The American Jewish Community

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1. According to most historians, who was the first Jew to set foot in the New World? George Washington's nanny The doctor from the "Mayflower" Christopher Columbus' interpreter A farmer from "Jamestown"

2. The first synagogue built in North America was built in New Amsterdam. What brought this small group of Jews to this city? They arrived accidentally, after being rescued from pirates They were expelled from England The Dutch government sent them to New Amsterdam They were escaping religious persecution in Germany

3. Who assured the Jewish community of the United States that ".. the Government of the United States ... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance", thus confirming the tolerant attitude of the American government? Franklin Roosevelt George Washington Thomas Jefferson Oliver Wendell Holmes

4. Jewish women benefited from the freedom and education available in the United States, and were active in a wide variety of fields. Which woman of Sephardic descent wrote the famous words "Give me your tired, your sick, your wretched masses yearning to breathe free, I lift my lamp beside the golden door" which appear on the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor? Emma Lazarus Henrietta Szoldz Lillian Wald Rebecaa Graetz

5. Jewish settlers in the United States often made a living as peddlers throughout the South and Midwest. One of these peddlers created an iconic American product. What was it? Blue jeans Bubble gum Coca cola Sport shoes

6. The first acknowledged Jewish senator in the United States also served as Secretary of War of the Confederacy. Who was this man? Judah P. Benjamin M, J. Michelbacher Mutt Evans Samuel Alschuler

7. Who was the first Jewish judge to serve on the US Supreme Court? Felix Frankfurter Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Benjamin Cardoza Louis Brandeis

8. What historical incident led to the formation of the Anti-Defamation League? The murder of civil rights activist Andrew Goodman The bombing of a synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama The lynching of Leo Frank Henry Ford's publication of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"

9. The last great wave of Jewish settlers to the United States came from Eastern Europe, primarily Russia. One of the most important people in the early days of Eastern European immigration was Abraham Cahan. Who was he? Editor of the "Daily Forward" The first Jewish congressman in the US Chief Rabbi of New York The founder of Yeshiva University

10. What is unique about these four Jewish Americans - Judith Resnick, Scott Horowitz, Jeffrey Hoffman and David Wolf? They were all union organizers They all won the Nobel Prize in chemistry They are all astronauts They were all involved in the development of Las Vegas