Modern History Quiz

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Questions of national identity and Jewish identity were central to the experience of modernity for Jews everywhere. How much do you know about Jewish history since 1650?

Question 1 of 10
Leo Frank was
Question 2 of 10
According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), what was the Jewish intermarriage rate in the United States?
Question 3 of 10
What percentage of European Jewry perished in the Holocaust?
Question 4 of 10
Ba'al Teshuvah is roughly translated to mean what?
Question 5 of 10
The "Night of Broken Glass" is known more famously by what name?
Question 6 of 10
Who is credited with delivering the first Yiddish socialist speech in America?
Question 7 of 10
Which of these denominations was established first?
Question 8 of 10
After the fall of communism, what city became home to the largest Russian-Jewish population?
Question 9 of 10
Meir Kahane was the founder of what organization?
Question 10 of 10
What was the Haskalah?
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