As a nation, we are a patchwork of ethnic groups. So, in commemorating Jewish Heritage Month, we are celebrating a slice of American culture. Test your knowledge of Jewish American life. No prize will be awarded, this is just for fun!

 

 

1. Born in Queens, NY, this Jewish American started her career by selling skin care creams created by her chemist uncle. She founded her own company in 1946; she launched the pink ribbon as the international symbol of breast health. She is......

 

 

 

2. Born in Brooklyn, he signed with the Dodgers in 1954. This Hall of Famer skipped a game in the 1965 World series, because it fell ion Yom Kippur. He is........

 

 

 

3. Writer and activist credited with launching the 'second wave" of the Women's Movement in the US. She is the single most influential person behind "equal pay for equal work, " she is.........

 

 

 

 

 

4. Her first advice column was published in the Chicago Sun Times in October , 1955 and became the world most widely syndicated columnist, with more than 90 million readers worldwide. Esther Pauline Friedman Slenderer was known to her readers as:

 

 

 

5. Born in Louisville Kentucky, educated in Germany, this lawyer became the first Jewish Supreme Court justice in 1916. He played a major role in Franklin Roosevelt's new deal, consistently supporting free speech and the right to privacy. He is.....

 

 

 

 

6. This Jewish American unveiled one of the most loved, copied and criticized toys ever at the International American Toy Fair in 1959. Matte's Barbie Doll was named after the creator's daughter. She is....

 

 

 

 

7. Though his first two candy companies failed, this man's caramel business finally brought him success. But today, his name is synonymous with the chocolate that he first produced to coat the caramel. He is....

 

 

 

 

 

8. The piece of parchment that is rolled up, placed in a decorative case and attached to the doorpost of many Jewish homes is called a......

 

 

 

 

 

9. Which Jewish American physicist prove the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction in 1933?

 

 

 

 

 

10. Which year is it according to the Jewish/Hebrew calendar?

 

 

 

 

11. He portrayed cinemas's first cowboy hero "Bronco Billy in more than 400 films, and played a key role in the early career of Charlie Chaplin.

 

 

 

 

12. What is the requirement to be considered a "born Jew?

 

 

 

13. What is the book read from during the Passover Seder?

 

 

 

 

14. Borne Carole Klein, female singer -songwriter who wrote the most #1 hits of all female writers in the 60s. her classic standards such as "You've got a friend have placed her in the memory of all. she is......

 

 

 

15. He is a high school drop out, who was invited back to his high school in New Jersey for an honorary degree. His mainly autobiographical songs include such classics as "Piano Man.

 

 

 

 

16. Three brothers and a best friend were members of what many consider the best slapstick comedy team of all time, they are:

Moses Horwitz
Louis Feinberg
Jerome Horwitz
Samuel Horwitz

Their stage name is:

 

 

17.  He wrote "White Christmas" and "God Bless America."

 

 

 

Answers:

 

1. Estee Lauder

 

2. Sandy Koufax

 

3. Betty Friedan

 

4. Ann Landers

 

5. Louis Brandeis

 

6. Ruth Mosko Handler

 

7. Milton Hershey

 

8. Mezuzah

 

9. Leo Szilard

 

10. 5770

 

11. Gilbert Maxwell Anderson

 

12. Your mother must be Jewish

 

13. The Haggadah

 

14. Carole King

 

15.  Billy Joel

 

16. The Three Stooges.

 

17.  Irving Berlin