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Coming Soon: Shalom Uvrachah Goes Digital

Soon, Hebrew learning will be available across all of your devices! With the upcoming Shalom Hebew OLC app, your students will be able to journey through the pages of Shalom Uvrachah - our bestselling Hebrew primer - where vowels talk, letters dance, and students can swipe words across their screens. 

URJ Update: CHAI Resources for Families are Now Available

Behrman House is pleased to announce the additional of CHAI Parent Education, CHAI Parents: Early Childhood Parent Education, and the CHAI Shabbat Family Workbook to our list of cleared and available titles. 

Help Reboot Jewish Education!

We're seeking ideas for a NEW digital experience that can help reboot Jewish education! Have you been tinkering with an idea for an app or other digital learning experience for Jewish education? Would you like to get ongoing mentoring about your idea, and take it to a month-long workshop in Israel to bring it to life with help from professional coders, designers and ed tech developers?

Hot Topics: The Presidential Job Interview

What qualities do you think voters should look for in a presidential candidate? As the country prepares for the 2016 presidential elections, the Pew Research Center surveyed Americans to find out how the general public views presidential traits.  

It's A Global Testing Day for Behrman House

We regularly host usability testing sessions to get an outside perspective on how our website and digital materials work. Today we took it global! We spent the day testing two of our upcoming products, Hebrew in Harmony, which helps students learn Hebrew using music, and Shalom Uvrachah Digital the new cross device primer for the Online Learning Center.  Unlike our previous usability testings, which were completed in our New Jersey location, this test included participation all the way from Israel.

URJ Update: We've Cleared Even MORE Titles

Last week we announced the addition of a modified version of Chai Level 7, the OLC edition of Mitkadem Digital, and A Taste of Hebrew and we are happy to announce another seven URJ Press titles to our cleared and available list. 

Supplemental Materials for Chai Level 7 Workbooks Now Available

While we are in the process of revising the Torah, Avodah, and G'milut Chasadim workbooks for Chai Level 7, we have a set of downloadable annotations and instructions for using the Level 7 curriculum core without the workbooks available now! Chai Level 7 Torah, Avodah, and G'milut Chasadim supplemental instructions can be downloaded for free here. 

We're Reintroducing Mitkadem Digital - Now in the OLC!

With a few modifications from its original URJ version, the new Online Learning Center edition of Mitkadem Digital puts YOU in control.  One 12-month license will give a student access to the digital features of Ramot 3-23, and will be renewable yearly, so students will always be able to go back and review work done in previous years. 

URJ Update: Welcoming CHAI Level 7 Curriculum Core, Mitkadem Digital, and A Taste of Hebrew

Behrman House is happy to announce the addition of Mitkadem Digital, Chai Level 7 Curriculum Core, and A Taste of Hebrew to our list of cleared and available titles. 

Join Mama Doni and Eric Lindberg on Tour!

The beloved Mama Doni and Eric Lindberg are about to hit the road for their 2015 tour with their two bands, Mama Doni (kids) and Nefesh Mountain (adults), and we have the tour dates here for you to join them! Mama Doni & Eric Lindberg's Tour Schedule: 10/4/15 9:00AM-12:00PM  Hebrew Wizards, Greenwich CT Mama Doni & Eric perform with the Hebrew Wizards School

The Minecraft Sukkah Server is Back!

Last year we introduced a Sukkah Server for the popular game Minecraft - and did we get some creative results! When Minecraft broke into the educational world three years ago, teachers quickly enjoyed the creativity and problem-solving that students learned from such a simple game.  We enjoyed it too and want you to join us on the new Sukkah Server. Minecraft is a limitless game made from breaking and building blocks. Players can adventure on their own or play with friends on multiplayer servers.

Travel (Virtually) to Israel for the High Holidays with ISRAEL21c: Sukkot

Sukkot has begun and ISRAEL21c has everything you need to help students join the harvest festival activities going on in Israel right now! This year, on October 1st, the annual Jerusalem March will take place.  Thousands of marchers parading through Jerusalem, Sukkot 2014. Photo by Miriam Alster You can encourage students to make their own flags and banners and host your own Sukkot parade!

Travel (Virtually) to Israel for the High Holidays with ISRAEL21c: Yom Kippur

How can we help students connect to the holiest day of the Jewish year? While some students may not be ready to fast this Yom Kippur, ISRAEL21c has collected photos to help all students observe a different side of the holiday in Israel.  Yom Kippur in Israel has been said to be different than everywhere else in the world. Businesses, schools, and much of the country closes down on the Day of Atonement. 

Travel (Virtually) to Israel for the High Holidays with ISRAEL21c: Rosh Hashanah

Looking for a unique way to celebrate the High Holidays with your students? ISRAEL21c has created a list of the best things to do in Israel this holiday season! Although these activities are suggested IN Israel, various resources are available to share with students to help celebrate Israeli style.  Rosh Hashanah, September 14-15, 2015

Author Tina Wasserman has Classroom Tips for a Sweet and Yummy New Year!

By Tina Wasserman, author of Entree to Judaism and Entree to Judaism for Families Rosh Hashanah is arriving shortly after many schools have only been in session a week or two.  This presents a problem for teachers who want to delve into the traditions surrounding the holidays. 

Reinforce Hebrew Learning with Free Apps

How can we help students ease back into learning mode in a fun and informative way? Whether giving extra assistance to young learners practicing the alef bet, practice decoding, or want reinforcement through play, Behrman House has the apps you need.  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. 

Apples & Honey Authors Karen Rostoker-Gruber and Rabbi Ron Isaacs Want to Visit Your School!

Award-winning children's book authors and Apples & Honey Press' Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match authors, Karen Rostoker-Gruber and Rabbi Ron Isaacs want to visit YOUR JCC or School. In their interactive program, children will listen to Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match, sing Hanukkah songs, play Hanukkah games, and personally get their book signed at the end of the program. Watch out for Karen's friend Maria the puppet - she may call on children to come up and be part of the show!

The Back-to-School Reading Workout Your Students Need

It's been a long summer! If your students completed a Hebrew primer last year, you can help them hone their decoding skills this fall with practice games and exercises from Back to School Hebrew Reading Refresher.

Camp Connection: Help Students Reflect on Summer Camp Experiences through Play

How can a deck of cards help returning students reflect on their camp experiences from a Jewish values point of view? Jewish Values Challenge Cards help kids process some of their feelings about camp, camp expreiences, and camp friendships using 58 Jewish values in a playful environment using card-based games created by Robyn Faintich. 

URJ Update: How We Can Help Supplement Chai 7 in Your Learning Environment

Last week we happily announced the addition of Chai levels 1 and 2 to our list of available titles. Although we are still awaiting the proper documentation to publish Chai level 7, we have a variety of other materials that can help as a substitute as we actively pursue the rights to bring Chai level 7 to your learning environment. 

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