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Present, Protest, & Inspire
In this activity lesson, students will imagine that they are activists in the free world advocating for Soviet Jews.
November 4, 2018
Bring Refuseniks or Activists to Class (or on zoom)
Hear the stories from the source! Invite Prisoners of Zion, Refuseniks and Human Rights activist who live near you.
August 30, 2018
Soviet Jewry Kit
This five-part lesson plan introduces students to the idea that Jewish people in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country.
June 19, 2018
A Hanukkah Letter From Moscow
In this lesson, young students will be introduced to the idea that Jewish people in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country.
Hanukkah and Soviet Jewry
This lesson reviews the theme of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, as a metaphor for hope in the face of darkness.
June 18, 2018
Profiles on Courage Research Project
Students will research different personalities from the Soviet Jewry movement. They will determine what motivated them, what happened to them, and what happened to them after the movement ended.
June 14, 2018
Putting It into Action
This lesson introduces students to the idea of social action and prompts them to find their own form of activism.
Need for a Jewish State – A Rosh Hashanah Lesson
The Soviet Union forbade any unique religious ritual from 1917 onward. By the time the state of Israel was declared in 1948, the USSR thought that no one would feel a connection to the Jewish State because their ability to practice Judaism had been suppressed for so long. But, when Golda Meir, the first Israeli envoy and minister to the USSR, arrived on Rosh Hashanah, something unexpected happened.
This picture also appeared on a 10,000 Israeli bill , years later. The photo was taken by a Zionist activist and then a well-known Zionist prisoner, David Havkin.
June 12, 2018
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. is well known as a great civil rights leader birthday, with his birthday celebrated each year because he actually changed the world. But, how is he connected to the Refusenik movement? In this lesson, students will consider the connections between the civil rights movement, Jewish values, and the struggle for Soviet Jewry.
Slideshow of Soviet Judaism through the Year
Photographs can tell us about times and places where we have not been or remind us of details we may not have noticed at a given moment. A photographer, like any artist, can bring his or her own point of view into their work by choosing the setting, repositioning the subject, and even choosing the lighting conditions in which they shoot the picture. All of these choices influence how we see what the photographer wants us to see. In this lesson, students will use photographs to learn about Jewish life in the former Soviet Union.
June 11, 2018
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