This unit discusses what it means to protest—and more specifically, what it means to empathize with those in need, and how empathizing can l

As we started learning, I saw the girls were keenly interested and fully participating. Encouraged by this, I expanded the lesson to several class-periods, focusing on different aspects of the Soviet Jewish experience. This, almost organically, turned into a mini-unit and, as much as I loved teaching it, my students loved learning it.

The lesson was (and will be) given via a slideshow with the strong expectation that none of the students know what a Refusenik is.

Paintings and illustrations of prisoners of Zion and those who refused to immigrate to the USSR communicate with artists in the free world w

We had a lively discussion about whether or not my students would have done the same, knowing they would be arrested?

In this lesson we will discuss secret activities of the Israeli government - in retrospect, was it right to keep a secret or not?

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

Русский עברית #Activity #MiddleSchool The activity is suitable for students in grades 4-8, after studying at least one unit...

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?

The events of this musical belong to history. It is a very recent history, yet it happened in a world that is gone.

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

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

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

Longing, identity, and the moral call to free our captives This interdisciplinary lesson explores the deep connection between Jewish poetry, history, and contemporary moral responsibility. Through Yehuda Halevi’s powerful poem “Zion, will you not ask about the welfare of your captives?”, students will trace the thread of Jewish longing for Zion across three key moments: Medieval Sephardic Jewry (Yehuda Halevi) Soviet-era Prisoners of Zion The Israeli hostages of October 7

an economic method in which everything belongs to everyone, that is, to the state is? Office of Visas is called?

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