Jewish Education: Quiz is Proof That We Still Have a Long Way to Go

OK, so this is a video post by BuzzFeed that's meant to be funny, like all of their posts. Still, it's an eye opener. A group of young Jews were asked some very basic questions about Judaism in a game show format. Their responses show that either they were asleep in Hebrew school or their teachers weren't very effective.

Even worse, if you scroll down in the YouTube link to see the comments, some of them say that they live in Israel and didn't know many of the answers to these basic and somewhat superficial questions.

So, is this really funny? Probably not, but it's a wake-up call to Jewish parents that Jewish education should be a high priority in school and at home.

Enjoy!

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Test Your Knowledge of Jewish Humor - A Multiple Choice Quiz

Jews have long used humor as a tool for self-ridicule, fighting anti-Semitism, and even passing down traditions. And in the past few decades Jewish humor has become significant in mainstream popular culture. How much do you know about Jewish humor? 

My Jewish Learning, a website launched in 2003 to bring Jewish education to people of all backgounds, has published a ten-question quiz for readers to assess their knowledge of Jewish humor.

It's a fun exercise, one that we recommend to take a nostalgic look at the origins of Jewish humor and some of its most notable practitioners.

The multiple choice questions range from humor in the shtetl to identifying the names of the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges. If you take the quiz multiple times, you may find that the questions are somewhat different and so is their order. 

We had fun and were able to reflect on the wide range of Jewish humor that has brought us so much enjoyment over the years. We recommend that you immerse yourself in this nostalgic exercise once or a few times and see what score you come up with.  Then try it out on your family and friends. Just click on the link below and enjoy!

JEWISH HUMOR QUIZ

(A tip of the kippah to Sheila Zucker for bringing this quiz to our attention.)