An Educator’s Personal Account of Hurricane Katrina
At the end of August, I was ready for religious school to start. Books ordered, teachers hired, calendars printed—you know the drill.
With Hurricane Katrina imminent, we left, taking with us three changes of clothes— mostly shorts and t-shirts—
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New Member of the Family
The newest member of the Behrman House family came into the world on December 14, 2005 when Eve Isabella Blumenthal was born.
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NATE Announces Professional Development Award Winner
The National Association of Temple Educators has announced that Kim Beame, Assistant Director of Education at Congregation B’nai Israel in Boca Raton, is the winner of the 2005 Behrman House Award—an annual scholarship of $1,000.
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Eve Isabella Blumenthal
How Are We Doing?
A year has passed since Oseh Shalom was invited, along with seven other schools in the Washington DC area, to participate in a year-long pilot program sponsored by the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning (our central agency for education) and funded by a grant from the Covenant Foundation.
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Popular Prayer Series Now Available for Adult Learners
Educators at the NATE and JEA conferences last month were enthusiastic about the new Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults. In 136 clear, concise pages, Hineni prepares adult learners for full participation in Shabbat morning services.
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Behrman House on the Road
See photos of our visit to Newport Beach, California and Coral Springs, Florida.
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Life-Size Gimmelsteins Take School By Storm
Harriet Wolpoff, Director of Education at Temple Beth Am in San Diego, was so enchanted by the life-size figures of Prof. Marvin Gimmelstein and Dr. Gila Gimmelstein at our CAJE booth in Seattle that she asked us to send her the electronic file to create blow-up figures for her own school.
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