Frage
A Forward analysis found that women have been locked out of leadership at many of the largest U.S. Jewish federations. Men control what percentage of the system's total assets?
Antworten
  • 61%
  • 73%
  • 84%
  • 95%

Frage 5

Frage
A congregation in New Mexico has a chance to return to its former synagogue. Why?
Antworten
  • A seismic retrofitting project was completed, making it safe to occupy again.
  • An anonymous billionaire donated it to them.
  • The archdiocese to whom they sold it went bankrupt after a sexual abuse scandal.
  • A judge ruled against the city's eminent domain claim following a lawsuit from the local heritage society.

Frage 6

Frage
In The New York Times' blockbuster investigation of yeshivas this week, which source agreed to an interview?
Antworten
  • Rabbi Yehuda Lefkovitz, president of the Central United Talmudical Academy
  • Bill de Blasio, former mayor of New York City
  • Dovid Cohen, authored of censored yeshiva textbook
  • Zalman Teitelbaum, Satmar grand rabbi

Frage 7

Frage
A new documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein explores how many American Jews failed to raise the alarm about the Holocaust. What does it say was their primary concern?
Antworten
  • That it would lead Americans to embrace the Jewish stereotypes touted by Nazis
  • That the Nazis would plant spies among the flood of refugees
  • That the flood of refugees would lead to increased competition in the job market
  • That missions to liberate concentration camps would have many casualties, endangering their children serving in the military

Frage 8

Frage
Benjamin Irvy declared King Charles "a mensch for all seasons" in a Forward column this week. Which connection to Jews does Charles NOT have?
Antworten
  • He was circumcised by U.K. mohel Jacob Snowman
  • He was the pen pal of the German Jewish refugee and opera lecturer Else Mayer-Lismann
  • He installed a mezuzah at the main entrance to Buckingham Palace
  • He sponsored a Jewish Community Center in Krakow, Poland
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