1. Which renowned Jewish thinker described a way of meeting the Divine through the I-thou of relationship?

   A. Moses Maimonides
   B. The Baal Shem Tov
   C. Martin Buber
   D. Sigmund Freud

2. How did Bob Dylan, a.k.a. Robert Zimmerman, become a bar mitzvah?

   A. His parents drove him 140 miles round-trip from Hibbing, Minnesota to synagogue in Duluth.
   B. His parents engaged an older Orthodox man who traveled from Brooklyn to Hibbing in order to tutor the Minnesota native for a year
   C. His father Abraham tutored him in Hebrew in the back room of his store in Duluth
   D. The young Dylan refused to become a bar mitzvah, but in 1982 the adult Dylan joined his son Jakob, both becoming a bar mitzvah in Israe

3. What is the meaning of the Hebrew word sh’ma?

   A. Listen
   B. Heart
   C. Bless
   D. Shhhh….be quiet, mom

4. Which Jewish celebrity penned the following lyrics for his song “Old”:
   The human race walked the Earth for 2.7 million
   And we estimate the universe about 13-14 billion
   When all these numbers tumble into your imagination
   Consider that the Lord was there before creation
   God is old
   We’re not old
   God is old
   He made the mold…
   

   A. Bob Dylan
   B. Paul Simon
   C. Randy Newman
   D. George Burns

5. According to the talmudic dictum (Sanhedrin 72a): when someone comes to kill us, we are obligated to do what?

   A. To reason with him in order to show him the error of his ways
   B. To petition God to save his soul from transgression
   C. To run away before there is bloodshed
   D. To kill him first

6. According to Rabbi Uri Regev, which of the following best describes the Israeli Reform Movement's position on how to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians?

   A. Reform rabbis in Israel generally take a more dovish position than Reform congregants
   B. Reform congregants generally take a more dovish position than Reform rabbis
   C. Both Reform rabbis and congregants tend to take a dovish position on the conflict
   D. Both Reform rabbis and congregants tend to take a hawkish position on the conflict

7. What is the meaning of the word/expression hitbod'dut?

   A. Listening with an open heart
   B. Heartfelt love
   C. The meditation process
   D. My son, the quarterback

8. Which statement best describes how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam view the biblical figure Abraham?

   A. Muslims view Abraham as submitting to God; Christians view Abraham as having faith in God; and Jews tend to emphasize Abraham’s model of hospitality for strangers and travelers
   B. Muslims view Abraham as submitting to God; Christians view Abraham as having faith in God; and Jews tend to emphasize Abraham’s interactive relationship with God, especially the scene where he argues with God over the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
   C. Muslims view Abraham as submitting to God; Christians view Abraham as having faith in God; and Jews tend to emphasize Abraham’s willingness to do whatever God asked of him, however inhuman
   D. Muslims view Abraham as submitting to God; Christians view Abraham as having faith in God; and Jews tend to emphasize how Abraham was a symbol of Jewish suffering

9. Which vegetable, first incorporated by Sicilian Jews at the beginning of the first millennium, has become so strongly associated with Jewish immigrants that many of its recipes are still referred to as “alla giudea” or “all’ebraica” (in the style of Jews or Hebrews)?

   A. Eggplant
   B. Broccoli
   C. Cauliflower
   D. Spinach

10. Who is the first woman to lead the Reform Movement’s rabbinical organization?

    A. Rabbi Sally Priesand
    B. Rabbi Janet Marder
    C. Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
    D. Rabbi Maya Leader

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