- 1. Which university offers a major and a minor in Judaic studies (JUST)?
A) Harvard University
B) Binghamton University
C) Brandeis University
D) Columbia University
- 2. What is one of the two concentrations offered by the Judaic studies department at Binghamton University?
A) Modern Jewish Film
B) Jewish Communal Service
C) Zionist Studies
D) Jewish history and culture
- 3. What is the second concentration offered by the Judaic studies department at Binghamton University?
A) Hebrew language and literature
B) European Jewry studies
C) Anti-Jewishness studies
D) Ancient Near East
- 4. What kind of academic credits are available at Binghamton University for Judaic studies?
A) Research assistantship credits
B) Internship credits
C) Study abroad credits
D) Teaching assistantship credits
- 5. Which center is newly located at Binghamton University?
A) National Center for Jewish Film
B) Center for Modern Jewish Studies
C) Center For Israel Studies
D) Steinhardt Social Research Institute
- 6. What is the name of the school of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University?
A) The Sarnat School
B) The Cohen School
C) The Tauber School
D) The Lown School
- 7. Who was the founding chairman of the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis?
A) Jacob Goodman
B) Simon Rawidowicz
C) Benjamin S. Hornstein
D) Maurice Cohen
- 8. What graduate degrees are granted by the Brandeis department?
A) BA and PhD
B) PhD and Post-doc
C) MA and PhD
D) BA and MA
- 9. Which program is housed within the Brandeis Lown School building?
A) Hebrew language department
B) Binghamton JUST major
C) Center for Israel Studies
D) Benjamin S. Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service
- 10. What institute at Brandeis focuses on the study of European Jewry?
A) Goodman Institute
B) Steinhardt Institute
C) Sarnat Center
D) Tauber Institute
- 11. Which organization is associated with the Lown School at Brandeis?
A) Binghamton University
B) Center for Israel Studies
C) American Jewish Historical Society
D) Simon Rawidowicz Foundation
- 12. Which university is described as having the largest faculty in Jewish Studies of any secular American university?
A) The Lown School of Near Eastern Studies
B) Binghamton University
C) State University of New York
D) Brandeis University
- 13. What does the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies focus on?
A) Jewish Film
B) Ancient Near East
C) Anti-Jewishness
D) Modern Jewish Studies
- 14. Which center at Brandeis studies the phenomenon of Anti-Jewishness?
A) Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center
B) Bernard G. and Rhoda G. Sarnat Center
C) Jacob and Libby Goodman Institute
D) Tauber Institute
- 15. What is the focus of the Jacob and Libby Goodman Institute at Brandeis?
A) The Study of European Jewry
B) Jewish Communal Service
C) Modern Jewish Studies
D) The Study of Zionism
- 16. How many teaching departments are in the school of Jewish studies at Bar-Ilan University?
A) 21
B) 14
C) 11
D) 300
- 17. Who oversees the excavations of the site of biblical Gath of the Philistines?
A) The Whizin Center
B) Prof. Aren Maier
C) The Ziegler School
D) The Ingeborg Rennert Center
- 18. What is the primary function of the American Jewish University's Whizin Center?
A) Rabbinical training
B) Continuing Education
C) Political advocacy
D) Archaeological research
- 19. In which city is the American University located?
A) Washington, D.C.
B) Tel Aviv
C) Ramat-Gan
D) Los Angeles
- 20. How many research institutes are at the Bar-Ilan University school of Jewish studies?
A) 11
B) 300
C) 14
D) 21
- 21. Which edition of the Mikraot Gdolot is considered the most accurate?
A) Mikraot Gdolot Haketer
B) The Ramat-Gan standard
C) The Responsa edition
D) The University of Jerusalem edition
- 22. Where is Jewish studies as a distinct academic field mainly present?
A) East Asia
B) Western Europe
C) North America
D) South America
- 23. The term 'Wissenschaft des Judentums' originated in which city?
A) Vienna
B) Jerusalem
C) New York
D) Berlin
- 24. Who founded the Verein für Kultur und Wissenschaft der Juden around 1819?
A) Arnold Band
B) Moses Moser
C) Leopold Zunz
D) Eduard Gans
- 25. In what decade did the term 'Wissenschaft des Judentums' first appear?
A) 1790s
B) 1840s
C) 1860s
D) 1810s
- 26. Where is foundational education conducted in Orthodox Judaism?
A) Yeshivas
B) Universities
C) Seminaries
D) Middle schools
- 27. Who published an article in 1966 calling attention to the spread of Jewish studies in American colleges?
A) Eduard Gans
B) Arnold Band
C) Heinrich Heine
D) Leopold Zunz
- 28. What academic field is NOT explicitly mentioned as a component of the interdisciplinary nature of Jewish studies?
A) Political science
B) Archeology
C) Engineering
D) Sociology
- 29. In what year was the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem established?
A) 1934
B) 1924
C) 1948
D) 1914
- 30. How many teaching departments are included in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University?
A) 18
B) 8
C) 12
D) 50
- 31. How many research institutes are part of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University?
A) 8
B) 50
C) 100
D) 18
- 32. Approximately how many students pursue degrees at the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University?
A) Over 100
B) Over 1200
C) Over 500
D) Over 5000
- 33. How many museums are located in Jerusalem that contain resources pertinent to Jewish studies?
A) 8
B) Over 100
C) 18
D) Some 50
- 34. How many rabbinical colleges are located in Jerusalem?
A) Over 100
B) 50
C) 8
D) 18
- 35. When was the Institute of Jewish Studies established relative to the opening of the Hebrew University?
A) Ten years after
B) Exactly one year after
C) A few months before
D) On the same day
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