Refuseniks Education Project

Lesson plans and activities for educators - the Soviet Jewry Struggle, Refuseniks and Prisoners of Zion

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

50 שנה ל'מבצע חתונה': "יצרנו את הסדק הראשון במסך הברזל" https://t.co/MoTVu62DpD

[Yelena Lembersky @YelenaLembersky]

Here's a beautifully written piece by Julie Masis about an award-winning documentary, Operation Wedding, created by Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov. This film is now a part of Israeli 11th grade curriculum.

https://t.co/WE3NTlytXq

[Rep. Ritchie Torres @RepRitchie]

My heart is with the people of Israel & the families & loved ones of the 11 Israelis whose lives were cut short. My prayers are with you.

We must continue the work of eradicating antisemitic terror in every corner of our planet.

[Act-IL @Act_On_]

May their memories forever be a blessing. ❤️🕯️

#SayNoToTerrorism

[Dumisani Washington @DumisaniTemsgen]

For months, Palestinian leaders have announced a 3rd intifada was coming to Israel while meeting with Biden administration officials and receiving $100s millions in support — a brazen violation of the Taylor Force Act. Now, Israelis are dying and the media is ignoring it all.

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

Sharansky's #matzah in #Soviet Solitary confinement: "It was enough to simply look out the window and see the #KGB agents surrounding the apartment to know that we ourselves were continuing the #Exodus from Egypt." #PASSPVER https://t.co/ibESmOom8I

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

#Lesson of the month:
In #Soviet Russia 1922, a special #Haggadah was written and distributed in which the cry for revolution, not Jerusalem, was brought to the table. “This year a revolution here; next year – a world revolution!”
https://t.co/aztjciCSnC

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

Lesson on the month
The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman.
Many Jews in the Soviet Union were led to believe that the Soviet revolution will free them from anti-Semitism. The Soviet revolution promised equality. In theory https://t.co/AH4N3tEvHB

[Jewish National Fund-USA @JNFUSA]

On Dec 6th, 1987- 250,000 people rallied in D.C. to support freedom for Soviet Jewry.

American Jews inspired a movement to end the abusive and arbitrary treatment of #SovietJews.

Register for our Conversations on #Zionism episode today ➡️ https://t.co/6eMFYYqpA8

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

A lesson for #WomensMonth
Women of the #Refuseniks: The role of the women who stood up in defense of #Soviet Jews and those women denied the right to leave the #USSR.
https://t.co/22yDYAK9RS

[University of Southampton Special Collections @hartleyspecialc]

In this week’s blog post, we tell the story of Raiza Palatnik, and her journey as a Refusenik. https://t.co/lQquHdvjDJ #Anglo-Jewisharchives #Anglo-Jewry #Pressuregroups #Protestgroups #SovietJewry @ParkesInstitute @explorearchives @ArchiveHashtag

[Shimon Levit @ShimonLevit]

..starting in 1967, the USSR ran a massive anti-Zionist campaign at home and abroad.The campaign created a climate of antisemitism within the country and had decidedly negative repercussions for Jews elsewhere.
https://t.co/1KEeSAELPV
#antisemitism #ussr #SovietJewry #antiZionist

[GPG @GenesisPhilGrp]

#MondayReadingList: Triumph Over Tyranny: the heroic story of #SovietJewry: https://t.co/I0s2RI4qx7 via @JewishBook

[Israel News @IsraelNewsNow]

#JewishTimes #SovietJews #SovietJewry #hungerstrikes #documentary Israeli filmmaker chronicles parents’ failed… https://t.co/EzG3p5EhlI

[Refuseniks Education Project @RefuseniksP]

“I started hearing from friends in Israel that there was this issue of #SovietJewry. I thought the British establishment would do something about it.”
That did not happen.
https://t.co/hImkjM7DY6

[Combat Antisemitism Movement @CombatASemitism]

#SovietJewry during the Cold War were persecuted and struggled to emigrate.

Hosted by @SSI_Movement, American Jewish activist Pamela Braun Cohen who advocated for Soviet Jewish freedom will speak about her book, published 30 years later.

Register here: https://t.co/geobZWEHf7

[Washington Views @WashingtonViews]

#OnThisDay in 1965: @JTANews reported on a full-page appeal in the @NYTimes on behalf of the Soviet Jews. Signatories included #RFK & #RienholdNiebuhr "Fifty Leading Americans Appeal to Moscow on Soviet Treatment of Jews" https://t.co/mxKt8ZyaPn #SovietJewry @NCSEJ @AJHSNYC

[The Wende Museum @wendemuseum]

#OnlineNow: @MattStromberg in @hyperallergic on our current exhibition "Soviet Jewish Life: Bill Aron and Yevgeniy Fiks," which is open through March 20, 2022.

@GenesisPhilGrp / #SovietJewry / #Archives

[Center for Jewish History @cjewishhistory]

New Blog Post
Highlight: Joel and Adele Sandberg Papers
From @AJHSNYC #SovietJewry Archives
https://t.co/ayu4iOZejx

[Lea Zeltserman @zeltserman]

My latest for @tabletmag: review of new doc on #LeningradHijacking that changed #SovietJewry movement forever. https://t.co/f6QACgNHMX