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Jewish Sports Quiz

Test your knowledge of athletics in Judaism.

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While sports have never been a major focus of Jewish life, Jews have risen to fame in professional baseball, basketball, and boxing. Sports have also reflected greater social and political conflicts in Jewish life. How much do you know about Jews and sports?

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Question 1 of 10
At the “Nazi Olympics” in 1936, how many Jewish athletes competed for Germany?
Question 2 of 10
When did Max Nordau, a medical doctor, deliver a speech stressing the need to reestablish a "muscular Jewry”?
Question 3 of 10
Historically, where have Jewish women played mah-jongg?
Question 4 of 10
Jews have been extremely uncomfortable with sports and worship of the body, up until what point in history?
Question 5 of 10
Max Nordau argued for physical strength and fitness as core values of
Question 6 of 10
Which talmudic sage was famous for both his Torah scholarship and his strength as a gladiator?
Question 7 of 10
At which sporting event location was the first kosher food stand opened in 2003?
Question 8 of 10
Mah-jongg orginated in what country?
Question 9 of 10
When was the Young Men's Hebrew Association, an organization that used sports and recreational activities to improve the moral, social, and educational life of young German Jews, founded?
Question 10 of 10
What is the name of the youth movement that was established in the 1920s to improve the physical and mental fitness of young Jews across the world?
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