Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump - Caricatures by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
No matter what happens in the election, the nation will have a first son-in-law who is Jewish. So the big question:
Is that good for the Jews
or bad for the Jews?
While we may not know the answer to that question for some time, what we do know is that it is good for the Jews (and for everyone) that the election season is finally over. But before we move on to other delights, enjoy this bonus double weekly quiz, one question about Donald Trump and one about Hillary Clinton. Today’s questions come from
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And now for today’s questions.
Hillary Clinton - Caricature by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
When Hillary Clinton’s daughter Chelsea was preparing to marry Marc Mezvinsky, the couple met with Rabbi James Ponet, the head rabbi at Yale who performed the ceremony. The rabbi told them that they could use any cloth with meaning to the family for their chuppah (wedding canopy). Marc said “My bar mitzvah tallit, that could be used, but I don’t know where it is.” What did Chelsea say?
A. “I still have my Ace of Base t-shirt from when they performed at the White House when I was in 9th grade. Would that be okay?”
B. “Why don’t we use the shawl I wore on our first date?”
C. “I know where it is.”
D. “I’m sure my mother has a spare pantsuit we could use.”
E. “I have a blue dress that would be nice.”
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Donald Trump - Caricature by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
In 2006, Donald Trump announced plans to build an office tower in Tel Aviv that would be the tallest building in Israel. The plan never came to fruition, but what was the building going to be called?
A. Trump Tower Zion.
B. Beit Trump.
C. The Trump Tower of David.
D. Trump Tower Israel.
E. One more ostentatious, overpriced monument to a self-important New Yorker.