Jewish Calendar

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.

Sing in Hebrew, Songs Sung by Captive Soviet Jews & by Free Jews In Israel

One was sung by Soviet Jews: “Blue and White are the colors of my land”. The other was sung by Jews in Israel: “Won’t you ask after, O Zion,

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.

Hanukkah story discussions comparing to Soviet Jewry

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Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement

The Haggadah's words were felt as KGB agents surrounded them. Later he would "celebrate" Passover in the Gulag.

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

A special Haggadah was written and distributed in the USSR in which the cry for revolution, not Jerusalem, was was brought to the table.

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