Packet 1: Bonus 15

This largest employer in Israel controlled much of its economy until the mid-1980s. For 10 points each:
[10h] What Jewish workers organization provided benefits like health insurance and education to its members in addition to functioning as a labor union? After its establishment in 1920, it created Israel’s largest bank, HaPoalim (“ha-po-ah-LEEM”).
ANSWER: Histadrut (“hee-sta-DROOT”) [or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B’Eretz Yisrael; or The General Federation of Labor in the Land of Israel; or The General Federation of Workers in the Land of Israel; prompt on the Federation]
[10e] This co-founder of the Histadrut was elected its first secretary and later the first prime minister of Israel.
ANSWER: David Ben-Gurion [or David Grün]
[10m] The Histadrut also created this defense militia of the Yishuv (“yee-SHOOV”), whose policy of “self-restraint” alienated Irgun (“eer-GOON”) and Lehi (“LEH-hee”). This militia was the largest Jewish fighting force in 1947 and became the core of the IDF.
ANSWER: Haganah (“ha-ga-NAH”)
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British ColumbiaGeorgia Tech C0101020EM
CambridgeMinnesota0101020EM
Chicago AUC Berkeley B0101020EM
Chicago BSwarthmore010010E
CornellBrown010010E
GeorgetownNorthwestern B010010E
Georgia Tech BVirginia010010E
Illinois APittsburgh010010E
Illinois BUCF010010E
IndianaVirginia Tech010010E
Johns HopkinsNYU B010010E
MITUCLA010010E
MichiganRutgers0101020EM
NYU AMaryland A0101020EM
North CarolinaMaryland B0101020EM
Northwestern AColumbia A0101020EM
Ohio StateBruin0101020EM
Penn StateColumbia B010010E
Stanford AHarvard0101020EM
Stanford BGeorgia Tech A010010E
Toronto BTexas010010E
UC Berkeley AToronto A010010E
WashUVanderbilt0101020EM
WaterlooPurdue010010E

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