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Strengthen your Hebrew in just 10 minutes. Practice your Hebrew reading with these simple and quick games!Each game is designed to help you strengthen your Hebrew skills while having fun at the same time. You'll read words to hit a home run and bowl a strike. You'll sing, stretch, clap, and even do some jumping jacks. As you play, you'll get faster. More accurate. You'll find yourself growing into a confident Hebrew reader.Each game takes just ten minutes; unless of course, you can do it even faster! So, on your mark, get set...read!

An authoritative study which restores the inspiration and wisdom of this beautiful poetry.

For students who need additional reading practice or an enriched reading experience.Coordinated with the Derech Binah text this workbook includes selected prayer readings from the Shabbat Morning Service.

From the author of the best selling, Sex in the Texts, comes the perfect "God" book for your 7th and 8th graders.The God Book: A Necessarily Incomplete Look at the Essence of God is, according to the text-book author Rabbi Paul Yedwab, "an antidote to premature atheism." This is not a theology textbook: It's a thinking, feeling, and sharing textbook. Each chapter features a "My God Diary," in which students can write about their feelings, thoughts, doubts and affirmations about the "Unknowable."Encourages creative thinkingEngaging FormatPrimary Sources in both Hebrew and EnglishTextbook/workbook for 7th and 8th gradesEmphasis on primary texts

Learning the Hebrew alphabet becomes a page-turning adventure as Sam the Detective takes students through an alef bet sleuthing escapade.Mem sounds like M. This mad mouse magician makes magic and mischief into his mini-monster machine. Color the mem monsters he made. With Sam as their guide, students will:Color in pictures to reveal the Hebrew letters hidden withinFirst trace, then print the lettersLearn the vowelsRecognize the letters and vowels in simple syllables and wordsAnd the best part is that children will laugh and play the whole way through.

Probes the varieties of Jewish thought and ritual practice from the perspective of Liberal Judaism. It aims to show how Liberal Judaism blends respect for Jewish traditions with a modern approach, making it relevant for today's world.

Companion Siddur Reform edition

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. The new vocabulary, including mah'sheiv (computer), s'deih-teufah (airport), pitzah (pizza) and mahaneh (camp), reflects the interests and experiences of teens. Students have fun and learn about Israel as their ability to read and understand Hebrew continues to grow.With 190 new words, students’ ability to conduct simple conversations in Hebrew, using both the present and past tenses, steadily increases as they progress through the book.Features and benefits:High-interest, age-appropriate stories motivate students to improve their reading fluency and comprehension.The interdisciplinary approach of teaching about Israel in Hebrew provides students with an enriched, dynamic learning experience.Vocabulary boxes (milonim) introduce new vocabulary and a cumulative list of all new vocabulary appears in the back of the book as a resource for students.Comprehension activities—including true and false, word picture matches, cloze technique (sentence completion), and puzzles—provide students with the practice they need to build and strengthen skills.More than 120 age-appropriate, full-color illustrations and photographs enliven the text and cue students for textual meaning.Basic grammar—including present tense and past tense verb endings, and root letters—is presented sequentially and clearly, increasing familiarity with Hebrew word structure and syntax.

Season of Renewal is a haggadah designed for families with children of all ages. Cheerful full-color artwork and inviting design make this haggadah accessible and welcoming.

Everything your Hebrew teachers need to use¬¿Alef Bet Quest¬¿with ease including a "Scope and Sequence" chart ways to integrate the computer software with the book a "Certificate of Completion" and worksheets to assess students' progress in all the lessons.

The Complete Hebrew text illuminated by English translation and commentary.

