Friday, September 21, 2012

Moment Magazine Presents: Test Your Jewish Presidential IQ!

In honor of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, take Moment's election quiz to test your Jewish presidential IQ!

1.     Which president said, "I would rather commit suicide than hurt Israel?"
2.     Who was the first president to have his name appear on the charter of a synagogue?
3.     Who was the first president to offer a Jew a position on the Supreme Court?
4.     Which president appointed the first Jew to the Supreme Court?
5.     Which president appointed the first Jewish secretary of state?
6.     The house of which president was posthumously sold to a Jewish naval officer?
7.     Who was the first president to allow rabbis to serve as military chaplains?
8.     Who was the first sitting president to attend synagogue services?
9.     Which president was the first to designate a Jewish ambassador to fight anti-Semitism?
10.  Who was the first president to appoint a Jew to his cabinet?
11.  Who was the first sitting president to attend a Seder?
12.  Which president was the first to hold a Seder in the White House?
13.  Which president signed a Joint Congressional Resolution endorsing the Balfour Declaration and the Palestinian Mandate?
14.  Which president received a Torah that had been saved from a burning synagogue in Czechoslovakia as a gift?
15.  Which president visited Israel the most times during his presidency?

To see the answers, click here.

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