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Modern History Quiz

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?

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Question 1 of 10
True or false: Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism, was an Orthodox Jew.
Question 2 of 10
Which of these was a Jewish response to political emancipation in Europe?
Question 3 of 10
What was the name of the ship of German Jewish refugees that was turned away from both American and Cuban ports in 1939?
Question 4 of 10
What is the largest Jewish denomination in the United States?
Question 5 of 10
Which war moved American Jewry toward unwavering support of the State of Israel?
Question 6 of 10
In December of 1862 General Ulysses Grant expelled all Jews from Kentucky, Tennesse and Mississippi.
Question 7 of 10
How did Harry Houdini die?
Question 8 of 10
What percentage of European Jewry perished in the Holocaust?
Question 9 of 10
What name is Aziz Mehmed Effendi more commonly known by?
Question 10 of 10
The British were given authority over Palestine at what conference?

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