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Some Basics About Your Account and Changes to Ordering

If you have previously placed orders online using your school or synagogue’s account, you will notice some changes on the new Behrman House website. Here's what you need to know. Your organization will now have more control over who is authorized to order on its account. And when you place an order for digital products, you will now easily find them in your school’s Online Learning Center (OLC), no matter which authorized user of your account places the order.

Our New Website is Coming Soon

Big changes are coming to our website. Here's what to expect. What's New Access to your account. You'll be able to review your account and ordering history right online.

What's New for the Online Learning Center

Enter the Online Learning Center now with one simple click. Share this new link with your students: www.behrmanhouse.com/enterOLC No more going to the Behrman House shop to enter the OLC. No more entering a class page from which to launch software.

No Wifi? No Problem. How to Use Hebrew in Harmony Digital, Whatever Your Tech Situation

You don't need to be musical or tech savvy to teach Hebrew in Harmony, our new multimedia prayer curriculum. In fact, we know not every school has wifi or devices for each student. That's why we have options so you and your students can use the digital piece, whatever your tech situation.

Behrman House Hosts Tech Learning for Educators

Twenty New Jersey educators spent a morning at Behrman House this week for our Ed Tech Solutions Gathering. Educators learned about tech trends and fun tools to engage students, played with some learning apps, and brainstormed solutions for their digital learning needs. Behrman House experts led three sessions:

Special for Education Directors: Sticky Tech Situations and How to Solve Them

We hosted a Ed Tech Solutions gathering at Behrman House headquarters this week, giving local educators the opportunity to learn about tech trends and tools to engage students, play with some learning apps, and get help for their digital learning needs.

Ensure Easy Access to Hebrew in Harmony Digital

The richness and depth of Hebrew in Harmony is magnified by its digital component. Each prayer in the curriculum comes with its own videos, downloadable music, online Hebrew reading and recording for students, teacher assessment, games, and much more. Here are commonly asked questions about getting started with Hebrew in Harmony Digital so you can ensure students have easy access, right from the get-go.

Motivation and Reinforcement Strategies to Get the Most from the Online Learning Center

With students back and classes getting underway, now is the right time to set your expectations for student participation in the Online Learning Center, however you choose to use it. Reinforcing those expectations often are key to a successful, engaged year. Set Expectations For Hebrew especially, ongoing regular practice is a large part of a successful Hebrew learning experience. When you set clear expectations early on in the school year, you give students and parents guidelines and an idea of how the curriculum will work.

Five Steps to Using the Online Learning Center with Confidence

Whether you’re new to the Online Learning Center or a seasoned user, sitting down to set up your virtual synagogue for the new school year doesn’t have to be intimidating. We’ve gathered some helpful tips and tricks so you can master the Online Learning Center and guide your students with success.

How to Get Help with the Online Learning Center

At Behrman House, we understand that everyone comes from a different background, with different levels of familiarity with technology. We understand that new things can take time to learn and that it’s often helpful to have someone’s advice. That’s why we offer several options if you need tech help to get your learners off to a good start. Online Tutorials

Materials Roundup: Judaica and Hebrew

Interested in a specific curriculum or set of materials? Want to learn more about them? Use this handy guide to read product descriptions and see sample pages. You can also scroll below to see how to contact us for further assistance.

7 Tips to Ensure Quick, Accurate Orders

As you plan for the upcoming school year, we suggest a few simples steps to ensure easy, accurate ordering. 1) Know your customer ID

Online Learning Center Wow

Imagine it's August: A family calls a school asking for help. Their son has no prior Hebrew education and yet is determined to have a bar mitzvah - in just a few months. That's the call Rabbi Rena Rifkin, director of the religious school at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, received last summer. The boy wouldn't be starting school until September, and Rifkin knew there was a time crunch, so she offered the family another option to jumpstart his learning - the Online Learning Center.

Getting Started in Hebrew in Harmony

Seven new prayers will be available January 16 as part of the groundbreaking Hebrew in Harmony prayer series. This multimedia prayer curriculum engages 4th-6th graders in joyful learning through arts, movement, mindfulness, and more – all rooted in music.

New Prayer Modules in Hebrew in Harmony Coming Soon!

Coming mid-January: seven new modules in the Hebrew in Harmony series. This next phase of the groundbreaking music-based program for 4th-6th graders includes seven new prayers and dozens of inspirational activities to help students engage with the words and meaning of prayer. The new prayers are: *Avot V’imahot*Birchot Shalom*G’vurot*L’chah Dodi*K’dushah*Mi Chamocha*V’ahavta What materials will be available? Beginning January 15, you’ll have access to:

When Are Your Favorite Musicians Coming to Your Neighborhood?

We've added a new feature to our web page where you can follow your favorite Jewish musicians and see when they're performing near you. More than 40 of the top names in today's Jewish music scene are featured artists in Hebrew in Harmony — our new Hebrew through music series — and they will regularly be adding their events and concerts to our new musician calendar so you can keep tabs on when they're coming to your town.

Third Hebrew in Harmony Cohort Begins November 15

By popular demand, we have opened up a third cohort of teacher training for Hebrew in Harmony, the groundbreaking new music-based curriculum for 4th-6th graders that offers an engaging and musical Hebrew experience for your students.

New Help to Keep Parents Informed

Back to school just got a little bit easier. We've created customizable sample letters that you can share with parents to keep them informed about the Online Learning Center, and the exciting new digital materials for Hebrew in Harmony and Shalom Hebrew their children may be using this school year.

Second Hebrew in Harmony Cohort Begins Sept. 1

It's not too late to join the second cohort of teachers training to use Hebrew in Harmony, the groundbreaking new music-based curriculum for 4th-6th graders to ensure an engaging and musical Hebrew experience for your students.