Jewish News Quiz: June 9, 2023

What action will Vienna take regarding a statue of its antisemitic former mayor?

Leave up tar and graffiti applied to it by protesters last year

Tilt it 3.5 degrees to the right to shift viewers' perspective

Install a small plaque noting his "mixed legacy" 20 feet away

Undertake a $1.3 million renovation, ignoring the controversy over his antisemitism

Israel's U-20 soccer team had its most successful run in history at this year's U-20 World Cup. How did it place?

Made it to the playoffs for first time

Lost in the quarter-finals

Lost in the semi-finals

Won the cup

The remaining Jews in the Kherson area of Ukraine are being forced to evacuate for what reason?

Flooding from a collapsed dam

To clear a path for Ukrainian solders in a planned counteroffensive

Increasingly virulent antisemitism from Russian occupying authorities

Electricity outages caused by a nearby nuclear plant shutting down

A survey by the Public Religions Research Institute found that 48% of Americans overall said they'd be comfortable learning a friend was in a same-sex relationship. What proportion of Jews said so?

41%

47%

58%

69%

Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer were killed on Saturday. What are the circumstances?

The Egyptian officer was pursuing drug smugglers

A Palestinian terrorist targeting the Israeli soldiers detonated an explosive at a border checkpoint

The Egyptian officer opened fire, and was later found to have made antisemitic threats on social media

The Egyptian officer mistook the Israelis for African migrants seeking asylum and opened fire after they did not respond to commands

Who did Tucker Carlson attack in the first episode of his new show on Twitter?

George Soros

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

A Minnesotan rabbi who wrote a gender-sensitive translation of the Bible

A transgender Jewish community leader in Los Angeles

The Forward this week profiled Joseph Rabinowitz, who gave Yiddish sermons in the 1880s in Russia on what topic?

Preaching about Jesus

Demanding an end to the pogroms

Urging Jews to emigrate to Palestine

Proposing an end to the circumcision ritual

The Jewish Federations of North America has in the past avoided funding projects associated with Israeli settlements, but it recently did what?

Sponsored a conference with a pro-settlement agenda

Began allowing trips to Israel it organizes to visit settlements

Funneled money to settlement projects through a scheme that may have violated federal nonprofit financial disclosure rules

Hosted a lavish gala in New York City celebrating a mayor of a settlement

Jewish News Quiz: June 9, 2023

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