Historical Heroes

Who wrote the poem which is on the base of the Statue of Liberty?

• Dona Gracia Nasi

• Rabbi Akivah

• Rebecca Gratz

• Emma Lazarus

Who created the first Hebrew Sunday School in the United States?

• Rebecca Gratz

• Emma Lazarus

• Dona Gracia Nasi

• Nachmanides

Dona Gracia Nasi is remembered for...

• Describing the meaning of the 'crowns' on letters in Torah

• helping Jews escape the Inquisition

• Writing famous poems

• Writing a travel diary that historians still use

Which Rabbi is remembered for traveling around Europe and Asia for ten years?

• Rabbi Akivah

• Nachmanides

• Benjamin of Tudela

Nachmanides was all of the following EXCEPT:

• a Rabbi

• a doctor

• a priest

• a debater

Nachmanides' full name was:

• Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef

•  Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman Gerondi

• Rabbi Benjamin MiTudelo

Rabbi Akivah studied Torah for how many years?

• 3

• 6

• 12

• 24

Rabbi Akivah died...

• standing up for the right to practice Judaism

• while he was traveling

• of old age

• saying the Bar'chu

Rabbi Akivah is remembered for all of these EXCEPT:

• helping compile and write the Mishnah or "Oral Torah"

• interpreting "crowns" on the letters of Torah

• learning Hebrew and Jewish law as an adult

• coming from a rich family and having lots of money to spend on Torah study

Which hero wrote this quote: "until we are all free, we are none of us free"

• Emma Lazarus

• Dona Gracia Nasi

• Rabbi Akivah

• Rebecca Gratz