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It’s all about the environment---the classroom environment, that is...

Last week I had the privilege of visiting several schools in the Los Angeles area as an extension of the National Jewish Early Childhood Network conference. Along with several dozen educators, I toured indoor and outdoor classrooms on a sunny ninety-degree day (in November!).

Are They Paying Attention to Us?

Terry Kaye was in Los Angeles last week, in part to present to the Principals’ Council retreat organized by Janice Tytell.  She reports that for the first time at one of these sessions, many of the participants were on laptops and handheld devices throughout the session, taking notes and looking real-time at the websites and other digital resources she was referring to in her talk.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Behrman House Goes to the Movies: Helping Create Period Fiction Means a Trip Down Memory Lane It’s exciting to be involved, even peripherally, in the making of a movie. When the call came in last year for help dressing the set of the Coen brothers’ latest film, A Serious Man, we were all abuzz. They needed stuff—stuff to evoke growing up Jewish in the 1960’s. I was assigned—assigned?  I was first in line to volunteer!—the task of digging out appropriate stuff.

Teach Israel

 Experience Modern Israel

New from Behrman House. Fly to Israel without a plane ticket.

Discover Israel

 Let's Discover Israel

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