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

Women of the Refuseniks - video & discussion


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


Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise

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


The Secrets of Israel -Slideshow & guided discussion


The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman


Slideshow and writing exercise: Jewish holidays behind the Iron Curtain


Film screening & discussion – Operation Wedding documentary


Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement


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

The longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions


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

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

Crash Course- Refuseniks: Let My People Go!


Watch & Discuss: Freeing Russian Jewry, The Refuseniks

Protesting in the time of Soviet Jewry

Power of Protest - the movement to free Soviet Jewry


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


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


The Refuseniks and Operation Wedding


Crossword: Struggle to Free Soviet Jewry