A list of Jewish icebreaker questions and activities to use in clubs or Shabbat dinners, or first-time meetings.
Jewish Icebreaker Questions:
Do you identify as schwarma or falafel?
What kind of pita/lafa, hummus/techina, toppings, etc. do you most identify with?
What is your favorite Israeli restaurant?
What is your favorite Jewish holiday?
What is your favorite Yiddish word?
What is your favorite Hebrew or Israeli word?
What Jewish dish are you?
Which animal do you think looks/acts the most Jewish?
Who is your favorite biblical character?
Which biblical character would you most want to meet?
Which biblical character do you identify with the most, and why?
If you were a prophet, what do you think you would prophesize about?
If you could only keep one mitzvah, what would it be?
Who is your favorite Jew in the world?
When was the last time you felt very Jewish?
What's the weirdest Jewish question you've ever been asked?
How many kippas would it take to fill this room?
If you had to eat out of a kippah, what food would you choose?
What is your favorite Israeli slang word?
What was your worst Israeli cab/bus driver experience?
What was your favorite Purim costume, or what is the best Purim costume you ever saw?
General Icebreaker Questions:
Which app do you use the most?
If you could create an app, what would it would be?
Which kitchen utensil best describes you?
What is your least favorite ice breaker question and why?
What is your favorite ice breaker question?
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
What is the worst thing you could do in an airport?
If you got arrested for one thing, what would it be?
If you could go out to lunch with any person from world history, who would it be, and why?
If you could bring someone back from the dead, who would it be and why?
What is one thing about yourself that other people would be surprised to hear, after meeting you for the first time?
What was your favorite / most memorable book/story when you were a kid?
If you were stranded on an island, which 1 item would you bring?
If money wasn't a factor, and you could pick any job in the world, what would it be?
What is something you have dreamed about doing for a long time, but haven't done yet?
Icebreaker Activities:
Human Bingo
Speed dating
Give everyone 3 pieces of paper and tell them to write 3 funky facts about themselves. Collect the papers. Read each paper out loud and ask to guess who wrote each fact.
Ask everyone to stand in a circle. Read a statement out loud. Anyone who agrees with the statement should sit down, and anyone who disagrees should remain standing.
Split everyone into 2 groups, and use a large sheet to separate them. Call up 2 "contestants" to stand with 1 on each side of the sheet. Count to 3 and drop the sheet - the winner ist he first one to call out the other's name. The loser goes to the opponent's side, and you continue until every person is on one side (or until you decide to end).