Introduction to The Soviet Jewry Struggle for Freedom
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


History learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle

Civic learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle

Activity: Present & Protest: get inspired by creative and non-violent 70's protests

Film screening & discussion – Operation Wedding documentary

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

How to identify fake news of today from fake news of past Soviet media - Slideshow & Discuss

Home-made miracles of Hanukkah

Read & discuss: 13 year old against the KGB (short story)

Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise

Women of the Refuseniks - video & discussion

The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman

The Secrets of Israel -Slideshow & guided discussion

Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement

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

The longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions

Bring (or Zoom in) Refuseniks or Activists to class

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

Watch & Discuss: Freeing Russian Jewry, The Refuseniks

The growth of the communist regime in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

Interpretation of paintings and posters on a Jewish struggle in the USSR

Crossword: Struggle to Free Soviet Jewry
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[Tisha B’Av] Hebrew poetry & song (adv): Won’t you ask after, O Zion, the weal of your captive?

"Children's Tale" - slideshow on Jewish children in the USSR - American Soviet Jewry