Israeli Government And Economy

Israeli Government And Economy

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  1. Complete the sentence about Modern Hebrew with the correct year: In ______, Israeli linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann proposed the term "Israeli" to represent the multiple origins of the language.
  2. Complete the sentence about Modern Hebrew with the correct year: Jewish contemporary sources describe Hebrew flourishing as a spoken language in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, during about ______ t…
  3. Complete the sentence about Eliezer Ben-Yehuda with the correct year: Upon graduation in ______, Ben-Yehuda went to Paris for four years.
  4. Complete the sentence about Eliezer Ben-Yehuda with the correct year: In ______ Ben-Yehuda joined the First Aliyah and immigrated to the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, then ruled by the Ottoman Empire, a…
  5. Complete the sentence about Arabic language in Israel with the correct year: Before ______, the official languages of the British mandate of Palestine were English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
  6. Complete the sentence about Arabic language in Israel with the correct year: After Israel's establishment in ______, English was removed as an official language, leaving Hebrew and Arabic as co-offici…
  7. Complete the sentence about Falafel with the correct year: By ______ a falafel shop had been opened in Beirut and from there it spread down the Red Sea coast all the way to Yemen, it had spread west i…
  8. Complete the sentence about Sabich with the correct year: The sandwich's name is commonly attributed to its creator, Sabich Tzvi Halabi, who was born in Baghdad in ______ and immigrated to Israel in t…
  9. Complete the sentence about Sabich with the correct year: In ______, Sabich Halabi and his wife Rina opened a kiosk on Uziel Street in Ramat Gan, and initially sold soft drinks, snacks, candy, and cig…
  10. Complete the sentence about Sabich with the correct year: In ______, Halabi and Sasson moved the operation to HaRoeh Street, at the corner of Negba Street, where it is currently still in business.
  11. Complete the sentence about Israeli salad with the correct year: In the ______, Kibbutz Beit Alfa pioneered a variety of cucumber named after the Kibbutz, which became the standard Israeli cucumber us…
  12. Complete the sentence about Tahini with the correct year: In North America, sesame tahini, along with other raw nut butters, was available by ______ in health food stores.
  13. Complete the sentence about Gefilte fish with the correct year: The patent for this jelly, which allowed mass-market distribution of gefilte fish, was granted on October 29, ______, to Monroe Nash and…
  14. Complete the sentence about Sufganiyah with the correct year: According to food historian Gil Marks, the recipe for a filled jelly doughnut was first published in a ______ cookbook in Nuremberg.
  15. Complete the sentence about Sufganiyah with the correct year: In ______, Israeli bakeries began downsizing sufganiyot to appeal to health-conscious consumers, following an anti-junk food campaign by H…
  16. Complete the sentence about Halva with the correct year: According to Al Adib magazine, a factory for tahini halwa was established as early as ______ in Beirut.
  17. Complete the sentence about Bamba with the correct year: In ______, Bamba was trialed with a cheese flavor but proved unpopular and was dropped.
  18. Complete the sentence about Bamba with the correct year: In ______ Osem introduced a new Bamba flavor, nougat-filled, produced at the Osem plant in Sderot.
  19. Complete the sentence about Israeli wine with the correct year: In ______, a rabbi in Jerusalem founded the first documented winery in modern times but this establishment was short lived.
  20. Complete the sentence about Israeli wine with the correct year: In ______, the first Jewish agricultural college, Mikveh Israel, was founded and featured a course on viticulture.
  21. Complete the sentence about Israeli wine with the correct year: In ______, he helped establish Carmel Winery with vineyards and wine production facilities in Rishon LeZion and Zikhron Ya'akov near Hai…
  22. Complete the sentence about Goldstar with the correct year: According to Tempo Beer Industries, Goldstar was developed by brewmaster Menachem Berliner in ______ and was the first Israeli draft beer.
  23. Complete the sentence about Goldstar with the correct year: In ______ "Israeli Beer Industry Ltd" merged with "Leumit Brewery".
  24. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. with the correct year: The club was established in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. with the correct year: The Israeli Basketball Super League started in ______, and Maccabi Tel Aviv was the first champion.
  26. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: Founded in ______ in Jaffa as the HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association, it is the oldest football club in Israel.
  27. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: With the establishment of the city of Tel Aviv in ______, the club changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
  28. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: In ______, it became the first Jewish football club to participate in local competitions.
  29. Complete the sentence about Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: Official tournaments began taking place in ______ with the establishment of the Football Association and FIFA's recognition of…
  30. Complete the sentence about Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: In ______, Hapoel Tel Aviv became the first club to win the Asian Champion Club Tournament.
  31. Complete the sentence about Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. was originally established in ______, but was disbanded soon after.
