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Teacher Resources

  1. The Most Widely Widest Hebrew Primers Now Have Enhanced Digital Supplements

    From midweek Hebrew zoom groups to remote tutorials, turn-page supplements of our Hebrew materials help teachers keep students literally on the same page. And now they include more online activities, audio-led reading practice, and games. 

    The interactive turn-page supplements for all our Shalom Uvrachah primers feature:

    • A video introducing each letter  
    • Hebrew reading practice for new letters 
    • Word-by-word audio for the “Ready, Set, Read” activities
    • All reading practice available in both Israeli and American accents 
    • A game at the end of each lesson 

     

    The digital supplements are available for the rev

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  2. From Jonathan Shmidt Chapman: The Storybook Bible We Want for Our Kids Today

    Jonathan Shmidt Chapman shows us how to tell Bible stories to children.

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  3. Imagine, Explore, Make, Wonder: Let There Be Play!

    Coming in June 2024, the best Bible resource book ever, from award winner and 2023 Covenant Foundation Jewish Family Education Fellow Jonathan Schmidt Chapman.
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  4. Israel Resources for Every Age

    Today more than ever, North American children and teens want to discuss Israel. Here are online and downloadable resources you can use today to engage them (and even their parents) in discussion, help them find answers to their questions, and help them grapple with the historical context of today's crisis.
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  5. The Perfect Gift to Support and Welcome New Staff

    Think about a time when you stepped into a classroom or event or any room full of unfamiliar faces. Daunting, right?

    Using creativity, practical tools, and a little prep work, you can help your students and staff break the ice and begin building relationships quickly and successfully.

    Relationships lie at the core of successful education, and icebreakers help initiate and grow relationships, according to Batsheva Frankel in The Jewish Educator's Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational IdeasIcebreakers accomplish many things — they can create a sense of community, encourage trust, and allow for better bonding experiences.

    Frankel includes an entire chapter in 

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  6. Year-End Gifts to Show Teachers Appreciation

    Teachers form the backbone of Jewish education. 

    It's nice to show them gratitude with a gift as the year comes to a close. Here are some of our favorite ideas.

    Keeping an eye on the budget? Remember that quantity discounts are available. Log in to your school account to get the best discounts.

     

    Maybe It Happened This Way

    The Chicago chapter of the ARJE this year gifted its members this midrashic approach to Bible, combining storytelling with learning.

    Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible

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  7. Purim Reflections for Educators: Teaching As Celebration

    In Teach Them Diligently, Bonnie K. Stevens writes how the joyfulness and energy of Purim celebrations provide educators with opportunties to reflect on the role arts can play in Jewish education. 

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  8. A Meaningful New Way to Commemorate the Holocaust

    Yom HaShoah begins this year on April 17. 

    Each passing year brings on a greater urgency to recall this dark time in our history. With fewer living witnesses able to tell their stories firsthand, we need a new way to fulfill the responsibility that Holocaust survivors have entrusted to us - to remember, to tell the story, and to act. 

    Plan now using a powerful new approach.

    Light from the Darkness: A Ritual for Holocaust Remembrance is a 45-minute, structured seder-like experience that helps the next generations remember and honor the Holocaust. It can be done either in-person or virtually. And it is deeply moving.

    “It’s out

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  9. Teens Want to Make a Difference: Here's a Tool to Guide Them

    For all of us, the past few pandemic years have been scary and disorienting. For teens in a hunkered-down society, it’s also meant losing opportunities to develop independence.  

    “What our teens need in this moment is support for finding their voice and finding their autonomy. Then we’ll slowly see the pain and fear untangle,” says Michelle Shapiro-Abraham, an award-winning teen educator and director of strategic innovation and youth programs at the Union for Reform Judaism. "We need to showing them that they can claim their power.”

    Dreaming Bigger: Jewish Leadership for Teens by

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  10. Exploring Bible through Text and Midrash

    Excite learners about Bible exploration with accessible translation and modern midrashic stories.
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