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Purim Planning Made Easy

Be happy - it's Purim! Take more time to celebrate by following our Purim Pinterest page for quick and easy ideas.  Celebrate in your classroom or at home with games, videos, and featured resources from our website and more. (note: to view resources you must log into your account or create a new account.)

An Educator's Guide to Using The Gateways Haggadah

Recently we introduced the new inclusive Gateways Haggadah: A Seder for the Whole Family to families with children of all abilities. How can we help educators use the Haggadah with their students as well? Our partners at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education have provided us with the new Educators Guide to Using The Gateways Haggadah to help provide educators with tips and complete a seder with their students. 

Hot Topics: What's a French Jew to Do?

The recent terror attack in a Parisian kosher supermarket and the rising anti-Semitism throughout the country raise the question of whether France's Jews belong in Israel. This, in turn, leads to the bigger question: What is a Jew's place in the Diaspora? The newest Hot Topic: What's a French Jew to Do? helps students independently discuss whether French Jews should make aliyah or remain in France and why.

The 5 Apps Your Students Should be Using NOW

Today's students are digital geniuses. Expand their learning beyond Trivia Crack and Candy Crush with these five fun and educational Behrman House Apps. Augmented Reality

New Picture Books are Coming to Behrman House and You Can be the First to Preview Them

They're coming! Six new picture books are on their way to Behrman House for their Fall 2015 debut, but YOU can preview them before everyone else when you sign up for the Golem Express.  This year we are releasing 15 titles including four new picture books; Kayla & Kugel, Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match, Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles, and Avi the Ambulance, King David & Akavish the Spider, and The Littlest Pair. 

Your Favorite Passover Titles are Coming to a Bed Bath and Beyond Near You!

This Passover you can visit your closest Bed Bath & Beyond* to get your copies of Simply Seder, Family Haggadah: A Seder for All Generations, and Frogs in the Bed: My Passover Seder Activity Book. 

Hot Topics: Teen Drinking

The legal drinking age in the United States is 21. However, according to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 24 percent of teens aged 12 to 20 drink. Jews traditionally have a glass of wine on Shabbat and drink four glasses of wine at the Passover seder. What should our attitude be towards alcohol and underage drinking? Help your students consider why some teens drink and write an anti-drinking TV commercial with the newest Hot Topics: Teen Drinking lesson plan.

Celebrate Tu B'Shevat with Mama Doni and Chocolate Bark

The possibilities are endless with this great fill-in-the-blank chocolate bark recipe from A Jewish American Family Cookbook by Mama Doni and Recipe Rachel! This yummy chocolate bark can be made in four easy steps and offers a chance for you to get creative with your own choice of toppings. 

Available Now: Augmented Reality App Brings the Alef Bet to Life

Help Students interact with the printed pages from Let's Discover the Alef Bet using the new Augmented Reality App from Behrman House.

We're Bringing the Alef Bet to Life and You Can be the First to Try it!

Now students can interact with the printed pages from Let's Discover the Alef Bet in an entirely new way, using the new Augmented Reality App from Behrman House. Watch the pages come alive with help from the camera on your mobile device or tablet to activate digital elements in the popular folders that introduce the Hebrew letters. 

Hot Topics: The Deaths of Garner and Brown

The deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown—both black Americans killed by white police officers—have sparked protests around the country, reawakening the debate about whether America’s criminal justice system is racist.  With the latest Hot Topics: The Deaths of Garner and Brown resource, you can help students discuss the need to improve the relationship between police officers and citizens of all races.

Mark Your Calendars! Ann Koffsky is Coming to Yonkers, NY

Author and illustrator Ann Koffsky is coming to Barnes & Noble in Yonkers, New York on February 8th and you can join her! Families can enjoy a personalized experience learning the process of illustration - from the first sketch to the final paint stroke. 

Make It Happen: A Tu B'Shevat Proposal

How can we help students celebrate the beginning of a new year of growth for trees by showing our gratitude for all that the natural world gives us? What can you do to promote bal tashchit in your school?  This activity from the student journal, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values, helps students understand bal tashchit and put it into action!

Looking for Quick Resources for Tu B'Shevat? Our Pinterest Board Has You Covered.

Pinterest is a great place to collect educational resources for almost any need in your classroom, but can sometimes take an excess of time to find just the right thing you're looking for.  This Tu B'Shevat leave the searching up to us and use our 'Our Place in the Universe' board for all of your resource needs. 

How Well are Your Students Decoding? Find Out Now!

You're back in the swing of the second half of school, but are your students? You can help them brush up on their Hebrew skills while tracking their progress in decoding with the Hebrew Reading Assessment by Lesley Litman. 

The Gateways Haggadah: A First of Its Kind

Behrman House proudly collaborated with Gateways: Access to Jewish Education to welcome families with children of all abilities and disabilities to their Passover table with the help of our new haggadah.  In a recent article from The Jewish Advocate by Director of Marketing and Communications at Gateways, Rachel Fadlon provided a little insight behind The Gateways Haggadah: A Seder for the Whole Family.

Hot Topics: Making Football Safer

Professional football is America's most popular sport and the Super Bowl is the most watched television in the country.  With the 49th Super Bowl less than two weeks away, it is a great time to discuss the safety measures and the price of a good tackle with the new Hot Topics: Making Football Safer lesson plan.

It's All Done! Connect Students to Israel with ISRAEL21c Teacher's Edition Summary Packet

Last year Behrman House presented ISRAEL21c Teacher's Edition Summary Packet to assist educators as they find ways to enrich students' exploration of Israel with articles and videos. 

Coming Soon: Augmented Reality App Brings the Alef Bet to Life

Help students interact with the printed pages from Let's Discover the Alef Bet using the new Augmented Reality App from Behrman House. This February students will watch the pages come alive with help from the camera on their mobile or tablet to activate digital elements in the popular folders that introduce the Hebrew letters. 

Balancing Faith and Reason: The Wall Street Journal Examines As a Driven Leaf

As a Driven Leaf has resonated with generations of readers since it was first published in 1939.  Recently, an article in The Wall Street Journal by Joseph Epstein drew new attention to the historic novel that challenges thoughtful people to this day. 

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 Experience Modern Israel

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 Let's Discover Israel

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