What is Zionism?

How long have the Jewish people been connected to the land of Israel?

• • since 1897 - First Zionist Congress

• • since 1948

• over 3000 years

• • since the Holocaust

Answer explanation

The Jewish people have been connected to the land of Israel for over 3000 years.

Which two nations destroyed the two Jewish temples?

• • Romans and Greeks

• Babylonians and Romans

• Persians and Russians

• Persians and Romans

The Land of Israel has always been the geographic center of Jewish Faith and Practice.

• True

• False

Returning to the land of Israel is integral to Jewish:

• religious identity

• cultural identity

• national identity

What are 2 examples of Jews remembering Jerusalem during holidays/lifecycle events.

• Tisha B'av and Yom Kippur

• Jewish Weddings and Passover Seder

• Chanukah and Rosh Hashana

• Brit Milah and Bar Mitzvah

What does it mean to make aliyah?

• to visit Israel

• to read from the Torah

• to immigrate to Israel

• to serve in the Israel Defense Forces

Who founded Hovevei Zion, wrote Auto-Emancipation, and called for a Jewish state?

• Yehuda Alkalai

• Leon Pinsker

• Asher Ginsberg, known as Ahad Ha’am

• Samuel Mohi

Which one of these is not historically a form of Zionism?

• Political Zionism

• Labor Zionism

• Religious Zionism

• Academic Zionism

Who is considered the father of modern Zionism?

• Ahad Ha'am

• Theodor Herzl

• Leon Pinsker

• Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Which of the following are examples of Zionism?

• Jewish self determination in the land of Israel

• spiritual and national redemption

• revival of the Hebrew language and culture

• building a modern Jewish civilization in its homeland