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A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
There is an annual convention in April at the Javits Center in New York which always falls around the Passover holiday. In 2013, a Jewish participant came up with the idea of holding a seder for the Jewish attendees at the convention. He chose New York’s Katz’s Deli as the site for the seder. This seder has been held annually ever since (except for two times during the pandemic), with a few dozen attendees enjoying matzah ball soup, tzimmes, wine, and pastrami on matzah. The afikomen is hidden under one of the chairs in advance, and whoever sits in that chair gets a prize. What is the name of the group which holds this seder at Katz’s every year, and what is the afikomen prize?
Katz's Deli by Tam is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
A. The group JETS, the Jewish Entrepreneurs at the Toy Show, holds the Katz’s Deli seder during the annual Toy Fair New York trade show. The person sitting in the chair with the afikomen gets to write a trivia question to be included in the next year’s edition of Trivial Pursuit: Judaism.
B. The group JAWS, the Jewish Auto Writers Society of America, holds the event during the New York International Auto Show at the Javits Center. The person sitting in the chair with the afikomen gets to drive a fancy car for the duration of the show.
C. The group, JAPS, the Jewish Anime Producers Society, holds their annual anime seder at Katz’s Deli during the ANIME NYC Expo at the Javits Center. The person sitting in the chair with the afikomen gets to draw what will become the cover of the Hagaddah which the group will use at next year’s seder, featuring Moses and the Israelites drawn in anime style.
D. The group FU-Jews, the Jewish Florists Union, holds the annual seder event to coincide with the New York Spring Floral Extravaganza at the Javits Center. The person sitting in the chair with the afikomen receives a floral arrangement featuring a wandering Jew plant.
E. The group, Bible Tribal PriBle, or the Biblical Tribe of the Priestly Blessing, is a group of Kohanim, the priestly descendants of Aaron. Every year they attend the Star Trek Mission New York convention at the Javits Center, where they commune with fans of Mr. Spock, who brought fame to the two handed salute of the Kohanim by adopting it as the Vulcan salute. The person sitting in the chair with the afikomen gets to bless all of the attendees by reciting the Priestly Blessing and the Star Trek introduction, Space, the Final Frontier…
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