Educators

Children's Literature in Class: Why It's Important

Books do more than entertain children in between lessons; good books help children consider complexities in life and how they can compare it to their own. In a recent article from the Center for the Collaborative Classroom, the importance of books in the classroom is clear.  The Center for the Collaborative Classroom has a series of considerations for the titles they choose for classroom settings:

Reflect on the School Year Through Jewish Values

How can we help students reflect on previous lessons from the school year and continually work to incorporate them in their everyday lives? Jewish Values Challenge playing cards helps your students talk about what they have learned and apply Jewish values to help them incorporate the lessons and values into their everyday lives. 

How Can We Better Meet Your Virtual Classroom Needs?

Behrman House has previously hosted three different usability tests to see our website and digital materials at work from an outside view from various users like you. In June we will be conducting our fourth test and we need YOUR help! Thanks to our series of testers we have been able to sort out problem areas, get great feedback, and even test out some new products. 

Dear Educators, Thank You!

As the school year comes to an end, we want to make sure our educator colleagues who work ceaselessly for rich, engaging, inclusive, innovative Jewish education throughout our community, know how grateful we are.  Do you know an educator who is making a difference in Jewish education? Make your appreciation known AND get broader recognition for a colleague through JEDThanks.

Experiment with Flipped Learning in the OLC

Been hearing a lot about blended and flipped learning recently? Confused about the difference? Join us for a short (less than 30 minutes) webinar on Thursday, May 21, at 1:00 pm Eastern , in which Terry Kaye and Vicki Weber will show you easy ways to experiment with flipped learning using the Online Learning Center—for free.

The New 2015-2016 Catalog is Here!

The new 2015-2016 catalog is available online here to allow you to see our newest releases and get a head start on planning for next year.  From our six new childrens titles, to our new materials and curriculums from the alliance with URJ Press, to your favorite classic childrens stories in Hebrew, we have everything you need to plan for any lesson, event, or just for fun activity available. 

Teachers Closely Involved in Curriculum Decisions

This month Terry Kaye, Shirly Benatar, Education Director, and twenty of her teachers at Congregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus, OH met by webinar to review Behrman House Hebrew materials. The Tifereth Israel teachers had a variety of texts in front of them: Hineni, Hineni Prayer Booklets, Kol Yisrael and a couple of primers.

Exploring the Career of Jacob Behrman and the Growth of Behrman House Publishing

When the opportunity arose for a Jonathan Krasner article to feature Jacob Behrman and the history of Behrman House Publishing, we were highly honored. We are also proud to announce that starting April 29th until June 29th you will be able to read the featured article for free. 

Save on End of the Year Certificates

Yes it feels early, but the end of the school year will be here before we know it. Save 50% on certificates to thank volunteers, acknowledge teachers, and help your students celebrate their accomplishments.

Earth Day is Coming: Why Should Your Students Care?

How do our choices today affect the people of tomorrow? This Earth Day you can help your students understand that we don't just live for ourselves, but as the Torah mentions, we are expected to care about those who will come after us with this free lesson from Our Place in the Universe. 

New OLC Feature Grants Directors More Control

We've all experienced the forgotten password dilemma. Thanks to a new feature in the Online Learning Center, educators now have the power to reset passwords! Now when Educational Directors select the view all option in the members tab a new 'Reset Password' option is available. 

Behrman House, URJ Create a Path to the Future for URJ Press Educational Materials

Our recently announced partnership with the URJ ensures that URJ Press materials will continue to be available to educators throughout North America. It will leverage Behrman House’s core educational mission and skills so that we can preserve, extend, and improve these materials to meet the needs of a changing educational community, and take advantage of Behrman House’s reach into virtually all North American Jewish schools.

BH - URJ Press Transition

Behrman House, URJ Create a Path to the Future for URJ Press Educational Materials Our recently announced partnership with the URJ ensures that many URJ Press materials will remain available to educators throughout North America. It will leverage Behrman House’s core educational mission and skills so that we can preserve, extend, and improve these materials to meet the needs of a changing educational community, and take advantage of Behrman House’s reach into virtually all North American Jewish schools.

Available Now! Israel Matters Revised Edition

Israel Matters was among the popular titles for teens and adults to dig deep in Israel's culture and history. To help students stay up-to-date with Israeli life, we have introduced the new revised edition.

Values in Action: Help Students Reflect on Courage Using this Free Lesson from Jewish Values in Genesis

How do stories of Jews from the Bible and Jewish history encourage critical thinking skills in our students? Each time we tell stories from the Torah we learn something about ourselves. You can get students thinking about courage in their own lives by having them consider courageous people from the Bible and Jewish history. This free lesson from the new students journal, Jewish Values in Genesis will help.

Help Students Bring Jewish Values to the Passover Table

In today's world, it's not always easy or safe to invite someone in need to our family seder. What other ways can we help a needy stranger this Passover? You can help your students understand what it feels like to be in a needy person's shoes and create a project that connects to their Passover seder with help from the student journal Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values. 

Last Minute Passover Resources

Matzoh recipes, seder decor, and unique ways to tell the Passover story - how will you choose from the plethora of Pinterest Passover resources? Let our organized Passover Pinterest page help you. On our Pinterest page you will find resources like: New ways to sing 'Dayenu' Inspiring inclusive Model Seder stories

Hebrew School is for Working Parents Too

After receiving news that her Jewish Day school would be leaving her children with 17 days off during the summer, blogger and mother, Tamar Snyder, found herself scrambling with a way to make Jewish day school work with her family. Like many working parents, 17 days off is out of the question and finding quality child care can be hard to find and expensive.  This not only creates stress for parents, but presents Jewish day schools as indifferent to working parents needs. 

Your Guide to the Perfect Passover

The first Passover Seder is April 3rd! We have all of the resources you need to make it through-before, during, and after.

Our Passover Guilty Pleasure: Frog Catching App

Catch as many frogs as you can as fast as you can. If you think Pharaoh went crazy from all the plagues, just wait until you try catching all these frogs! With this free, just-for-fun app you can play individually or see how you compare to other frog catchers. 

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Discover Israel

 Let's Discover Israel

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