Jewish World Today Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Which Jewish movement currently approves of patrilineal descent?

Reform
Reconstructionist
Conservative
Some of these
All of these

Question 2 of 10

At present, 90% of the Jews in Africa live in what country?

Zimbabwe
Egypt
Ethiopia
South Africa

Question 3 of 10

Which of these is NOT a demographic challenge facing the North American Jewish community?

Aging of the Jewish population
Increased rates of intermarriage
Declining rates of conversion
A large percentage of children of mixed marriages identifying themselves as Jewish

Question 4 of 10

According to National Jewish Population Surveys, between 1990 and 2000 the American Jewish population decreased by how many people?

50,000
100,000
200,000
300,000

Question 5 of 10

Who founded the Jewish Renewal Movement?

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Leopold Zunz
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Arthur Green

Question 6 of 10

Members of which of these groups are often great supporters of the State of Israel?

Neturei Karta Hasidim
Evangelical Christians
Buddhist monks
Secular atheists

Question 7 of 10

Who were Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev?

Israeli gold medalists in the summer 2008 Olympics
Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah in 2006
Israeli astronauts who traveled to the moon in 2005
Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza War in December 2008

Question 8 of 10

What year did Menachem Mendel Schneerson--the last Chabad rebbe--die?

1985
1990
1994
1999

Question 9 of 10

How many Jews are there in the world today?

Between 6 and 7 million
Between 13 and 14 million
Between 22 and 23 million
There is no accurate data about this

Question 10 of 10

"We wish to remember. But we wish to remember for a purpose, namely to ensure that never again will evil prevail, as it did for the millions of innocent victims of Nazism." Who said this?

Elie Wiesel
Ariel Sharon
Pope John Paul II
Barack Obama

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