Jewish News Quiz: April 21, 2023

An Orthodox Jew in Florida did what after his shul barred him for being gay?

Sued them under federal antidiscrimination law

Protested outside every Shabbat

Showed up to service anyways, forcing them to physically carry him out

Called in a bomb threat, for which he is now being charged

What announcement did the Jewish Federations of North America make about their upcoming conference in Tel Aviv?

That it "is monitoring the situation and may make changes to the conference venue if needed to prevent disruption to the proceedings"

That it will be relocating the conference to Berlin given the judicial reform crisis

That it hopes "that all protests are carried out in a respectful way that does not harm or disrupt the experience of event attendees."

That it has modified the agenda to incorporate a protest march into the proceedings

A new report found that Hebrew school enrollment has changed in what way since 2006?

Declined by half

Declined by a quarter

Increased by 10%

Increased by a third

A new installation at Yad Vashem lists the names of Jews killed during the Holocaust. Out of the 6 million, how many are known?

3.9 million

4.8 million

5.7 million

5.9 million

What just happened in the U.K.?

The Liberal and Reform movements merged

The Reform movement split in two over debate about Israel

The Conservative movement decided to allow interfaith marriages

The Reconstructionist movement formally dissolved, citing insufficient membership

What portion of Americans have NOT heard of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new survey?

47%

26%

12%

What happened this week related to Zohar Agrov, a deceased Israeli singer who was convicted of rape?

He was posthumously pardoned by a judge recently appointed under Israel's new government

He was resurrected via AI for a duet with another deceased singer

His gravesite was vandalized by #MeToo activists

A committee voted to rescind his Israel Prize for Music

A scene in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has revived interest in industrials. What are they?

Freelance workers hired to help cover industrial labor shortfalls

A class of company town that arose after World War II

Private musicals hosted by companies to promote their products to boost employee morale

A mid-20th-century financial instrument that was later banned by the Reagan administration

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