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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
Which current or former Los Angeles Laker is Jewish?
Question 2 of 10
During the years 1910-1940, how many Jewish world champion boxers were there?
Question 3 of 10
True or false: In Greek and Roman times, sports were associated with idol worship, and were performed in the nude.
Question 4 of 10
When did Max Nordau, a medical doctor, deliver a speech stressing the need to reestablish a "muscular Jewry”?
Question 5 of 10
The name of which historical book is now associated with Jewish athletes?
Question 6 of 10
Who was the first king to establish his own five yearly games on an international scale?
Question 7 of 10
Jews have been extremely uncomfortable with sports and worship of the body, up until what point in history?
Question 8 of 10
Israel won its first Olympic medals at the
Question 9 of 10
Who was not a Jewish baseball player?
Question 10 of 10
True or false: In 2004, the Ittihad Abna Sakhnin soccer club became the first Arab team to win the Israeli National Cup.
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