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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. 

Hot Topics: Cyberbullying

Jokes at another's expense are harmful and hurtful - regardless of a cyberbully's excuses - and are never okay. A 2013 study found that about 2.2 million students were bullied via technology in 2011 and 88% of teens who use social media platforms have witnessed mean behavior online. 

Religious Institute has BIG Plans for the Gateways Haggadah

By: Meredith Hirschberg, Director of Education at Temple Beth Torah, Wellington, FL

What Would YOU Ask Abraham?

Why do we keep telling the story of our people from one generation to the next? Each time we tell stories from the Torah we learn something about ourselves and our relationships. How can we help students understand important Jewish values that continue to guide us today?

Encourage Young Children to Participate in Your Passover Seder, No Matter Which Haggadah You Use

Last year author and illustrator Ann Koffsky tracked down songwriter Shirley Cohen Steinberg, who created the perennial Passover favorite “One Morning, (The Frog Song)," creating a new way for families with young children to participate in their Passover seder. 

Congratulations to Our Friend Dr. Louis Nagel on His Lifetime Achievement Award!

How to Choose the Right Haggadah for Your Seder

Whatever your style for Passover, there is a Behrman House haggadah that will suit your seder.  This highlighted list below can help you find just the right haggadah for you and your seder guests!

Are Your Students Getting the Clarity They Need?

Success is built around clear communication and understanding. How can we make sure we are providing clarity to better our students' Hebrew learning? In a recent article by eJewish Philanthropy, writer Avrum Lapin stresses the importance of clarity in his field of non-profit work.

Hot Topics: The Vaccine Debate

The recent measles outbreak has renewed the debate about whether parents should be required to vaccinate their children.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), measles is the "most deadly of all childhood rash/fever illnesses." While infection is preventable with a common childhood vaccine, increasing numbers of parents are opting out of having their children immunized. 

Available Now in a Bed Bath & 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. 

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. 

We're in the Inclusive Mindset. Now What?

February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month and we have been working hard to help congregations commit to inclusion. Where do we go after the commitment? In a recent article in The Jewish Weekly by Michelle Steinhart, inclusion is put to the test.  "As educators and community leaders, we work hard to create inclusive environments," Steinhart writes, "But it's up to all the other individuals in that environment to set the tone."

We Need YOUR Help to Improve Our Site

We are always at work making our website work better for you.  Behrman House recently hosted two different usability tests to see our website and digital materials at work from an outside view - and did we learn a lot! Thanks to our testers we have been able to sort out problem areas, get great feedback, and even test out some new products. 

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.

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