being Jewish - 2025 ACF Nationals

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Description acceptable. Jack Wertheimer’s book A People Divided discusses this trait in the context of a 1983 CCAR resolution. This is the first trait whose existence is denied in Galatians 3:28 (“chapter three, verse twenty-eight”). Privileges of this trait are maintained by anusim (“ah-noo-SEEM”). This trait is unusually passed down by men within the Kara·ite (10[1])tradition. (10[3])In response to the (10[1])definition (10[2])of this (10[1])trait (10[1])in the 5730 Amendment, (10[1])the Rebbe (“REB-uh”) coined a phrase asking “Who is [this trait]?” Ger toshav (“GARE toh-SHAHV”) are people who (-5[1])[emphasize] lack this trait but observe the Noa·hide Laws. (10[2])28,000 (10[1])people [emphasize] without this trait are recognized as “Righteous (10[1])Among the Nations” (10[1])at (10[1])Yad Vashem. (10[2])Gaining this trait in the Reform community does not require a ritual immersion, (10[1])but a declaration to live by mitzvot. For 10 points, what ethno-religious trait is (10[1])conferred (10[1])matrilineally in one faith’s Conservative and Orthodox branches? ■END■

ANSWER: being Jewish [accept word forms or descriptions such as being a Jew or practicing Judaism; accept Who is a Jew? or mehu yehudi or mihu yehudi] (The first line refers to the Reform Central Conference of American Rabbis acknowledging patrilineal descent. Amendment 5730 is the Law of Return, and the Rebbe coined “mehu yehudi.”)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Ian Lu	Georgia Tech	UC Berkeley A	49	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU	RIT	50	10
Vinu Harihar	UC Berkeley B	Northwestern	50	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Yale	50	10
Qingyu Zhang	Florida	Indiana	54	10
Joel Miles	Minnesota	British Columbia	55	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford	Virginia Tech	55	10
Jacky Xu	Cornell A	Vanderbilt	57	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Chicago A	58	10
Benjamin Chapman	Toronto A	Columbia B	62	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers	Illinois A	77	-5
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford	North Carolina A	Harvard	85	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Johns Hopkins	85	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto C	Penn State	86	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	Chicago B	94	10
Cormac Beirne	LSE	Ottawa	97	10
June Yin	WUSTL B	Michigan	98	10
Karan Gurazada	Texas	Arizona State	100	10
James Ah Yong	Waterloo B	North Carolina B	100	10
Kevin Peng	Cornell B	Illinois B	113	10
Justin Wytmar	Illinois A	Rutgers	127	10
Alexander Nichols	UCF	Georgia State	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	21	100%	0%	5%	78.71