Jeopardy

Buchdahl may have become one of the most recognizable rabbis ever after her name — and face — appeared as a clue on “Jeopardy!” Wednesday night.

The contestants failed to provide the answer explaining that cholent came from the Shabbat law that prohibits lighting a fire.

No. 40 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik.

Bialik is hosting the first three weeks of the regular season after Mike Richards, the producer originally selected to succeed Alex Trebek, stepped down.

When she’s not on screen, Mayim is in touch with her Jewish identity in so many ways, from her excitement about Jewish holidays to the ways she incorporates Jewish practice into raising her children.

Following longtime host Alex Trebek’s death last fall, Bialik served as one of the show’s celebrity guest hosts for two weeks in June.

Bialik posted a video to social media talking about her performance Monday night wearing Star of David necklace.

Celebrity hosts will include Katie Couric, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker.

It was not a show about Trebek; the trivia spoke for itself.

Trebek had survived a year of chemotherapy for stage IV pancreatic cancer, but the survival rate for two years was only 7%.