Jewish News Quiz: Dec. 23, 2022

New York could soon legalize the composting of dead people, a practice prohibited by Jewish law but currently allowed in how many states?

None

A mall in Jerusalem recently added what attraction?

The world's largest Hanukkah menorah

A video chat booth that allows shoppers to connect with shoppers at a mall in the Gaza Strip

A full-size replica of a portion of the Western Wall

A virtual reality tour of Auschwitz

A Hanukkah experiment conducted by a 5th grade class found that which oil burns brightest?

Olive

Corn

Canola

Schmaltz

The Forward's Benyamin Cohen took issue with what aspect of the White House Hanukkah party?

That a D.C. Councilmember under fire for antisemitic remarks showed up

That no one at the Forward was invited

That the menorah had only seven branches

That a Christmas tree was present

Congressman-elect George Santos lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during World War II. Where were they actually from, according to genealogy records reviewed by the Forward?

Brazil

Argentina

Italy

Armenia

Mathematician Marc Ordower recently found what?

That there will be no Hanukkah in the year 3031

That the modern Jewish calendar is off by 47 days compared to biblical times

That 33% of the recipients of the Fields Medal, the top prize in math, have been Jewish

A proof for German Jewish mathematician Georg Cantor's last theorem

What did a group of Jewish studies scholars do after being told that the hotel hosting their annual conference would not allow them to light menorahs?

Switched the conference venue to a different hotel

Negotiated a compromise that allowed them to light a single Hanukkah lamp

Lit them anyways, leading to them being kicked out and the conference canceled

Sued the hotel for infringing on their religious freedom

What happened this week to a 97-year-old German woman who worked as a secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp?

She died before her trial ended

She attempted to flee in a taxi and was apprehended

She was convicted of complicity in 10,500 Nazi murders

She was released after prosecutors failed to prove that she had knowledge of the murders happening around her

Jewish News Quiz: Dec. 23, 2022

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