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?

Question 1 of 10
Of these four continents, which has the largest Jewish population?
Question 2 of 10
Who was the first Israeli astronaut in outer space?
Question 3 of 10
What does the term hofjuden refer to?
Question 4 of 10
What percentage of European Jewry perished in the Holocaust?
Question 5 of 10
In December of 1862 General Ulysses Grant expelled all Jews from Kentucky, Tennesse and Mississippi.
Question 6 of 10
Solomon Schechter was
Question 7 of 10
Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
Question 8 of 10
The first aliyah movement to Palestine started in what year?
Question 9 of 10
What is the largest Jewish denomination in the United States?
Question 10 of 10
One of the only famous female tzaddiks was named

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