Jewish News Quiz: May 5, 2023

What accommodation did King Charles make for Britain's chief rabbi ahead of his coronation planned for Shabbat Saturday?

Held a special reception with Jewish leaders to make up for the Shabbat conflict

Moved the interfaith portion of the ceremony to after sundown

Invited the rabbi to sleep at his home so he could get to the venue without using electricity

Signed a royal endorsement declaring Westminster Abbey a secular space for the duration of the ceremony so that the rabbi could enter under halachic law

Israeli's 75th anniversary celebrations highlighted what change to the country's flag?

It's being used less in progressive spaces in Israel because of its associations with right-wing Zionism

It's becoming a symbol of the protest against the judicial overhaul

A version of the flag with a slightly different shade of blue is being rolled out

Flags with poles are increasingly being prohibited at official events as a security measure

A new study seeks to understand why Ashkenazi Jews are more prone to stomach problems. How much more likely are they to develop inflammatory bowel disease than other people?

2-4 times as likely

6-8 times as likely

15-20 times as likely

30-40 times as likely

The red cudweed has become a symbol of Israel's Memorial Day. What name is it known by?

Bleeding Hasidim

Maccabees’ blood

Royal cardinal

Soldiers' poppy (despite not being a poppy)

Which tactic did protesters use to disrupt Jewish Federations of North America’s conference in Israel?

Clogging the proceedings by weaponizing a parliamentary rule to repeatedly introduce a resolution condemning the judicial overhaul

Shaking groggers (the noisemakers used on Purim) to drown out speakers

Blockading a highway to prevent conference speakers from reaching the venue

Placing fake orders to disrupt a food delivery company that was a corporate sponsor of the conference

The pending Supreme Court case Groff v. DeJoy deals with what issue of pertinence to Jews?

Whether private religious schools can kick out LGBTQ+ students

Whether religious institutions can engage in political activity while remaining tax-exempt

Whether public schools can require students to take off their kippahs

Whether employers must accommodate Shabbat observance

What was different about the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature this year?

It was awarded for a work in Hebrew for the first time

It was awarded for a work in Yiddish for the first time

It was not awarded in a protest against the judicial overhaul in Israel

It was awarded to an author with dual Israeli-Palestinian heritage

Which prominent Jewish individual was recently revealed to have had meetings scheduled with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?

Jared Kushner

Jon Stewart

Dustin Hoffman

Noam Chomsky

Jewish News Quiz: May 5, 2023

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