Educators

End of Year Reflection: What Does it Mean to Me?

The end of the school year is here, and it's time to reflect on your accomplishments. What did you enjoy about this year? Did you meet your goals? Can you recognize growth in your students' Hebrew skills? What would you do differently? In a recent blog post in School Matters, author Tsivya Fox addressed the importance of end of the year reflection.  "Taking time to really assess how your school year went can make all the difference for next year's satisfaction and success," Fox states. 

We're Ready to Place Your URJ Orders!

Last week we announced the official closing of our agreement with the URJ giving us the right to publish and sell 222 URJ Press titles. We have already been receiving and shipping out our first orders!

Why the OLC is Perfect for Our Learning Needs

By Michele Rosenfield When our in-school learning time was reduced from three days a week to two we needed a way for our students to do more work at home. That’s why we use the OLC.

We've Started Shipping Your URJ Orders!

On Monday, June 15th, Behrman House officially closed on our agreement with URJ Press, giving us the right to publish and sell 222 URJ Press titles. Today we shipped our first URJ Press orders!

URJ Press/ Behrman House Agreement is Final

It’s an important time, for Behrman House, for the URJ, and for the educational community. On Monday, June 15th, we completed the transfer of 222 URJ Press titles to Behrman House.

How Can I Order URJ Materials?

As of June 15th we have officially completed our agreement, and have the right to publish and sell 222 URJ Press titles. An updated list of titles that we have permission to sell are available here. These titles can be purchased through Behrman House by phone, fax, or on our websiteusing their new Behrman House product numbers*. 

Planning for Fall: Part One - Why Start Now?

Yes, summer has barely begun, but now is the time to get your Online Learning Center classes ready for Fall. Two simple steps will get you started.

Testers Take on Hineni for the OLC

The Hineni series has been a long time favorite for teaching prayers with meaning and will soon be available for the Online Learning Center! This week our testers will begin testing one of the seven modules that will be available for the OLC.  The full seven modules will feature 35 prayers and blessings, including:

Preview the Latest Hebrew Materials with Golem Express

This month's Golem Express brings the latest Hebrew materials and the key to wise aging straight to your door.

They're Here! The First of the URJ Books Have Arrived at Behrman House

This week Behrman House welcomed the very much awaited shipment of half of the over 400 URJ titles to our warehouse. 

Combining Study in the Synagogue with Diverse Community Experiences

By Teri Rube Hochberg I’m a big advocate of flipped learning. Since my visit to the ISTE conference three years ago, where I studied with experts in flipping, we’ve been using the model at Park Synagogue. It’s perfect for the Jewish supplementary school.

Countdown to Closing: Update on the URJ Press-Behrman House Transition

This is the week for practical stuff in the URJ Press-Behrman House transition. The nuts and bolts of implementing this arrangement and getting it closed have been at the forefront, as we get our website ready and the URJ folks review book contracts  and arrange to ship books from their Atlanta distribution center to Behrman House’s NJ offices. It’s heavy lifting time—figuratively and literally! Here are some highlights:

Flipped Learning—Experiment Free in the Online Learning Center

Beating the Stigma of Aging

Ageism is pervasive in our culture. Yet with the number of Americans age 65 and over expected to almost double to 83.7 million (20% of the population) by 2050, it may time to face aging differently.

Hebrew Apps Encourage Summer Practice

As students begin to transition from school to summer, you can help them maintain their Hebrew skills with these games and apps.  Review Hebrew letters with Augmented Reality Kids will watch the pages of Let's Discover the Alef Bet come to life with help from the camera on their mobile device or tablet to activate digital elements in the popular folders Bet, Dalet, Yud, and Tav. 

All things Shavuot: Recipes, Crafts, and More!

Are you planning on celebrating the giving of the Torah with sweet treats and activities? Let us help you with these resources.  Choose your Cheesecake Dessert.

Age Wisely with Golem Express

As we end this school year and begin to think about planning for the next, once choice is clear - signing up for Golem Express! The Golem Plan has long been the best way to review innovative materials for Jewish education as soon as they are published. With the new Golem Express now available, it's easier and more predictable than ever before to see new ideas for jewish education.

We're Getting Ready for URJ Press

Things are humming at Behrman House this week as we finalize our preparations for taking in over 400 URJ Press titles and get ready for the school ordering season.

Reinforce Hebrew in 5 Minutes a Day

Hebrew reading is a skill, and brain-based research tells us that skills develop best when they are practiced in many short sessions rather than one long one. How does that work in the Jewish congregational school setting? Educator Dina Maiben, author of Alef Bet Quest and Ready, Set  . . .Go Alef Bet and some of our educator colleagues have some ideas.

Introducing Apples & Honey Press

Behrman House and Jerusalem-based Gefen Publishing have come together to introduce the new Apples & Honey Press! Apples & Honey Press creates memorable stories for children that illuminate the values of family, community, having fun, and being the best we can be. 

Teach Israel

 Experience Modern Israel

New from Behrman House. Fly to Israel without a plane ticket.

Discover Israel

 Let's Discover Israel

Offer younger children an exciting and age-appropriate introduction to the Jewish homeland