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Calculated Discussion: Permission to leave paradise
In this lesson, students will consider the lies of the Soviet government and the emigration difficulties that Jews faced.
December 17, 2020
New article: The Refusenik Exodus From Slavery to Freedom United the Jewish World and Brought Down the Soviet Union [TABLET]
The Refusenik Exodus From Slavery to Freedom United the Jewish World and Brought Down the Soviet Union
What lessons can we learn from them today?
BY
IZABELLA TABAROVSKY
APRIL 08, 2020
Tags: ARTICLE
April 8, 2020
Some good news for Jewish Educators: postponing the deadline of the New Grant Giveaway For Educators to June 4th
Due to the Covid-19 situation right now, we’re postponing the deadline of the New Grant Giveaway For Educators to June 4th.
March 30, 2020
NEW! LIST OF LECTURERS ABOUT THE SOVIET JEWRY STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
A pool of Refuseniks, Activists and second generation experts, available to lecture or attend discussions about the Soviet Jewry Struggle in your area, or on skype.
*Are you available to lecture or participate in discussions about the Soviet Jewry Struggle for Freedom? Join the list
March 12, 2020
Music of the Refusenik Era
In this lesson, students will review two Hebrew songs that each were significant in the Refusenik era. Students will learn the background of these songs, read the lyrics, and then analyze the meaning of each song by comparing and contrasting.
January 11, 2020
RIGHTEOUS REBEL, Rabbi Avi Weiss
Duration:48.50 Minutes Link In the new documentary, RIGHTEOUS REBEL, filmmaker Phil Schneider provides a compelling, insightful, and comprehensive look into Weiss’ extraordinary life, and how, as a result of his crusading activism and “speaking truth to power,” he has inspired others to “show up, stand up, and speak up” in times of crisis. RIGHTEOUS REBEL […]
December 27, 2019
Fear No Evil,
Duration:4 Minutes Link Gal Beckerman explains the greater significance of the fight for Soviet Jewry and his impetus for writing his book “When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone.
December 22, 2019
The Times of Israel about the Refusenik Project and Soviet Jewry education
Once heroes of US Jewry, Soviet Refuseniks are largely forgotten. Not for long
Anat Zalmanson-Kutznetsov, whose parents tried to hijack a plane to escape the Iron Curtain, launches educational initiative focused on unique bipartisan campaign to free USSR Jews
https://www.timesofisrael.com/once-heroes-of-us-jewry-soviet-refuseniks-are-largely-forgotten-not-for-long/
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