Jewish News Quiz: Dec. 2, 2022

What was reported this week about the Mar-a-Lago dinner between Donald Trump, Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes?

That West deliberately requested a non-kosher menu

That it was orchestrated by alt-right pundit Milo Yiannopoulos to make Trump look bad

That Trump ignored advisers who pleaded with him to call it off

That Fuentes was accompanied by members of the Oath Keepers serving as his security detail

A square in Jerusalem was recently named after Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese man known for what?

Violating Portuguese neutrality during World War II to smuggle intelligence to the Allies that helped decipher the Enigma code

Using his role as a consul in France to issue lifesaving visas for 10,000 Jews during the Holocaust

Being the only foreign casualty in the 2014 Gaza War

His efforts to improve relations between Israel and Jordan at the U.N.

A recent Israeli study found that men with a religious lifestyle had a lower chance of what?

Dying of heart disease

Contracting dementia

Being hospitalized for COVID-19, after controlling for vaccination status

Being killed by traffic violence

The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at which university is being investigated after it posted signs reading “Zionists f— off”?

Brandeis

Yeshiva

George Washington

Tulane

Which of the following did Kanye West NOT do during his appearance on Alex Jones' show Infowars?

Repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler

Said he loved Nazis

Denied that the Holocaust happened as it did

Said the U.S. Should have remained neutral during World War II

What did student loan company SoFi say after they were criticized for running an ad that depicts a Jewish-looking man stealing money from a young couple?

"Out of an abundance of caution, given the current rise in antisemitism, we are working to take down this advertisement as quickly as possible."

"Refinance with us and don’t let Jews steal your money."

"We have decided to continue running the ad because the professor in it was never intended to be Jewish and we do not believe reasonable viewers would see him as such."

"We were unaware that the ad agency with whom we contracted was running this commercial. We moved to take it down as soon as we learned of it and have terminated the relationship."

What compensation is Lufthansa offering to each of the Hasidic passengers who were booted off a flight in May?

$2,000

$20,000

Free first-class flights on Lufthansa for life

Free economy-class flights on Lufthansa for life

Jewish News Quiz: Dec. 2, 2022

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