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What is the Maccabiah Games
Inaugurated in 1930, what Olympic-style event has been held in Israel every 4 years and features multi-sport competition between Jewish athletes.
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What is collective; what is community
In 1971, at age 17, Jerry Seinfeld volunteered at Kibbutz Sa’ar in Western Galilee. In English, what one word best describes a Kibbutz?
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What is Israel's nicknames
The Holy Land; The Promised Land; The Land of Milk & Honey
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What is Miss Israel
In 1999, Rana Raslan, a fashion model from Haifa, became the first Arab Israeli to hold this title.
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What is Omri Casspi
In 2009, this man made his debut in the National Basketball Association, becoming the first Israeli-born player to make it to the NBA.
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What is KISS
Born Chaim Witz in Haifa in 1949, the man who would become known as Gene Simmons joined guitarist Paul Stanley to form a rock band in the early 1970s
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What is the olive tree
What is the national tree of Israel
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What is Pei, for "Poh"
All over the world, dreidels have 4 letters inscribed on them, symbolizing the words: Nais Gadol Haya Sham. In Israel, the last letter is different. What is it.
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What is Maccabi Tel Aviv
With 6 European Championships, 1 Adriatic Championship, 51 Israeli Championships, 43 Israeli Cups, and six League Cups, what basketball team has been the most successful in Israel?
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What is CAMERA
Committee for Accuracy in Middle Eastern Reporting in America
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What is Haifa
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are Israel’s largest cities. In terms of population, what is the third largest city in Israel?
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What is Theodor Herzl
“If you will it dude, it is no dream.” This is a line spoken by Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski. What famous Austro-Hungarian writer, activist, and one of the fathers of the modern political Zionism is Walter quoting?
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What is Rummikub
Ephraim Hertzano emigrated to Israel from his home country of Romania after World War II. In the 1940s, at his new home in Bat Yam, Hertzano finished the design of this game, which became the best-selling game in the United States in 1977.
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What is Argentina
Aside from locations in Israel, this country is home to the only other kosher McDonald’s
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What is Hadassah
In Israel, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the 30th of Shevat, commemorating the day of Henrietta Szold’s death. Henrietta Szold is the founder of what famous organization?
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What is 1982
CAMERA was founded on this year
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What is 1970, in Mexico
Israel has qualified for the World Cup just once. They didn’t make it out of the Group Stage, and Brazil went on to win the tournament for a third time. Where and when?
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What is Saladin
In the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando Bloom plays Balian, a French crusader, who defended Jerusalem under siege from this Muslim leader, who was also the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty.
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What is Albert Einstein)
Which famous renown Jew turned down an offer to serve as Israeli President in 1952?
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What is Chelsea
In 2007, Avram Grant became the first Israeli to manage a team in the English Premier Football League, which means soccer. For what team did grant serve as manager?
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