  32. Complete the sentence about Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. with the correct year: In ______ the club merged with Allenby F.C., giving the club its modern form.
  33. Complete the sentence with the correct year: After a period of inactivity, the club was re-organized in February ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Beitar Jerusalem F.C. with the correct year: The club was founded in ______ by Shmuel Kirschstein and David Horn, who chaired the Betar branch in Jerusalem.
  35. Complete the sentence about Beitar Jerusalem F.C. with the correct year: Beitar Jerusalem was founded in ______ by Shmuel Kirschstein and David Horn as a youth team.
  36. Complete the sentence about Beitar Jerusalem F.C. with the correct year: In ______, a match was held at Tel Aviv's Maccabiah Stadium between Beitar and the Islamic Sports Club of Haifa.
  37. Complete the sentence about Beitar Jerusalem F.C. with the correct year: On 19 October ______, several club players were among 251 persons who were deported to Eritrea, Kenya, and Sudan by the British…
  38. Complete the sentence about Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. with the correct year: In ______, led by coach Simi Riger, the team advanced to the Premier League, after five consecutive years in the second divisio…
  39. Complete the sentence about Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. with the correct year: In ______, Israeli-Russian billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak purchased a large stake in the club.
  40. Complete the sentence about Israel Premier League with the correct year: The competition formed in ______ following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league.
  41. Complete the sentence about Israel Premier League with the correct year: Since ______, a total of 15 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League.
  42. Complete the sentence about Israel national football team with the correct year: Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first and to date, only time, in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Israel national football team with the correct year: In ______ the team became the national football team of Israel.
  44. Complete the sentence about Israel national football team with the correct year: The Israel national team's first match as an independent nation was on 26 September ______, against the US Olympic Team…
  45. Complete the sentence about Israel national basketball team with the correct year: The Israeli national team played in their first international competition at the ______ Olympic Games.
  46. Complete the sentence about Israel national basketball team with the correct year: Israel made their European Basketball Championship debut at EuroBasket ______ in Moscow.
  47. Complete the sentence about Israel national basketball team with the correct year: Israel appeared at the Asian Games for the first time in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Israel at the Olympics with the correct year: Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Israel at the Olympics with the correct year: Israel was previously part of the Asian Games Federation until it was disbanded in ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Israel at the Olympics with the correct year: In ______ instead of joining the new Olympic Council of Asia, Israel opted to join the European Olympic Committees.
  51. Complete the sentence about Israel at the Olympics with the correct year: Israel won its first Olympic medal in its tenth Olympic appearance, in ______, in Judo when Yael Arad won a silver medal.
  52. Complete the sentence about Yael Arad with the correct year: Arad was the first Israeli athlete to win an Olympic medal when she represented Israel at the ______ Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
  53. Complete the sentence about Yael Arad with the correct year: Arad dedicated the medal to the victims of the ______ Munich Massacre.
  54. Complete the sentence about Yael Arad with the correct year: In the ______ World Championships, she lost in the finals to Gella Vandecaveye of Belgium, taking home a silver medal.
  55. Complete the sentence about Gal Fridman with the correct year: In ______, he won the ASA Boardsailing Championship in Eilat, Israel.
  56. Complete the sentence about Gal Fridman with the correct year: In ______, he won the International ASA Windsurfing Championship in Eilat.
  57. Complete the sentence about Linoy Ashram with the correct year: In November ______, at the age of 18, Ashram enrolled in the Israel Defense Forces as a soldier, where she worked as an administrative a…
  58. Complete the sentence about Artem Dolgopyat with the correct year: In ______, at the age of 12, Dolgopyat immigrated with his family to Israel, where they first lived in Lod and then in Rishon LeZion.
  59. Complete the sentence about Shay Doron with the correct year: With her help, the team made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including Maryland's first ever national title in ______ with a vi…
  60. Complete the sentence about Omri Casspi with the correct year: Waived after an April injury, Casspi signed with Memphis in July ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Deni Avdija with the correct year: In ______, he joined the youth ranks of Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he played under the coach Shai Omer.
  62. Complete the sentence about Tal Brody with the correct year: Brody was drafted #12 in the ______ NBA draft, but chose to pass up an NBA career, to instead play basketball in Israel.
  63. Complete the sentence about Tal Brody with the correct year: In college, he was a high-scoring, slick-passing All-American and All-Big Ten point guard in ______, while playing for the University of Il…
  64. Complete the sentence about Tal Brody with the correct year: Before the NBA season started, he traveled to Israel, where he led the American team to a gold medal in the ______ Maccabiah Games.
  65. Complete the sentence about Eli Ohana with the correct year: In ______, Ohana's girlfriend Sarit Schwarz died in a car accident.
  66. Complete the sentence about Eli Ohana with the correct year: In December ______, he married Israeli model Ronit Ben-Basat, with whom he had a son, Tom.
