Power of Protest - the movement to free Soviet Jewry
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
Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise
Interpretation of paintings and posters on a Jewish struggle in the USSR
Longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions
The Refuseniks and Operation Wedding
The Secrets of Israel -Slideshow & guided discussion
The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman
Purim Musical Play: THE STORY OF ESTHER
Next Year In... Moscow ? - The Red Haggadah
Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement
Sing in Hebrew, “Blue and White are the colors of my land"
[Tisha B’Av] Hebrew poetry & song (adv): Won’t you ask after, O Zion, the weal of your captive?
Crossword: Struggle to Free Soviet Jewry
Summary activity - between the lines
"Children's Tale" - slideshow on Jewish children in the USSR - American Soviet Jewry
"Refuseniks: Heroes of History" Slideshow -- Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement