Deck 1

Question 1

Estimated year of Abraham (according to archaeology)

Answer 1

1800 BC

Question 2

Unique aspect of Jewish Torah

Answer 2

exists both as a written AND oral tradition (Talmud)

Question 3

Estimated year of United Monarchy

Answer 3

1500 BC

Question 4

Year of Babylonian destruction of Temple

Answer 4

586 BC

Question 5

Year Romans destroy 2nd Temple

Answer 5

63 AD

Question 6

Creation of the State of Israel (year, dispute)

Answer 6

1948, but not considered a Messianic fulfillment of prophecy

Question 7

Three Jewish Locations/Names

Answer 7

Middle East (Mizrachi), Western Europe (Sephardic), Eastern Europe (Ashkenazi)

Question 8

Languages of Jewish Locations

Answer 8

Middle East (Judeo Arabic), Western Europe (Cadino), Eastern Europe (Yiddish)

Question 9

Yiddish

Answer 9

Eastern European Jews (contains both elements such as German, and Hebrew [alphabet])

Question 10

3 Accusations of the Jewish Community

Answer 10

Deicide, Blood Libels, Plague

Question 11

3 Effects of Accusations

Answer 11

Not allowed to own land, placed in Ghettos, ostracized

Question 12

Two specific times (dates) of persecution

Answer 12

1092 Crusades, 1492 expelled from Spain

Question 13

Role of Jews in community

Answer 13

Financial experts, (bankers, tax collectors, consultants)

Question 14

1700’s and the Jewish Experience

Answer 14

Age of Enlightenment both emancipated Jews, but primarily in the West, as opposed to the East

Question 15

4 denominations of Judaism

Answer 15

Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox

Question 16

4 Spiritual Traditions of Judaism

Answer 16

Jesus is not Messianic, pray 3 times a day, men responsible for spiritual welfare, worship in synagogues

Question 17

4 Misc. Traditions of Judaism

Answer 17

Sabbath on Saturday, diets, lunar calendar, orthodox= no instruments in synagogue

Question 18

What was the Pale of Settlement?

Answer 18

A Russian area to place Jews, nearly 6 million lived there by 1910, in the middle of rural areas

Question 19

Shtetls

Answer 19

Sort of like ghettos, poor conditions,

Question 20

Shtetls Life

Answer 20

Strict adherence to law and religion, arranged marriage, heder schools, gender roles, fiddler on the roof

Question 21

Hassidism

Answer 21

Focus that illiterate can experience spirituality too. Started by Rabbi Baal Shem Tov. Messianic movement

Question 22

Nigun Music

Answer 22

Music without words (yiddish/hebrew) that could still be used as worship. Universal to the community

Question 23

Olom Habo

Answer 23

belief in eternity

Question 24

Enlightenment (haskalah)

Answer 24

1855-1881 Alexander II, rigid systems diminishing

Question 25

1881

Answer 25

death of Alexander II, in comes Alexander III and creates even more oppression than before II.