Jewish News Quiz: July 28, 2023

What happened when Conservative rabbis met recently to discuss the permissibility of driving electric cars on Shabbat?

They voted unanimously to permit it

They voted to permit it, but also adopted a competing opinion banning it

They could not reach agreement, tabling the issue until next January

They voted to forbid it, creating tension with an earlier ruling permitting driving gas-powered cars

Jewish athlete Eli Dershwitz this week became the first U.S. Man to win the World Championship in what sport?

Competitive tag

Pickleball

Sabre fencing

Trampoline

What did the White House say in response to the passage of a judicial overhaul measure in Israel this week?

No comment

"It is unfortunate that the vote today took place with the slimmest possible majority"

"This is a dark day for Israeli democracy"

"This is an affront to democracy that poses significant threats to our strategic partnership"

How many of the 736 athletes competing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup are known to be Jewish?

None

An upcoming film is being slammed for insensitively using a tour of Holocaust sites as a romantic plot device. Who produced it?

A K-pop group trying to break into K-drama

A Polish independent sibling director duo

A leading Bollywood studio

Higher Ground Productions, the Obamas' production company

A new short film profiles a Florida rabbi who did what in response to the state's abortion ban?

Picked up his life and moved to Boston

Sued for violating his congregation's religious freedom

Set up a clandestine operation smuggling abortion pills into the state

Went on a hunger strike outside the state capitol building

A traveling Holocaust museum touring U.S. Schools has what unique element?

Holocaust denier protesters tailing it

Video projections of survivors programmed with voice recognition and 2,000 pre-recorded answers

A raffle for a free trip to Israel, with students winning entries by answering trivia questions

Commentary from U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, among others

What happened when Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who died this week, planned a pro-peace concert in Israel in 1997?

She was forced to cancel it due to a right-wing harassment campaign led by Itamar Ben-Gvir

She was forced to cancel it due to threats from Palestinian terrorists

She witnessed a suicide bombing a block away and rushed to aid victims

She added a surprise visit to the Palestinian city of Hebron and held a free concert there

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