REFORM JUDAISM


   PYRAMID PUZZLE   

(All answers can be found in the Fall 1999 issue.)


  1. Number of Jews who found a haven in Palestine as a result of the secret "Transfer Agreement."
  2. World War II erupted on what date in September 1939?
  3. Number of Progressive congregations affiliated with the Reform Movement in the Former Soviet Union.
  4. What percent of UAHC affiliated congregations are being served by a student rabbi at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion?
  5. How long ago did the Reform movement announce it would not merely accept or tolerate converts to Judaism, but we would fully embrace and enthusiastically welcome them into our synagogues and families?
  6. Number of simultaneous rallies staged in New York and other metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Europe to protest against Hitler, March 27, 1933.
  7. On May 26, 1999, in Pittsburgh, PA, the Central Conference of American Rabbis voted to adopt "A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism," also known as the "Pittsburgh Principles." How many Reform rabbis voted to support the principles?
  8. How many Reform rabbis voted against adopting the principles?
  9. Serah, the biblical niece of Joseph, lived ____ years.
  10. In what chapter and verse from Exodus do we read: "Moses replied, We will all go, young and old: we will go with our sons and daughter, our flocks and herds, for we must observe the Lord's festival"?


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