Lessons of the Month

A variety of lesson plans and activities available below. You can teach one lesson or teach a learning unit using our recommendations.

There are different lessons in Hebrew and in English, due to different material available (books, videos etc). The Hebrew lessons are available HERE

Next Year In... Moscow ? - The Red Haggadah

A special Haggadah was written and distributed in the USSR in which the cry for revolution, not Jerusalem, was was brought to the table.

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.

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

Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement

The Haggadah's words were felt as KGB agents surrounded them. Later he would "celebrate" Passover in the Gulag.

1948: The Need For A Jewish State (Golda Meir's visit in Moscow on Rosh HaShana)

when Golda Meir arrived to Moscow in 1948, a groundbreaking unexpected event occurred...

The longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions

The spiritual connection between world Jewry: how Soviet Jewry inspired Jews in the free world to make Aliyah. Talk about the role, influenc

Sing in Hebrew, “Blue and White are the colors of my land"

A music lesson: sing in Hebrew (beginner), and discuss the lyrics meaning and source.