Jewish News Quiz: Feb. 3, 2023

What was Rep. Ilhan Omar doing this week as the House voted to remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments on AIPAC?

Co-sponsoring a measure that would make aid to Israel conditional on halting settlement expansion

Co-sponsoring a resolution condemning antisemitism and recognizing Israel as a "legitimate and democratic ally"

Touring the historic Temple Israel synagogue in Minneapolis

Going on a vacation in the Maldives

What happened this week to JewBelong billboards criticizing perceived antisemitism at UC Berkeley's law school?

They were plastered over with anti-Zionist messages by anonymous activists

Police arrested seven activists attempting to plaster over the messages

They were taken down after a campaign pressured the agency that leases them

A Palestinian solidarity group paid for countermessaging on adjacent billboards

What Jewish innovator died this week?

The organizer of the first White House Easter Egg Hunt

The founder of the company that makes Peeps marshmallows

The chocolatier behind the world's largest chocolate Easter bunny

The Russian artist Ida Khavkin, known for her elaborately decorated Easter eggs

What percentage of Jews in George Santos' district want him to resign, according to a new poll published this week?

47%

74%

94%

99%

What did George Santos say in his speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day?

"Democrats have attempted to silence me from speaking to you on a day like today"

"My ability to stand here today as a member of Congress is a testament to the obstacles we have overcome"

"We must honor the victims and survivors," making no mention of his own claims

Nothing except "I yield the entirety of my time to the Chair"

What representational milestone did Newark’s Conservative Congregation Ahavas Sholom reach recently when it hired a new rabbi?

First female rabbi

First Hebrew Israelite rabbi

First rabbi married to a non-Jew

First non-Jewish rabbi

Hebrew College announced this week that it will change its admissions practices to begin admitting what group?

Formerly incarcerated individuals

Undocumented immigrants

Those in interfaith relationships

Converts to Judaism who have not met the halachic requirements

The federal government recently proposed adding which group to the census categories on race and ethnicity?

Sephardic Jews

Mizrahi Jews

Bukharian Jews

Middle Eastern/North African people

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