__Lessons of the month | שלח את עמי

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

Home-made miracles of Hanukkah

Former prisoner of Zion Yosef Begun, reflects on the holiday, past and present: in Soviet Prison, on his exile to Siberia years later, and f

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.

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

The following can be used as a lesson or an activity. The lesson covers some creative protests for Soviet Jewry, that received media attenti

1948: The Need For A Jewish State

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

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