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Modern History Quiz

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Questions of national identity and Jewish identity were central to the experience of modernity for Jews everywhere. How much do you know about Jewish history since 1650?

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Question 1 of 10
What was the name of the ship of German Jewish refugees that was turned away from both American and Cuban ports in 1939?
Question 2 of 10
According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), what was the Jewish intermarriage rate in the United States?
Question 3 of 10
True or False: The 1990 National Jewish Population Survey indicated that more Jews in America identified themselves as "cultural" Jews than as "religious" Jews.
Question 4 of 10
At the time of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, how many Jews lived there?
Question 5 of 10
The theory that helped to allow Jews to leave ghettos and shift from peddling to retail was
Question 6 of 10
Solomon Schechter was
Question 7 of 10
Who founded the Jewish Renewal Movement?
Question 8 of 10
Which war moved American Jewry toward unwavering support of the State of Israel?
Question 9 of 10
Who was the American President at the time of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty?
Question 10 of 10
What percentage of European Jewry perished in the Holocaust?
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