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LET MY PEOPLE GO
Lesson plans and activities for educators about the Soviet Jewry Struggle, Refuseniks and Prisoners of Zion 1948-1991
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A variety of lesson plans and activities available below. You can teach one lesson or teach a learning unit using our recommendations.
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There are different lessons in Hebrew and in English, due to different material available (books, videos etc). The Hebrew lessons are available HERE
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Introduction to The Soviet Jewry Struggle for Freedom
Before starting to teach about the Soviet Jewry Struggle, we recommend you give this short introduction:
History learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle
Introduction to The Soviet Jewry Struggle for Freedom / 10 minutes
1948 (Golda Meir's visit in Moscow)
Watch & Discuss: The death of Stali
Civic learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle
Suggested lesson plans for an extended learning unit
A Visit to Moscow – Lesson Based on the Graphic Novel
A group of rabbis traveled to the USSR in 1965 to verify the truth behind Soviet claims. Their journey revealed what propaganda tried to hide.
Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise
With a rare combination of basic mathematics and history, we will explain the *USSR’s line of thought regarding the exit of citizens
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
Identifying FAKE NEWS - From Soviet Media to Today
A lesson that encourages critical and independent thinking for students. In this lesson you can use a ready-made presentation that includes
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.
Watch & Discuss: The Death of Stalin on Purim 1953 – A Modern Parallel to Haman
What similarities can you draw between the Purim story from of the Book of Esther and Stalin’s Jews persecution, which ended with his death?
Women of the Refuseniks - video & discussion
The role of the women who stood up in defense of Soviet Jews and those women denied the right to leave the USSR.
1948: The Need For A Jewish State (or: Golda's visit in Moscow on 1948 Rosh HaShana)
when Golda Meir arrived to Moscow in Rosh Hashana 1948, a groundbreaking unexpected event occurred...
Read & discuss: 13 year old against the KGB (short story)
Introduction and background on life in the Soviet Union in the 1970s through the perspective of a young girl.
How to stay true to ideals und
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
The growth of the communist regime in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
The film tells about a group of animals on a farm in England that has a vision - to transform from an "enslaved people" into a "free people"
Purim Musical Play: THE STORY OF ESTHER
The events of this musical belong to history. It is a very recent
history, yet it happened in a world that is gone.
Watch & Discuss: Freeing Russian Jewry, The Refuseniks
The video tells the story of Soviet “refuseniks,” Jews in the former Soviet Union who were denied access to emigrate to Israel.
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