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The manual describes the accreditation process for early childhood centers through to secondary Jewish day schools, yeshivot, and supplementary religious schools, associated with the major religious "streams" in the U.S.
Detailed rationales, goals, standards, and procedures are presented, as are clear examples of accreditation strategies, criteria, tools and instruments needed for the ac...
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This book shows educators how to use theater to promote awareness and discussion of sensitive issues. From choosing a topic to performing for an audience, this book explains how to use this creative strategy to keep students in grades 7-12 interested, involved and empowered to make a difference. It further presents essential information to help the educator handle sensitive disclosures in a caring...
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The handbook attached to this activity kit reflects two complementary educational goals and distinct approaches to Reform Zionist education. It has two parts: 1) Reform Zionism...a way of life, and 2) Reform Zionist Community. Definitions, discussion, questions, quotations and activities are centered around 25 themes such as aliya, education, prayer and celebration, mutual care, social justice, eq...
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Agenda: Jewish Educator highlights important developments in the field of Jewish education. For example, the Spring 1997 issue features the views expressed by prominent educators at a symposium on "Jewish Family Life Education."
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This website is Aish HaTorah's homepage--an international network of Jewish educational centers seeking to re-ignite (aish meaning fire) Jewish pride by teaching Jews about their heritage. The website is a comprehensive source of Aish HaTorah information, publications and articles. The site is also the home of the famous live link to the Western Wall.
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This website is produced by Yeshivat Har Etzion and is an online learning academy. The main section of the site consits of e-mail courses on a variety of topics with the ability to correspond with the instructor. The site also includes journals and articles published by the Yeshiva and its faculty.
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A Hebrew textbook for elementary school children in the Diaspora. The book consists of 21 units that provide reading and writing lessons. Like the "Ulpan," the book first teaches vocabulary and syntactic structures and then moves on to reading and writing. Enclosed in the book is a teacher's guide which consists of an introduction and lesson plans for the 21 unites. The book is fully vocalized.
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Presents 23 traditional Jewish concepts and values in the format of a Hebrew alphabet book. Each letter introduces a Hebrew word/concept that starts with that letter, a transliteration and its English translation. The concepts are explained by examples of how we use them today and through references to traditional sources, legends, famous sayings and quotations.
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This program teaches the basics of reading by focusing on letters and vowels. It displays and pronounces the letters as well as the vowels and offers two games to reinforce basic syllables of Hebrew consonants and vowels.
There are Bible pictures that can be colored in and a maze game about the weekly Bible readings.
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This program teaches some fundamentals about Hebrew grammar: the rules used to determine whether nouns are masculine or feminine, the rules of singular and plural forms of nouns, prefixes and the rules of numbers.
The program installs easily and creates two icons in a program folder-Alef-bet Schoolhouse Ashkenazic and Sephardic, representing the two most common forms of Hebrew pronunciat...
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A programming model for the teaching of Hebrew at a Jewish summer camp. The model includes the structure of the activities with detailed subjects and activities for the teaching Hebrew program. The program is based on the weekly subject taken from the overall camp theme and part of the camp experience so that the participants will continually come into contact with both Hebrew and the weekly subje...
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This book, produced by Netzer Olami (the Reform Zionist Youth Movement), consists of Jewish texts (traditional and modern), activities, bibliographies and ideas for programs. The concepts cover God, prayer, mitzvot, community, tikun olam and numerous specific concepts related to Reform Zionism including philosophy of the movement.
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And Then There Were Dinosaurs tells the story off the sixth world – that of the dinosaurs – the last world created before the world of man. Apparently – according to this book – it was to the land of Israel G-d turned when asking what to create and the response was “creatures of different shapes and different sizes, who eat different parts of different plants.” This worked very well for a long t...
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This megillah for children is presented with the complete Hebrew text and an English translation. A summary of the text printed inside an open scroll design runs across the top of each full-color illustrated page. Brief commentaries based on traditional sources are presented on the lower part of the page. An overview introduces the concept of the hidden hand of God in the events of the Purim story...
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This illustrated book tells its story by means of rhyme.
Avi gets a special toy car for his fifth birthday, with the number 613 painted on the hood. When he gets into the car, it moves on its own, and speedily races him into situations in his neighbourhood where there are opportunities to do various mitzvot and acts of kindness.
