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Jewish Historical Facts

Quiz by Sara Twersky

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  • Q1

    Which country was forcibly annexed by Nazi Germany in a move called the Anschluss?

    Monaco

    Belgium

    Austria

    France

    30s
  • Q2

    The Jewish community of Antwerp, one of the last places where Yiddish is the primary language of the Jews, is located in which country?

    Germany

    Belgium

    Luxembourg

    Austria

    30s
  • Q3

    Rashi (1040-1105), the father of the Ba'alei Tosafos, was born in Troyes, which is located in...

    Austria

    Monaco

    Germany

    France

    30s
  • Q4

    R' Shamshon Rafael Hirsh was born in Hamburg and became rav in Frankfurt, both of which are cities in...

    Germany

    Monaco

    France

    Austria

    30s
  • Q5

    Which country allowed Jews to get citizenship during WWII, making it easier for them to leave?

    Liechtenstein

    Monaco

    Luxembourg

    Belgium

    30s
  • Q6

    Which country massacred and expelled Jews because they blemed them for the Black Plague?

    Luxembourg

    France

    Austria

    Liechtenstein

    30s
  • Q7

    Which country refused to protect their Jews during WWII?

    Germany

    Belgium

    Monaco

    France

    30s
  • Q8

    Which country allowed Jews in after the Spanish Expulsion?

    Netherlands

    Poland

    Belarus

    Czechia

    30s
  • Q9

    In which country were Jews blamed for the Black Death and burned in a wooden horse on an island in the Rhine River on June 9, 1349?

    Hungary

    Poland

    Netherlands

    Switzerland

    30s
  • Q10

    Which country is home to the city of Radin, home to R' Yisrael Meir Kagan, author of Chofetz Chaim (a sefer on Shmiras HaLashon) and Mishna Brurah (on Shulchan Aruch)?

    Hungary

    Moldova

    Belarus

    Switzerland

    30s
  • Q11

    Which Nazi-allied country managed to save its 48,000 Jews from being deported to the concentration camps during WWII, thanks to their Minister of Justice, Dimitar Peshev?

    Bulgaria

    Moldova

    Austria

    Hungary

    30s
  • Q12

    Which country is home to Prague, home of Moreinu HaRav Loewi, better known as MaHaRal (1525-1609), famous for his commentary on Rashi called Gur Aryeh al HaTorah and for the legend that he created a golem?

    Belarus

    Bulgaria

    Switzerland

    Czechia

    30s
  • Q13

    Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was successful in saving tens of thousands of Jews from which Nazi-occupied country?

    Hungary

    Bulgaria

    Switzerland

    Austria

    30s
  • Q14

    In which country did a blood libel spur a pogrom against the Jews in 1903 that lasted 3 days, beginning on Easter Sunday, killing 50 Jews, severely wounding 92. slightly wounding 500 and looting over 700 houses and businesses?

    Bulgaria

    Moldova

    Belarus

    Netherlands

    30s
  • Q15

    R' Naftali Amsterdam, an outstanding student of R' Yisrael Salanter, who founded the Mussar movement, served as rav from 1867-1875 for the capital of which country?

    Finland

    Poland

    Romania

    Netherlands

    30s

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