
Jewish Historical Facts
Quiz by Sara Twersky
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Which country was forcibly annexed by Nazi Germany in a move called the Anschluss?
The Jewish community of Antwerp, one of the last places where Yiddish is the primary language of the Jews, is located in which country?
Rashi (1040-1105), the father of the Ba'alei Tosafos, was born in Troyes, which is located in...
R' Shamshon Rafael Hirsh was born in Hamburg and became rav in Frankfurt, both of which are cities in...
Which country allowed Jews to get citizenship during WWII, making it easier for them to leave?
Which country massacred and expelled Jews because they blemed them for the Black Plague?
Which country refused to protect their Jews during WWII?
Which country allowed Jews in after the Spanish Expulsion?
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?
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)?
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?
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?
Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was successful in saving tens of thousands of Jews from which Nazi-occupied country?
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?
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?
Klooga, the only Nazi concentration camp not located in Germany, Austria or Poland, was located in which country?
After Hitler ordered all Jews of this country to be deported on October 1, 1943, ordinary citizens helped evacuate over 8,000 Jews to Sweden, causing over 99% of this country's Jews to survive the Holocaust.
The Baal Shem Tov (Besht), R' Yisrael ben Eliezer, who founded Chassidus, was born in Okopy in either 1698 or 1700 and died in Medzhybizh in 1760. Both cities belong to...
The Chasam Sofer, R' Moshe Sofer, was rav of Pressburg from 1806-1839 and founded the Pressburg Yeshiva in what country?
From 1827-1867, this country's army drafted Cantonists, young Jewish boys who were taken to the army at the age of 12 and were often forced to convert.
This country was home to Communists, who destroyed Jewish religion after taking control of the government in the early 1900s.
R' Yoel Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe (1887-1979), Rav of Satu Mare was smuggeled to Switzerland and later, Israel during the Holocaust. He then chose to live in America and help his former community of which country? P.S. In the 1970s he bought land in NY and founded Kiryas Yoel.
During the Holocaust, over three million of this country's Jews were killed out of 3,400,00.
This country was home to the famous yeshivos Lublin and Ger, and the Bais Yaakov movement began in 1917 with the bracha of the Chofetz Chaim and the Gerrer Rebbe to Sarah Schenirir.
Which country's first Jews to arrive were traders and merchants during the 1800's from Denmark? There are less than 100 Jews there today.
Before R' Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog immigrated to EY to succeed R' Abraham Isaac Kook as Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi in 1936, he served as rabbi of the city of Belfast before serving as Chief Rabbi of...
(READ THIS IN THE BOOKLET) The author of the Meshech Chochma and Ohr Samayach, R' Meir Simcha HaKohen was rav of Dvinsk for 39 years, which is in the country of...
While R' Meir Simcha HaKohen was Rav of the misnagdim in Dvinsk, the Rav of the Chassidic community was the Rogatchover Gaon, also known as...
(YOU MUST READ THIS IN YOUR BOOKLET IT IS A FULL PAGE LONG) The Gra (Gaon, Rabbi Eliyahu), probably the most influential Jewish leader in modern history, lived in...
One of the primary talmidim of the Gra, who went on to be known as the "Father of Yeshivos" was...
Which country is considered one of the "Lands of the Midnight Sun" because of its long summer days and short winter days, which means Shabbos can begin at 2:53 in the winter and 10:20 in the summer?
Which country hosts the Nobel Prize, of which over 20% of recipients have been Jews?
Which country was home to Sir Moses Montefiore, the famous banker and philanthropist who bought the keys to Kever Rochel in 1841 and founded Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the first settlement outside the Old City of Jerusalem?