Behrman House: New Titles at Behrman House

New Titles at Behrman House

Jewish History—The Big Picture
Adapted from the two-volume award-winning work, The History of the Jewish People by Professors Jonathan Sarna and Jonathan Krasner, this single volume treats readers to a fast-paced account of Jewish history that is grounded in scholarship and rich in detail.

Teach Me Torah
Sixteen four-page folders (two sets of eight) introduce students to classic Bible stories—such as the story of Creation, the Exodus, and the Book of Esther—and the Jewish values we can draw from them.

Look at Me: I Can Celebrate Hanukkah
Look at Me: I Can Celebrate Hanukkah introduces children to the key vocabulary of Hanukkah, including: menorah, latkes, blessings, and dreidel. Comes with stickers!

Look at Me: I Can Celebrate Shabbat
Look at Me: I Can Celebrate Shabbat introduces the key vocabulary of Shabbat, including: creation, day of rest, blessings, Kiddush, hallah, and havdalah. Comes with stickers!

The Teacher Training Manual
This 64-page workbook will help principals and supervisors train teachers, building their skills and their confidence in the classroom.

Explorer’s Bible 3D Adventure
Students enter a 3D virtual world and use the biblical text from The Explorer’s Bible 1 to help characters such as Joseph and Rebecca gain powers, navigate mazes, and master multiple challenges in this patent-pending video game.

Three Times Chai: 54 Rabbis Tell Their Favorite Stories
Fifty-four rabbis, from all branches of Judaism, tell their favorite stories—classic Bible stories, rabbinic and modern commentaries, folktales, and legends.

Manga Midrash—Compassion: Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well
Using manga, the popular, cutting-edge comic book format from Japan, Compassion presents Genesis 24:10–27, the story of the search for a wife for our patriarch Isaac and how Rebecca proved herself to be a suitable mate, matriarch, and leader of the Jewish people.

Manga Midrash—Courage: Moses, the Israelites, and the Golden Calf
Courage presents Exodus 32:1–14, the story of the Golden Calf and the Jewish value of courage.

The Explorer's Bible 2: From Sinai to the Nation of Israel
The second of a two-volume series, this book presents sacred stories from the Torah, Prophets, and Writings.

The History of the Jewish People 2: The Birth of Zionism to Our Time
This dynamic text presents Jewish history from the turmoil and strife of Russia in the 1880’s to the great migration to the United States, the creation of the modern State of Israel, modern American Jewish life, and life in the Diaspora.

Let's Talk! Live
The characters from Let's Talk! Modern Hebrew for Teens come to life in the 15 recorded dialogs on this companion audio CD.

Look at Me: I Can Learn and Do in the Synagogue
The Look at Me magazines introduce core Jewish concepts and values as they teach essential pre-K developmental skills. Introduces the key vocabulary of the synagogue. Comes with stickers!

Look at Me: I Can Do a Mitzvah
The Look at Me magazines introduce core Jewish concepts and values as they teach essential pre-K developmental skills. Introduces key Jewish values. Comes with stickers!

Look at Me Pocket Folder
An easy and attractive way to organize and store Look at Me magazines and carry notices home to parents.

Self-Guided Hineni
The Self-Guided Hineni manual enables students to use the Hineni Prayer Booklets as part of a program of self-guided instruction. Students can study prayer independently, correcting their own work and progressing at their own pace.

Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom
Offers today's mentors and community leaders practical and sage advice, such as how to balance personal and professional obligations and how to counsel those in need of spiritual guidance.

Teaching Jewish History
The tenth title in the highly regarded A.R.E. "Teaching" series. Teaching Jewish History is a 240-page resource for teachers of Jewish history, tackling each of the key historical periods of Jewish history—Biblical, Rabbinic, Medieval, Early Modern, Enlightenment, and Modern, as well as the North American Jewish experience.

The Madrichim Manual
A 64-page workbook to help principals and supervisors train teenagers to become effective madrichim—to lead by example, to help the teacher manage the classroom, and to treat each child in the class with respect and compassion.

Let’s Talk! Modern Hebrew For Teens
This light, engaging modern Hebrew language text is written specifically for 6^th-7^th graders who have completed a prayer program and are ready for a change of pace. In just 96 pages, four trendy kids party in Tel Aviv, shop in a shuk, ride a camel, swim in the Dead Sea, and celebrate a bat mitzvah in Jerusalem—all in Hebrew!