Jewish Music Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish music?

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Jewish music today extends well beyond the synagogue, to the concert halls of Israel, the klezmer revival, and the reggae of Matisyahu. How much do you know about Jewish music?

Question 1 of 10
Whose job was it to sing and play musical instruments as part of the Temple service?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the following songwriters is not Jewish?
Question 3 of 10
What is the Hebrew name for the melodies to which traditional prayers are chanted?
Question 4 of 10
Who created the written notation for cantillation notes?
Question 5 of 10
Where is the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music located?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these facts about Debbie Friedman is NOT true?
Question 7 of 10
What are nigunim?
Question 8 of 10
When Wagner claimed in his essay "Judaism in Music" that Jews could never be "true" creators because they are parasitic, Arnold Schoenberg created what musical response?
Question 9 of 10
Which musician recorded Hava Nagila as "Holiday Mambo"?
Question 10 of 10
Chava Alberstein sings in which three languages?
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