Rabbi Ed Feinstein narrates thirty-six classic and modern folktales that transmit our culture, inform our values, and educate our people. Stories take readers from ancient Israel to the European shtetl, to modern day Israel and America. Each story concludes with questions that explore the story's themes and translate its lessons to the readers' lives.The book is divided into six sections:What Really Matters in Life: Stories about the real purposes of lifeDoing What's Right: Stories about our responsibilities toward one another and our communities.It's Up to You: Stories about activism and taking a standTeachers and Friends: Stories about the importance of leaders and role modelsHidden Truths: Stories that teach us to look inside ourselves for answersThe Miracle of Jewish Life: Stories about Jewish perseverance and the miracles that make our survival possibleSPECIAL FEATURE:A Values Index lets readers locate stories relevant to subjects as diverse as activism, collective responsibility, love and marriage, and self-discovery.WAYS TO USE CAPTURING THE MOON:A valuable resource for sermons and divrei Torah or to read aloud dramatically in junior congregation, at retreats, and in family programs.A useful tool for group discussion in adult education classesThe perfect gift for life-cycle events, religious school graduation, and Confirmation

Adult readers will appreciate this epic story of the Jewish people rendered as a concise, accessible, and engaging narrative.This lively and accessible volume presents the full range of Jewish history, from biblical to contemporary times. 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 brimming with information on topics as diverse as the development of Christianity beyond its Jewish roots into a new religion and the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. The text is filled with colorful anecdotal detail about Jewish communities throughout history and around the world, such as how Passover was celebrated on the Civil War battlefield and the origins of Beta Israel, the Ethiopian-Jewish community. The broad array of graphics—16 maps, 12 charts, 27 timelines, and more than 100 photographs—is sure to engage readers and enrich their appreciation and understanding of Jewish history.

Fifteen chapters highlight how Jewish responses to highly sensitive issues have changed overtime. Text study, overviews of both traditional and modern Jewish attitudes, plus listings of related virtues (middot) and commandments (mitzvot) promote a Jewish approach to grappling with highly charged subjects.Topics Include:AbortionEuthanasiaHarmful behavior

This child's-eye view of life in Israel builds students' emotional ties to our Jewish homeland.

Integrate Judaism into early childhood classrooms in a natural, daily way. Thirty-six common preschool topics are firmly grounded in a Jewish context. Lessons on Food (apples, peanut butter and jelly), Animals (butterflies, dinosaurs), The World All Around (light and dark, transportation), All About Me (classroom rules, friends), and Books and Authors (Denise Fleming, Leo Lionni) provide basic Jewish background and elucidate Jewish values, while introducing simple Hebrew vocabulary, providing appropriate Hebrew blessings, and making a connection to Israel. Includes relevant songs and poems, stories with discussion questions, and a comprehensive resource list. An excellent aid for teachers with or without Jewish backgrounds.

This exceptional guide for learning and teaching about mitzvot offers overviews of 41 mitzvot in six areas: holidays, rituals, word and thought, tzedakah, gemilut chasadim, and ahavah. All-school programs for each mitzvah and more than 600 activities spanning all grade levels help you implement creative classroom techniques and enrich your students' experiences.

An essential companion volume to Teaching TorahThis ideal tool for guiding Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation provides a concise summary of each Haftarah and the rabbinic interpretations attached to it through the generations. Literary and historical analyses, as well as exploration of the connections between the Haftarah and the weekly or holiday Torah portions, make this a key resource for study. Provides an array of ideas for family activities and B'nai Mitzvah projects, as well as Traditional, Reform, and Reconstructionist versions of the Haftarah blessings.

Honoring Jewish life at every age and every stage . . .This essential resource covers Jewish life cycle events from birth to death, presenting insights from Jewish tradition, quotations to help ground lessons in Jewish text, an extensive annotated bibliography, and a glossary of Hebrew terms. Skits and hundreds of creative activities for all ages help enliven and enrich the classroom experience.

A teacher's bible for teaching the Five Books of MosesThis invaluable guide for preparing to teach or study the weekly Torah portion provides a precise synopsis of each of the 54 parashiyot, as well as overviews of commentaries and sources, capsule biographies of Torah interpreters, and provocative questions. Over 1,000 unusual strategies help readers analyze, extend, and personalize the text. A bibliography and a thematic index make this an especially useful resource for Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation, sermon/D'var Torah ideas, and Havurah discussions.