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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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

Help Students Bring Jewish Values to the Passover Table

In today's world, it's not always easy or safe to invite someone in need to our family seder. What other ways can we help a needy stranger this Passover? You can help your students understand what it feels like to be in a needy person's shoes and create a project that connects to their Passover seder with help from the student journal Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values.

Last Minute Passover Resources

Matzoh recipes, seder decor, and unique ways to tell the Passover story - how will you choose from the plethora of Pinterest Passover resources? Let our organized Passover Pinterest page help you. On our Pinterest page you will find resources like: New ways to sing 'Dayenu' Inspiring inclusive Model Seder stories

Hebrew School is for Working Parents Too

After receiving news that her Jewish Day school would be leaving her children with 17 days off during the summer, blogger and mother, Tamar Snyder, found herself scrambling with a way to make Jewish day school work with her family. Like many working parents, 17 days off is out of the question and finding quality child care can be hard to find and expensive. This not only creates stress for parents, but presents Jewish day schools as indifferent to working parents needs.

Your Guide to the Perfect Passover

The first Passover Seder is April 3rd! We have all of the resources you need to make it through-before, during, and after.

Hot Topics: Cyberbullying

Jokes at another's expense are harmful and hurtful - regardless of a cyberbully's excuses - and are never okay. A 2013 study found that about 2.2 million students were bullied via technology in 2011 and 88% of teens who use social media platforms have witnessed mean behavior online.

Religious Institute has BIG Plans for the Gateways Haggadah

By: Meredith Hirschberg, Director of Education at Temple Beth Torah, Wellington, FL

Encourage Young Children to Participate in Your Passover Seder, No Matter Which Haggadah You Use

Last year author and illustrator Ann Koffsky tracked down songwriter Shirley Cohen Steinberg, who created the perennial Passover favorite “One Morning, (The Frog Song)," creating a new way for families with young children to participate in their Passover seder.

How to Choose the Right Haggadah for Your Seder

Whatever your style for Passover, there is a Behrman House haggadah that will suit your seder. This highlighted list below can help you find just the right haggadah for you and your seder guests!

Are Your Students Getting the Clarity They Need?

Success is built around clear communication and understanding. How can we make sure we are providing clarity to better our students' Hebrew learning? In a recent article by eJewish Philanthropy, writer Avrum Lapin stresses the importance of clarity in his field of non-profit work.

It's Time for Passover Palooza!

It's that time of year! Join Mama Doni and her band for the fourth annual Passover Palooza. Mama Doni Band will be at the Streit's Matzo Factory for a free concert and free tour of the matzo factory.