WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND — BUT FIRST, TAKE THE CITIZENSHIP TEST

The new questions include:

1) HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THERE A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN WHAT IS NOW GERMANY FOR THE FIRST TIME? a) About 300 years ago b) About 700 years ago c) About 1,150 years ago d) About 1,700 years ago

2) WHO CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF THE APPROXIMATELY 40 JEWISH MACCABI SPORTS CLUBS? a) Only Germans b) Only Israelis c) Only religious people d) Anybody

3) WHICH CITIES HAVE THE LARGEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN GERMANY? a) Berlin and Munich b) Hamburg and Essen c) Nuremberg and Stuttgart d) Worms and Speyer

4) WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE JEWISH HOUSE OF PRAYER? a) Basilica b) Mosque c) Synagogue d) Church

5) ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS WAS THE STATE OF ISRAEL FOUNDED? a) A resolution of the United Nations b) A resolution of the Zionist Congress c) A proposal by the German government d) A proposal by the USSR

6) WHAT IS THE BASIS OF GERMANY’S SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISRAEL? a) Membership of the European Union (EU) b) The crimes of National Socialism c) The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany d) The Christian tradition 7) WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ANTISEMITIC BEHAVIOUR? a) Attending a Jewish festival b) Criticising the Israeli government c) Denying the Holocaust d) Playing football against Jews 8) WHAT DO THE SOCALLED STOLPERSTEINE IN GERMANY COMMEMORATE? a) Famous German politicians b) The victims of National Socialism c) Traffic fatalities d) Famous Jewish musicians

9) HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO DENIES THE HOLOCAUST BE PENALISED? a) Reduction of social benefits b) Up to 100 hours of community service c) Not at all: Holocaust denial is permitted d) Imprisonment for up to five years or a fine

10) WHICH ACT RELATING TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS PROHIBITED IN GERMANY? a) Publicly criticising Israel’s policies b) Hanging up an Israeli flag on private property c) Discussing Israel’s policies d) Publicly calling for the destruction of Israel