[Free] Jewish holidays activities & lesson plans for educators: true Jewish heroes, victory & solidarity which brought down an Evil Empire

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Slideshow of Soviet Judaism throughout the Year  

In this lesson, students will use photographs to learn about Jewish life in the former Soviet Union.

Need for a Jewish State - Rosh Hashana 

By the time the state of Israel was declared in 1948, the USSR thought that no one would feel a connection to the Jewish State because their ability to practice Judaism had been suppressed for so long. But, when Golda Meir, the first Israeli envoy and minister to the USSR, arrived on Rosh Hashanah, something unexpected happened.

A Hanukkah Letter From Moscow

In this lesson young students will be introduced to the idea that Jewish people in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country.

Purim: Hidden Identities

It is a story of overcoming a tyrannical empire and using identity to bolster and empower the community; very similar to what the Soviet Jews faced. Explore how the themes of Purim are reflected in the plight of Soviet Jewry.

Freedom on Passover

In this lesson, students will explore the meaning of freedom, and reflect on slavery and freedom in the lives of the Refuseniks and in their own lives.

Tisha B’Av: Night of The Murdered Poets, camp Kit

This commemorative program is a memorial to those killed on what is now called The Night of the Murdered Poets. The program, a narrative containing some of the poetry that survived that night, is particularly apropos for programs tied in with Tisha B’Av

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