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Freedom on Passover
In this lesson, students will explore the meaning of freedom and will reflect on slavery and freedom in the lives of the Refuseniks and in their own lives.
June 17, 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
Jewish Mutual Responsibility
In this lesson students will learn about the concept of Jewish mutual responsibility.
Redeeming Captives Text Study
It is an important mitzvah to redeem captives. Where does this law come from, when does it apply, and to what extent does one have to go in order to redeem captives? These ideas will be explored through the text study below.
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Interview a Refusenik or Activist
Telling a personal story can often bridge the gap between generations and differing experiences. In this lesson, students connect with a former Refusenik or Soviet Jewry Activist to understand what issues people faced and what motivated people to stand up against injustice.
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Historical look at the Situation for Soviet Jews 1940s-1960s
In this lesson, students will learn about the Soviet campaigns against the Jews from the 1940s through the 1960s, the revival of Jewish national identity, and the beginnings of international protests against the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union.
June 10, 2018
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