Educators

Coming Soon: Student Journals to Explore Jewish Values through Holidays, or Judaism and the Environment

New format uses journaling techniques to let students investigate how Jewish teachings can guide everyday decisions. This spring Behrman House will introduce two student journals, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values  and Our Place in the Universe, together with matching lesson plan manuals, that will help students construct their learning in new ways. 

Golem Express: The Easy Choice.

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, many are finding the switch to Golem Express to be a no brainer. “This was the easiest decision I ever made!  To pay one flat fee and be assured that I am receiving all the new materials that you produce makes my life easier.” Cathy Swerdlow, Congregational Life Coordinator of Temple Israel said.

Magnificence and Wonder from Rabbi David Wolpe

Make Your Class a Test Site for jLearningLabs and Help Change Jewish Education

Are you an intrepid educator, comfortable experimenting with new materials and ideas? An ‘early adopter’ who is always looking for new tools to try? Are you looking for different approaches to student learning about history, Jewish practice, Hebrew, or Bible?

Exodus Narrative in a Motion Comic Strip Gives Torah Study Added Zip

Motion-comics combine illustration with sound effects and movement. We've used them to try a new way to show students a connection between biblical values and their lives, The Amazing Torah Tablet. And best of all, it's FREE.  This comic series follows the exploits of Micah and Mollie, a brother and sister who face the daily dilemmas of middle school with the help of a magical Torah Tablet. When the siblings least expect it, the tablet comes alive, illuminating the wisdom of our sacred literature.

New Kol Yisrael Funbook Offers More Options for Hebrew Practice

The new Kol Yisrael Funbook is now available! Recommended for grades 4-6. This new workbook, by Dina Maiben, provides supplemental activities in a lively 80-page format that help students build fluency in reading and develop their understanding of the meaning of 26 prayers and blessings. Matched to specific lessons in the Kol Yisrael series, these exercises can also be used in conjunction with prayer materials from other series, or with your own materials.

14 New Israel Lesson Plans Just Released in the ISRAEL21c Teacher's Edition

You want new ways to connect your students with Israel today. We have 14 new lesson plans that will help.

Students Earn Badges by Applying Biblical Values to Daily Life

Try the Explorer's Bible Animated Series, Free If you are already using volume one of The Explorer's Bible to guide students in the values we find in text study, we invite you to try the animated lessons that go along with it to help students apply these values to daily life.

Ed Tech Cheat Sheet for Teachers--Infographic

Changes at Babaganewz

Please join us in wishing a fond farewell to Aviva Werner.   After more than three years at Behrman House and ten years with Babaganewz, Aviva is transitioning into freelance writing and editing. In addition to her Babaganewz responsibilities, Aviva also authored Experience Modern Israel, a

kidSAFE® Certification for the Online Learning Center

We’re delighted to announce that the Behrman House Online Learning Center (OLC) is certified by the kidSAFE® Seal Program. The kidSAFE® Seal Program is an independent certification service and seal program that reviews and certifies the safety practices of children-friendly websites and applications, including kid-targeted game sites, virtual worlds, social networks, PC and mobile apps, web-connected devices, and other similar online and interactive products.

From Our House to Yours

Happy Hanukkah from Behrman House

Author, Illustrator Ann Koffsky Joins Behrman House Editorial Staff

Please join us in welcoming Ann Koffsky, author and illustrator with over 30 books in publication, who has joined Behrman House as Editor.

Coming Soon! New Kol Yisrael Funbook Will Offer Students More Options for Hebrew Practice

A brand new Funbook for Kol Yisrael will be available in January, 2014. We've developed a new resource for those schools using Kol Yisrael. Twenty chapters in one lively 80-page activity book will enrich the learning in Kol Yisrael 1, 2, and 3 and Kol Yisrael Complete. Give out the Funbook when students first start their Kol Yisrael studies and over the course of their three years of prayer study they will:

Dena Neusner Named Executive Editor at Behrman House

We're delighted to announce that Dena Neusner will assume the post of Executive Editor at Behrman House, effective January 1, 2014, to lead our Creative Team and manage our publishing program.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

  As part of our Israel21c trip, we visited the Emek Medical Center in Afula. Why? To learn about “clown therapy.” Clown therapy? What is that? Is this a real hospital?

Top 5 Tips for Integrating Technology for Successful Education Innovation

Technology is a terrific tool for those who seek innovation that helps students and teachers engage together in meaningful learning. Terry Kaye shares five secrets of success for integrating technology into your education program, culled from her work with educators all around North America.

Your Students Can Tour Israel with Behrman House and ISRAEL21c

Behrman House was on the road last week, touring Israel with ISRAEL21c.  We spent time in the Old City, met people who help sick kids by 'clowning around', visited a company that is making robots to help people in all kinds of new ways, and had dinner inTel Aviv restaurant that trains at risk kids for professional jobs in the food service field.

Congregation Beth El in Bethesda Adopts the OLC--An Interview with Rabbi Mark H. Levine

Rabbi Mark H. Levine was Executive Editor at Behrman House for three years before becoming  Education Director at Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, MD this past July. So, when Mark let us know that he has adopted the Online Learning Center in his school, we were intrigued: how does it feel to be an integral part of the creation of the OLC and an OLC user?

Visit Israel with Us!

Don't have time to visit Israel right now? Join us virtually as we team up with ISRAEL21c to see the country today.  We're learning how an Israeli company is helping reduce teen deaths in car accidents, discovering how hospitable Jerusalem is to migrating birds, what Israeli's eat for breakfast, and even where to find wifi connections, as well as great hummus, in the Old City.

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