Research and contribute to historical archives Introduction Teach students how their parents used to research before everything became digitized. Understand what was going on in earlier generation. Understand what the press was and was not covering on a key...
Introduction In this activity lesson plan, where students to imagine that they are activists in the free world, advocating for Soviet Jews. Each group will will learn about a different refusenik, and come up with a plan for how to bring public attention to...
Connecting to Soviet Jews Introduction Created by The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, this curriculumn explores the ways in which the Cleveland Jewish Community, organized by the Federation, rallied around the issue of the Soviet Jewry struggle in...
Bring Refuseniks or Activists to Class Introduction Hear the stories from the source! Invite local Prisoners of Zion, Refuseniks, and Human Rights activist to come and lecture and make history come alive! To search for an available Lecturers near you, or to...
Soviet Jewry Kit: Lessons 1-5 Introduction This five-part lesson plan teaches students about the plight of Soviet Jewry. Jews in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country. During this time period,...