Teachers & Educators

Combining Study in the Synagogue with Diverse Community Experiences

By Teri Rube Hochberg I’m a big advocate of flipped learning. Since my visit to the ISTE conference three years ago, where I studied with experts in flipping, we’ve been using the model at Park Synagogue. It’s perfect for the Jewish supplementary school.

Flipped Learning Webinar Recording and Lesson Plan

Flipped Learning—Experiment Free in the Online Learning Center

Hebrew Apps Encourage Summer Practice

As students begin to transition from school to summer, you can help them maintain their Hebrew skills with these games and apps.  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. 

All things Shavuot: Recipes, Crafts, and More!

Are you planning on celebrating the giving of the Torah with sweet treats and activities? Let us help you with these resources.  Choose your Cheesecake Dessert.

Age Wisely with Golem Express

As we end this school year and begin to think about planning for the next, once choice is clear - signing up for Golem Express! 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, it's easier and more predictable than ever before to see new ideas for jewish education.

Reinforce Hebrew in 5 Minutes a Day

Hebrew reading is a skill, and brain-based research tells us that skills develop best when they are practiced in many short sessions rather than one long one. How does that work in the Jewish congregational school setting? Educator Dina Maiben, author of Alef Bet Quest and Ready, Set  . . .Go Alef Bet and some of our educator colleagues have some ideas.

Introducing Apples & Honey Press

Behrman House and Jerusalem-based Gefen Publishing have come together to introduce the new Apples & Honey Press! Apples & Honey Press creates memorable stories for children that illuminate the values of family, community, having fun, and being the best we can be. 

Children's Literature in Class: Why It's Important

Books do more than entertain children in between lessons; good books help children consider complexities in life and how they can compare it to their own. In a recent article from the Center for the Collaborative Classroom, the importance of books in the classroom is clear.  The Center for the Collaborative Classroom has a series of considerations for the titles they choose for classroom settings:

Reflect on the School Year Through Jewish Values

How can we help students reflect on previous lessons from the school year and continually work to incorporate them in their everyday lives? Jewish Values Challenge playing cards helps your students talk about what they have learned and apply Jewish values to help them incorporate the lessons and values into their everyday lives. 

How Can We Better Meet Your Virtual Classroom Needs?

Behrman House has previously hosted three different usability tests to see our website and digital materials at work from an outside view from various users like you. In June we will be conducting our fourth test and we need YOUR help! Thanks to our series of testers we have been able to sort out problem areas, get great feedback, and even test out some new products. 

Dear Educators, Thank You!

As the school year comes to an end, we want to make sure our educator colleagues who work ceaselessly for rich, engaging, inclusive, innovative Jewish education throughout our community, know how grateful we are.  Do you know an educator who is making a difference in Jewish education? Make your appreciation known AND get broader recognition for a colleague through JEDThanks.

Experiment with Flipped Learning in the OLC

Been hearing a lot about blended and flipped learning recently? Confused about the difference? Join us for a short (less than 30 minutes) webinar on Thursday, May 21, at 1:00 pm Eastern , in which Terry Kaye and Vicki Weber will show you easy ways to experiment with flipped learning using the Online Learning Center—for free.

The New 2015-2016 Catalog is Here!

The new 2015-2016 catalog is available online here to allow you to see our newest releases and get a head start on planning for next year.  From our six new childrens titles, to our new materials and curriculums from the alliance with URJ Press, to your favorite classic childrens stories in Hebrew, we have everything you need to plan for any lesson, event, or just for fun activity available. 

Teachers Closely Involved in Curriculum Decisions

This month Terry Kaye, Shirly Benatar, Education Director, and twenty of her teachers at Congregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus, OH met by webinar to review Behrman House Hebrew materials. The Tifereth Israel teachers had a variety of texts in front of them: Hineni, Hineni Prayer Booklets, Kol Yisrael and a couple of primers.

Exploring the Career of Jacob Behrman and the Growth of Behrman House Publishing

When the opportunity arose for a Jonathan Krasner article to feature Jacob Behrman and the history of Behrman House Publishing, we were highly honored. We are also proud to announce that starting April 29th until June 29th you will be able to read the featured article for free. 

Save on End of the Year Certificates

Yes it feels early, but the end of the school year will be here before we know it. Save 50% on certificates to thank volunteers, acknowledge teachers, and help your students celebrate their accomplishments.

Earth Day is Coming: Why Should Your Students Care?

How do our choices today affect the people of tomorrow? This Earth Day you can help your students understand that we don't just live for ourselves, but as the Torah mentions, we are expected to care about those who will come after us with this free lesson from Our Place in the Universe. 

New OLC Feature Grants Directors More Control

We've all experienced the forgotten password dilemma. Thanks to a new feature in the Online Learning Center, educators now have the power to reset passwords! Now when Educational Directors select the view all option in the members tab a new 'Reset Password' option is available. 

Behrman House, URJ Create a Path to the Future for URJ Press Educational Materials

Our recently announced partnership with the URJ ensures that URJ Press materials will continue to be available to educators throughout North America. It will leverage Behrman House’s core educational mission and skills so that we can preserve, extend, and improve these materials to meet the needs of a changing educational community, and take advantage of Behrman House’s reach into virtually all North American Jewish schools.

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 Let's Discover Israel

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