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New Titles at Behrman House

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Let's Discover Israel
Eight full color, four-page folders to introduce students in grades K-2 to Israel. They will learn about "Our Homeland," "Modern Israel," "Jerusalem," Tel Aviv," "Northern Israel," Southern Israel," "Israel Kids," and "Israeli Food."

The Jewish Holiday Treasure Trail
Join Daniel and his Israeli cousin, Rivkah, as they learn about the Jewish holidays from Elijah the prophet. The rich array of full-color photos, playful illustrations, and classic Jewish legends and stories is sure to delight young explorers. Colorful stickers and a Certificate of Achievement create motivation and a sense of accomplishment. Readers are invited to explore www.Elijahrocks.net, where they can share holiday games, activities, and blessings with their entire families.

Jewish and Me: Holidays
Preschoolers will learn about the holidays from these 16 four-page folders (two sets of eight). Major concpets of the holidays are introduced through plenty of photographs, illustrations and fun activities. Each set concludes with a set of holiday picture cards.

Kol Yisrael 1: the Prayers of Our People
The first fully integrated multi-media Hebrew series. Students go back and forth from textbook to online games and exercises, learning the blessings and prayers that help them comfortably participate in Jewish rituals in the home.

Alef Bet Quest
Students go on a virtual trip through Israel as they learn to decode Hebrew from Jewish cultural vocabulary and everyday Hebrew words. Combines the best of today's technology with the most up-to-date techniques for reading skills acquisition.

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.

The Jewish History Observer 3 and 4
Guide your students through Jewish history with the next two volumes in the Jewish History Observer series. Examine the triumph and turmoil of the Middle Ages (volume 3) and the Enlightenment period (volume 4) with these two full-color, 16-page booklets.

Manga Midrash—The Value of Life: Pharaoh’s Daughter and Miriam Save Moses
The second 16-page, full-color booklet in the Manga Midrash series. Using manga, the popular, cutting-edge comic book format from Japan, The Value of Life presents the biblical story of Pharaoh’s daughter and Miriam, a related rabbinic midrash and the Jewish value of preserving life.

History of the Jewish People 1
Developed and written by two leading historians, Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna and Prof. Jonathan B. Krasner, this landmark text is a rich presentation of Jewish history from our earliest ancestors in the Land of Israel to our dispersion in the Diaspora through the Jewish experience in America in the 1880’s.

Open It Up! Integrating the Arts into Jewish Education
Sixty-four dynamic activities in four arts disciplines—music, drama, creative writing, and visual arts—weave the arts directly into the Jewish school curriculum and "open up" the big ideas of Jewish education.

Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults
In 136 clear, concise pages, Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults prepares adult learners for full participation in Shabbat morning services.

Shuffle It in Hebrew Playing Cards
Students can play their favorite card games and learn Hebrew with Shuffle It in Hebrew playing cards.

Hineni 3 Interactive CD
Based on Hineni 3—and following the same structure and organization—Hineni 3 Interactive allows students to read and hear prayers, complete dozens of interactive activities, and play Hebrew educational video games.

Teach Them Diligently
This teacher resource explores the intriguing parallels between the Jewish holidays and the educator’s year, helping educators understand how the school year can be framed and shaped by the Jewish holidays. The perfect teacher gift.

Challenge And Change 3
The concluding book in the three-volume Challenge and Change series grapples with issues that confront the American Jewish community today, including Jews in politics, the spirituality movement, and the changing role of women in Jewish religious life.

Hineni 2 Interactive CD
Now that your students know the Gimmelsteins, they are called upon to save their virtual friends from Professor Gimmelstein’s yetzer hara (evil impulse). To foil an intergalactic kidnapping, students will need to gather power by learning the Shabbat morning Amidah and selected prayers for Friday night.

Hineni Assessment
A six-page foldout sheet for each book in the Hineni series reviews key words and concepts at the end of the school year.

Shalom Ivrit 3
Shalom Ivrit 3, the final book in the Shalom Ivrit series, brings to life stories of spirited young teens at home, at camp, with friends, and in Israel.

Shalom Ivrit 3 Prayer Companion
Students learn prayers from the Shabbat morning Torah service and concluding prayers including Aleinu, Kaddish, and Ein Keloheinu.

Ulpan Alef Posters
Bring modern Hebrew to life in your classrooms and hallways with these eight delightfully illustrated, full-color posters—one for each folder in the Ulpan Alef series

Shalom Uvrachah Primer Express
Designed especially for schools with limited time for Hebrew instruction, Shalom Uvrachah Primer Express will quickly and effectively teach your students to match Hebrew symbols and sounds, blend consonants with vowels, build syllables, and decode complete words. Playful characters, engaging activities, and amusing photographs teach modern Hebrew words for sight-reading and whole word recognition.

Count Me In
Invite your students to explore Jewish values by focusing on their everyday relationships and decision-making. How can the precepts of Judaism help them decide, for example, when to help a friend and when to care for themselves, what to do if they feel jealous of a sibling or classmate, and how to make sound judgments in difficult situations?

Floating Takes Faith
This collection of short essays by Rabbi David Wolpe explores how Jewish values and Jewish practice enhance an individual's private and public life. Drawn from a variety of religious and historical sources, the essays address topics such as assimilation, Zionism, and Jewish concepts of life and death.

A Kid's Mensch Handbook
This how-to guide for becoming a mensch presents a fresh, irresistible look at mitzvot, middot, and core Jewish values to today's busy, high-tech fourth and fifth graders. Makes Jewish values tangible, understandable, and applicable to students' everyday lives.

Hineni Prayer Booklets
Hineni Prayer Booklets present the twenty key chapters from the best-selling Hineni prayer series in individual 8- or 12-page booklets. Ideal for the school that wants to teach the prayers in a different order from the textbooks.

The New Reading Hebrew
This classic Hebrew primer is now revised and in full color. Learners of all ages can teach themselves to read Hebrew in 16 self-guided, self-correcting lessons.