Jewish News Quiz, Nov. 25, 2022

Which of the following is NOT true of the new film "She Said," about the New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story?

Many scenes were filmed in The New York Times' actual newsroom

Weinstein tried to pressure reporter Jodi Kantor "Jew to Jew"

Kantor formed a connection with Weinstein's accountant because they were both Jews from the Catskills

Director Maria Schrader said she deliberately emphasized Kantor's Jewishness to help counterbalance the negative depiction of Jewishness in Weinstein

What change happened to the Birthright program this week?

A pilot program that allowed participants to meet with Palestinians was ended

The Adelson family announced it will be withdrawing most of its support

It announced a partnership with the Israel Family Planning Association to ensure that free condoms are available on all trips

It lowered the age limit from 30 to 26 as a cost-cutting measure in response to rising flight costs

What incident happened this week at Brandeis University?

Antisemitic graffiti was found on one of the campus synagogues

A university shuttle bus crash killed a student and injured several others

A pro-Palestinian activist's author talk was interrupted by protesters

The student newspaper apologized for publishing an inflammatory article by a BDS activist

The far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be given what title in Israel's incoming government coalition?

Head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service

Deputy minister of defense

Head of the ministry of national security

Coordinator of government activities in the territories, the agency that oversees Palestinian affairs

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer credited what outreach effort with helping him win reelection?

A tour of kosher restaurants and bakeries

A portion of his stump speech lambasting Marjorie Taylor Greene's Jewish space lasers comment

Regular meetings with Satmar Hasidic leaders discussing yeshiva policy and other issues

An ad campaign in which he taught Yiddish

Who alerted authorities to a threat posted on Twitter to shoot up a synagogue this week?

The rabbi of a local Reform congregation

A libertarian YouTuber who followed the account and felt the tweet stepped over the line

The security team of the UJA-Federation of New York

The Muslim American Society of New York, which noticed it while monitoring for Islamophobia

Health officials fear that polio may be spreading in which heavily Orthodox community?

Brooklyn, New York City

Lakewood, New Jersey

Boca Raton, Florida

Rockland County, New York

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra did what despite the war in Ukraine?

Performed a Tchaikovsky concerto at Carnegie Hall

Traveled to Kyiv to perform a concert

Invited Russian Valery Gergiev to be a guest conductor for a Munich performance

Declined to expel a group of Russian diplomats who attended a performance in Tel Aviv

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