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?

Question 1 of 10
Israel won its first Olympic medals at the
Question 2 of 10
True or False: Dr. James Naismith invented basketball at the Young Men's Hebrew Association
Question 3 of 10
Who was not a Jewish baseball player?
Question 4 of 10
By the 20th century, the Young Men's Hebrew Association became which New York-based Jewish organization?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: In 2004, the Ittihad Abna Sakhnin soccer club became the first Arab team to win the Israeli National Cup.
Question 6 of 10
True or False: The Talmud addresses issues of betting on pigeon races.
Question 7 of 10
The 1936 Berlin Olympics are also known as the
Question 8 of 10
Super Sunday, a day of telephone fundraising for Jewish Federations across the country, traditionally coincides with which major sporting event?
Question 9 of 10
Historically, where have Jewish women played mah-jongg?
Question 10 of 10
When did Max Nordau, a medical doctor, deliver a speech stressing the need to reestablish a "muscular Jewry”?
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