  67. Complete the sentence about Eli Ohana with the correct year: In ______, Ohana led the youth league team of Beitar Jerusalem to the state youth title.
  68. Complete the sentence about Eli Ohana with the correct year: In ______, Ohana joined Australian club Sydney City on a short-term loan, in which he played five matches.
  69. Complete the sentence about Mordechai Spiegler with the correct year: Spiegler made his international debut for Israel on 2 January ______ against Hong Kong.
  70. Complete the sentence about Mordechai Spiegler with the correct year: Spiegler captained the Israel Olympic team at Mexico City ______ that reached the quarter-finals, losing to Bulgaria by a draw, 1–…
  71. Complete the sentence about Israel Football Association with the correct year: The Palestine Football Association was founded at a meeting held on 14 August ______ and applied for membership of FIFA.
  72. Complete the sentence about Israel Football Association with the correct year: Since ______, Israeli clubs have played in the various UEFA club competitions, while the national teams have played in UE…
  73. Complete the sentence about Israel Football Association with the correct year: As of ______, the IFA included six member clubs playing in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
  74. Complete the sentence about Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Israel has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 48 times since its debut in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Israel's first appearance in the contest in ______ was successful, with "Ey Sham" performed by Ilanit finishing…
  76. Complete the sentence about Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: In ______, the Israeli broadcaster declined to host the contest for a second consecutive year due to financial…
  77. Complete the sentence about Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Israel achieved its third victory in ______, with "Diva" by Dana International.
  78. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the correct year: Designed by French architect Guillaume Gillet, the venue was inaugurated in ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the correct year: In addition, Ireen Sheer representing Germany, had represented Luxembourg in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the correct year: In addition, Anne-Marie David representing France, had won the contest for Luxembourg in ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Dana International with the correct year: In ______, Dana International flew to London for male-to-female sex reassignment surgery and legally changed her name to Sharon Co…
  82. Complete the sentence about Dana International with the correct year: In ______, Dana released her second, Trance-influenced album Umpatampa, which built on the success of her debut and provided furth…
  83. Complete the sentence about Izhar Cohen with the correct year: Representing Israel, he won the Eurovision Song Contest ______ with the group Alphabeta performing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" with music by Nurit Hirsh…
  84. Complete the sentence about Netta Barzilai with the correct year: In September ______, Barzilai auditioned for season five of HaKokhav HaBa, Israel's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest…
  85. Complete the sentence about Toy with the correct year: The song was released on 11 March ______ along with its official music video clip, which was directed by Keren Hochma.
  86. Complete the sentence about Toy with the correct year: On 12 May ______, Netta performed again "Toy" twenty-second in a field of twenty-six in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
  87. Complete the sentence about Hallelujah with the correct year: On 31 March ______, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem hosted by IBA and broadcast l…
  88. Complete the sentence about Hallelujah with the correct year: The song was succeeded as contest winner in the ______ contest by "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan for Ireland.
  89. Complete the sentence about Israeli music with the correct year: In ______, Jewish settlers established the first Jewish orchestra in Palestine.
  90. Complete the sentence about Israeli folk dance with the correct year: In ______, Gurit Kadman organized a First Fruits dance pageant to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot at kibbutz Dalia.
  91. Complete the sentence about Israeli folk dance with the correct year: First held in ______, the Karmiel Dance Festival is the largest celebration of dance in Israel, featuring three or four days and n…
  92. Complete the sentence about Hora with the correct year: In ______, the dancer and choreographer Baruch Agadati choreographed a dance based on the Romanian hora dance that became known as "Hora Agadati…
  93. Complete the sentence about Hora with the correct year: The song "Hora", sung by Avi Toledano, who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest ______, is based on this dance.
  94. Complete the sentence about Mizrahi music with the correct year: After World War II, many Jewish families made Aliyah to the new state of Israel, founded in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Israeli rock with the correct year: The followup to the album would be the first of several fruitful collaborations with Shalom Hanoch with "Snail" and "Plastilna" both in…
  96. Complete the sentence about Israeli rock with the correct year: One of the first performers was Shlomo Gronich, whose ______ debut was Why Didn't You Tell Me?.
  97. Complete the sentence about Ofra Haza with the correct year: In ______, Rolling Stone ranked her at number 186 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
  98. Complete the sentence about Naomi Shemer with the correct year: In ______, she and her mother visited Vilnius, where they met her father's sister Berta and her family.
  99. Complete the sentence about Naomi Shemer with the correct year: In ______, Shemer wrote "Hopa Hey" for an IDF program on Kol Israel.
  100. Complete the sentence about Jerusalem of Gold with the correct year: Naomi Shemer first heard the melody during a visit by Paco Ibáñez to Israel in ______, where he performed the song to a group that…

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