by Chana German | Aug 15, 2018
Night of the Murdered Poets Commemorative Program-1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit Introduction “The Night of the Murdered Poets Commemorative Program” is one of many lessons and activities listed in the “1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit”. After Decades of...
by Chana German | Aug 15, 2018
“Soviet Jewry Day”: The life and struggle of Jewish activists in the U.S.S.R. - 1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit Introduction Soviet Jewry Day is the second program of many listed in the “1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit.” Educators have the option of implementing these...
by Chana German | Aug 15, 2018
Jewish Activists in the U.S.S.R. and the West - 1977 Soviet Jewry Camp Kit Procedure Introduction 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...
by Chana German | Jul 9, 2018
IDENTITY POLITICS: THE DUAL SENSE OF SELF Introduction In this lesson, students will learn that like Jews from other diaspora communities, Jews living in the former USSR were extremely marginalized. Years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Jews from Soviet...
by Chana German | Jul 9, 2018
I AM - A PERSONAL PORTRAIT OF JEWISH IDENTITY Introduction This activity was designed to facilitate introspection and discussion about personal identity and Jewish identity and the relationship between the two. In this lesson, students will create and share their...