Jewish Music Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish music?

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Jewish music today extends well beyond the synagogue, to the concert halls of Israel, the klezmer revival, and the reggae of Matisyahu. How much do you know about Jewish music?

Question 1 of 10
After the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, the topics of Israeli folk songs began to shift to:
Question 2 of 10
What are nigunim?
Question 3 of 10
What is Leonard Bernstein's only work composed for the synagogue?
Question 4 of 10
Chava Alberstein sings in which three languages?
Question 5 of 10
Before the 19th century, what was a key difference between Sephardic and Ashkenazic musical traditions?
Question 6 of 10
Which song, written by Naomi Shemer, is most often associated with the Six-Day War?
Question 7 of 10
Which Jews were the first to incorporate organs and other instruments into their liturgical practice?
Question 8 of 10
Where is the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music located?
Question 9 of 10
What are the names of the hip-hop artist Subliminal's first two albums?
Question 10 of 10
When Wagner claimed in his essay "Judaism in Music" that Jews could never be "true" creators because they are parasitic, Arnold Schoenberg created what musical response?
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