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Distributing The Soviet Jewry Struggle educational project: Let My People Go
"Let My People Go" is a free educational resource to keep the story of Soviet Jewry alive and to inspire the next generation with its message.
30 prepared lessons and activities in English and Hebrew for educators. Elementary, Middle, High school, camps and college.
https://en.nativ-education.org.il/home
THE LARGEST JEWISH EXODUS IN HISTORY
IS BEING FORGOTTEN.
2 MILLION JEWS WERE FREED FROM THE USSR
THANKS TO THE STRUGGLE
OF THE REFUSENIKS IN THE USSR
& THE ACTIVISTS OF THE FREE WORLD
MOST OF THIS GENERATION
KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT WE WON'T LET IT
BE FORGOTTEN!
ABOUT THE REFUSENIK PROJECT
The Refusenik Project is a free educational resource, created by Bar Illan's Lookstein Center and Filmmaker Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, to keep the story of Soviet Jewry alive and to inspire the next generations with its message.
30 interactive lessons – all ages – available online for educators FREE.
The materials on the website are meant for children in elementary, middle, and high school and can be used in camps, youth groups, and other programming environments.
They are designed to be flexible so that a range of educators—including teachers, counselors, and youth group leaders—will use them.
DISTRIBUTING THE REFUSENIK PROJECT
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Bar-Ilan University is hosting and supporting the site.
We, Anat Z.K. and Morey Schapira, have designed a complementary program to continue to advertise and promote the site online in the Western World. We are calling this effort "the Refusenik Project Promotion and Distribution".
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The Struggle for Soviet Jews was done before the Internet was commonly used.
Face to face meetings were critical in informing people about the horrific situation that faced millions of Jews in the anti-Semitic USSR. The activists in the USSR met in places where the KGB could not hear them. The activists in the Western World spent a lot of time on airplanes and on the phone with each other.
Now that we have the Internet to help publicize our website and mission, we will use appropriate web advertising, but realize that face to face meetings with educators is still critical to our success.
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PROMOTION PLAN AND BUDGET
HOW TO DONATE
Make check payable to: Subject:
Jewish LearningWorks Refusenik Project distribution
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Please add your contact information with the check:
Full name, Who to write the receipt for, Contact phone number, Email Address, Shipping address.
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Send check to:
JewishLearningWorks
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THANK YOUI
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THANK YOU our sponosrs for supporting this cause
Peter Wexler âš« June & Ron Daniels âš« Bob Gordon âš« Sheri & Paul Robbins
The Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation Pam & Leonard Cohen
Lena & Arkady Rabinov âš« Daniel & Sara Palanker âš« Lev and Irina Bolotin âš« Dina Yael Mirkin
WHO WE ARE
An Israeli filmmaker. Known for her award-winning documentary
"Operation Wedding", about her parents escape attempt from the USSR - an event that kickstarted the movement to Free Soviet Jewry.
Anat studied filmmaking at the prestigious London Film School in England.
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She had co-directed and created the online educational Refusenik Project, along with The Lookstein Center of
Bar-Ilan University in 2018.
Anat is now developing a production for a feature film based on her father's book "Prison Diaries" and her documentary "Operation Wedding".
A Silicon Valley High Tech executive and Soviet Jewry activist leader.
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President of the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School.
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President of the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jews.
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National Vice President of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry.
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Co-founder of Boston's Action for Soviet Jewry.
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President of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews.
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National President of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
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Jewish LearningWorks is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation located in San Francisco, California. JLW advances Jewish learning
that enriches lives, and that enables
the learner to flourish as a human being and as a Jew.
For over 100 years, JLW has served
as an essential foundation for Jewish
education in the Bay Area.
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www.jewishlearningworks.org/mission
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