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
The first aliyah movement to Palestine started in what year?
Question 2 of 10
What is the name of the terrorist group that plotted the Entebbe hijacking in 1976?
Question 3 of 10
Solomon Schechter was
Question 4 of 10
Meir Kahane was the founder of what organization?
Question 5 of 10
After the fall of communism, what city became home to the largest Russian-Jewish population?
Question 6 of 10
What was the Haskalah?
Question 7 of 10
At the time of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, how many Jews lived there?
Question 8 of 10
Ba'al Teshuvah is roughly translated to mean what?
Question 9 of 10
What is the largest Jewish denomination in the United States?
Question 10 of 10
Approximately how many Jews fought for the German Army in WWI?
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