Home-made miracles of Hanukkah
Former prisoner of Zion Yosef Begun, reflects on the holiday, past and present: in Soviet Prison, on his exile to Siberia years later, and f
Film screening & discussion – Operation Wedding documentary
Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Soviet Jews who were denied exit visas, plots to “hijack” an empty plane and escape the USSR.
Activity: Present & Protest: get inspired by creative and non-violent 70's protests
The following can be used as a lesson or an activity.
The lesson covers some creative protests for Soviet Jewry, that received media attenti
1948: The Need For A Jewish State
when Golda Meir arrived to Moscow in Rosh Hashana 1948, a groundbreaking unexpected event occurred...
Slideshow and writing exercise: Jewish holidays behind the Iron Curtain
there was a real danger in celebrating Jewish holidays - many were arrested without actual crime, and sent to the Gulag under the false accu