Jews & Non-Jews Quiz

Today, Jews are in dialogue and cooperation with other religions, even rethinking the definitions of Jewishness and chosenness. But what do you know about the history of the relationship between Jews and non-Jews?

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Question 1. True or false: Some Christian denominations ordain women as priests.
 True
 False

 

Question 2. What do the Bible and the Talmud have to say about idolatry?
 The Bible repeatedly prohibits idolatry, and the rabbis of the Talmud drafted many additional laws to distance Jews from idolatry
 The Bible is not concerned with idolatry, but the rabbis in the Talmud prohibit idolatry, in order to create a "fence around the Torah"
 The Bible prohibits certain kinds of idolatry, and the Talmud finds loopholes to make these idolatrous practices permissable
 The Bible and the Talmud are precisely unanimous in their positions on idolatry

 

Question 3. In the United States, approximately how many people convert to Judaism each year?
 36
 360
 3600
 36000

 

Question 4. Who said "All those words of Jesus of Nazareth and of this Ishmaelite [Muhammad] who arose after him are only to make straight the path for the messianic king and to prepare the whole world to serve the Lord together"?
 Pope John Paul II
 Louis Farrakhan
 Maimonides
 R. Shimon bar Yohai

 

Question 5. Why did the rabbis forbid drinking wine prepared by Gentiles?
 Because drunkenness is a vice
 Because gentiles in the Middle Ages used to poison wine that they gave to Jews
 Because gentiles might have used their wine in idolatrous libations
 All of the above

 

Question 6. Which of these laws was originally meant to separate Jews from non-Jews?
 Not drinking wine with non-Jews
 Not eating food cooked by non-Jews
 Not reading books written by non-Jews
 A and B only
 All of these

 

Question 7. True or false: Jewish tradition holds that a special covenant between God and Noah established moral precepts for non-Jews.
 True
 False

 

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