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Land of Israel Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish ties to the land of "milk and honey."

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The Land of Israel has been a theological anchor for Jews for millennia. How much do you know about attitudes toward Israel in the Bible, through the Middle Ages, and after the rise of Zionism?

Question 1 of 10
In Genesis, God promises Abraham land from the river of Egypt to where?
Question 2 of 10
Which of these mitzvot can be performed outside the land of Israel?
Question 3 of 10
Nahmanides said that all Jewish laws were only meant to be performed in the Land of Israel. What did he say about performing mitzvot in exile?
Question 4 of 10
True or false: A.D. Gordon was a socialist.
Question 5 of 10
In dealing with Israel's Arab neighbors, who advocated for the establishment of an "Iron Wall"?
Question 6 of 10
Followers of Abraham Abulafia's mystical school believed that Israel represents what?
Question 7 of 10
Who coined the famous phrase: “My heart is in the East and I am in the West"?
Question 8 of 10
Early Zionists considered whch of these countries as possible sites for the Jewish homeland?
Question 9 of 10
Who wrote The Jewish State in 1896?
Question 10 of 10
Ahad Haam was the founder of which kind of Zionism?
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