Films & Videos + Discussions

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

Introduction to The Soviet Jewry Struggle for Freedom

Before starting to teach about the Soviet Jewry Struggle, we recommend you give this short introduction:

1948 (Golda Meir's visit in Moscow)

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

The longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions

Talk about the role, influence and importance of the young State of Israel to Jews around the world.

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.

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

A lesson that encourages critical and independent thinking for students. In this lesson you can use a ready-made presentation that includes

Women of the Refuseniks- video & discussion

The role of the women who stood up in defense of Soviet Jews and those women denied the right to leave the USSR.

The Refuseniks and Operation Wedding

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

Protesting in the time of Soviet Jewry

Within a unit on poetry and protest music, it came to light that my 9th grade English students were unfamiliar with the Free Soviet Jewry

"Refuseniks: Heroes of History" Slideshow -- Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement

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Watch & Discuss: The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman

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