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Calculated Discussion: Permission to leave paradise


In this lesson, students will consider the lies of the Soviet government and the emigration difficulties that Jews faced.

December 17, 2020


Women of the Refuseniks – video & discussion


This lesson for middle school and high school students addresses the role of the women who stood up in defense of Soviet Jews and those women who were denied the right to leave the USSR.

October 25, 2019


Library Research Project


The goal of this lesson is to teach students how to do independent research in their school or local library. Students will identify at least 3 articles (primary sources) from the period of the Refuseniks that discuss a topic of their choosing. Then, students will write a summary of those articles.

August 15, 2019


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


Night of the Murdered Poets Commemorative Program


This commemorative program is a memorial to those killed on what is now called “The Night of the Murdered Poets.” The program, a narrative containing some of the poetry that survived that night, is particularly appropriate for programs tied in with Tisha B’Av.

August 15, 2018


“Soviet Jewry Day”


Soviet Jewry Day is the second program of many listed in the “1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit”. Educators have the option of implementing these activities as a historical dramatization, or it can be easily adapted to today. While these particular activities are written for a summer camp, many parts can be done at a school or synagogue.


Jewish Activists in the U.S.S.R. and in the West – 1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit


This lesson uses a camp kit that was designed in 1977 to teach about the Jewish experience during the Refusenik era. On the one hand, students learn about the difficulties that the Soviet Jews faced, and on the other, they learn about the activism organized by Western Jews.


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.


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