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JEWISH
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES:
INCLUDING:
*textbooks
*videos/DVDs
*CDS/audio-cassettes
*computer software
*Judaic children’s literature (Hebrew and English
*teacher resources
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Textbooks:
Ulpan Bet (Behrman House)
“Picking up where Ulpan Alef leaves off, the eight
4-page color folders-plus one bonus folder, “Popular Hebrew expressions”-in Ulpan Bet teach reading, writing
and conversational Hebrew.
Activities provide
opportunities to read, write and speak new words and
phrases.
Grade level: 4 - 7
$5.95
Shalom Ivrit
2 : Welcome to Modern Hebrew
“Shalom Ivrit 2 introduces and brings to life a spirited group of
characters from modern short stories, folk tales and midrash. In the process, students explore key Jewish
values such as self-respect, generosity and friendship.
Students acquire
151 new words and develop their language and comprehension skills. They learn
to understand increasingly difficult and complex stories, and also to conduct
simple conversations in Hebrew.”
Shiru Shalom Ivrit I – 14 song CD to accompany Shalom Ivrit I $12.95
“Charming
sing-along music to reinforce the vocabulary in each chapter of Shalom Ivrit I and to enrich the Hebrew classroom.”
Lichtov Bichtav by
Batya Chagai (Ofarim)
$8.954
New script writing
book from
Mikdash M’at – Small Sanctuary
“A full-color
Shabbat morning prayerbook designed especially for learners,
havurot, small prayer groups and families.
Commentaries on the prayers, explanations of the structure of the service, and
instructions about how to participate, allow all worshippers to feel
comfortable in the service.”
Grade
level: Adult
$22
These Words Upon Our
Heart: A Lexicon of Judaism and World Religions by Steven E. Steinbock (UAHC Press)
$12.95 SC
“Each chapter of
this book focuses on one of the Hebrew words central to Judaism, e.g. “Emunah”, “N’Shama”, and ten
others. The book first explores the etymology of each word…The ideas behind
these words are then compared and contrasted with corresponding words and
concepts in a wide variety of other religions from around the world. Steinbock compares the basic tenets of faith as understood by
different religious traditions.”
Appropriate for
high school students and adult study.
The Holocaust (Heinemann) $8.95 each
A
series of 9 books that deal with different aspects of the Holocaust.
Each book includes:
Titles in the series are:
Prelude to the
Holocaust
Life and Death in
Hitler’s
The
Life and Death in
the Camps
Resistance to the
Nazis
Aftermath of the
Holocaust
Survivors of the
Holocaust
Art, Music and
Writings from the Holocaust
Viewing the
Holocaust Today
For the Sake of
(
“ For the Sake of
Zion comes from a stance of pride in Israel’s achievements over the course of
its short existence – in science, the arts, agriculture, medicine, social
welfare, and most important, the ethical pursuit of peace with its neighbors.
For the Sake of
$29.95 including
CD ROM
Children’s Literature from
Early
and Middle Elementary:
Aggadat Gesher by Shlomo
Abas (Agor) $13.95
Ani Hu Spiderman by
Aptzi Michapes Af by Noga Algom (Am Oved) $15.95
Arbaat HaMinim by Uri Ofir (Sefer Lakol) $12.95
Artur VihShen HaMitnadnedet (translated from the
“Arthur” series in English) by Marc Brown (Nimashim) $19.95
HC
Chanan HaGanan by Rinat
Hopper (Zimora-Betan) $15.95
Elliot
BaSefina HaTrufa
by Andrea Beck (Korim) $9.95
Elliot
Poched Balayla
by Andrea Beck (Korim) $9.95
Elliot
Michapes Matmon
by Andrea Beck (Korim) $9.95
Elliot
Ofeh Ugah
by Andrea Beck (Korim) $9.95
Gamad Echad by
Refaela Tzarfati (Korim) $11.95
Gumot HaChen Shel Zohar by
Meir Shalev (Keter)
$13.95
HaAkavish HeAsuk
by Eric Carle (Poalim/HaKibbutz HaMeuchad)
$16.95
Ha’Aryeh She’Ahav Tut by Tirzah Atar (HaKibbutz HaMiuchad) $13.95 HC
HaPoni Shel Yoni
by Merav Gilboa (Korim)
$9.95
HaTapuchim Shel Mar
Ha’Yefefiya HaNirdemet (Yediot/Disney)
$15.95
Lama
Kovah Af
LaGova: Chidot LaKtantanim by Shlomo
Abas (Agor) $13.95
Lama
Zebra? by Mor
Greenstein (Korim)
$11.95
Miflatzot Inc. (Yediot/Disney) $15.95
Pu HaDov
– Walt Disney (Yediot/Disney) $15.95
Mah Efshar Laasot BiKaftor
by Rafaela (Korim) $9.95
Shemot Muzarim
by
Spiderman
B’Feula by
Tzav Im Kol HaOlam Al HaGav:
Shirim Rishonim LaKtantanim By Shlomo
Abas (Agor) $13.95 HC
Upper Elementary/Middle
Division:
Abba Oseh
Bushot by Meir Shalev (Keter) $12.95
Aggadot Eretz Yisrael
SheSaba Siper LiEsther – Three Part Series by Zeev
and Rachel Vilnay $18 each
*Al Tzimachim, Melachim,
Avanim V’Chayot Acherot
*Sobu Tzion ViHakifuha
– Chomat Yerushalayim UShiareha
*HaCarmel, Eliyahu HaNavi UMifratz
Arbaah Shoshanim Angliyot
by Madonna (Kinneret) $16.95
Harry Potter U’Misdar Of HaChol by A. K. Rowling (Yediot Achronot/Hemed) $24.95 SC
HaTapuchim Shel Mar
Masah HaTzayid Shel
Baba (Aggadot Chazal) by S. Tzirkas
Minheret HaZman: HaChish
Mitamen BaCholot (#20) by Galila
Ron-Feder-Amit (Modan)
$13.95
Minheret HaZman: Machleket
HaYesha Nichneset LiTzfat (#21) by Galila
Ron-Feder-Amit (Modan)
$13.95
Sippurei Itamar by
Itamar Pogesh
Arnav $16.95
Ach Chadash L’Gamrei $12.95
Itamar Mitayel
Al Kirot $12.95
Judaic Computer Software:
Biblical Hebrew: A
Comprehensive Method (Davka) $99
Features:
Davka Dikduk II – Advanced Hebrew Grammar
(Davka) $49.95
Features:
Prayer Practice- Learn Ten Tefilla Tunes (Davka) $29.95
This
useful tool for teachers and family educators teaches the listener how to sing
ten basic prayers:
Mellel Hebrew Writer – Special Davka Edition $79
The
world’s first Hebrew word processor for Mac OS X
DavkaWriter Platinum 4.0 – The essential Hebrew/English word processor (Davka) $149.95
The
most up-to-date version with several new features including:
·
Page
borders
·
Mail
merge
·
Label
and envelope printing
·
Print
preview (up to 6 pages)
Dagesh-Pro Hebrew-English Wordprocessing Version 4.0 Professional Edition (T.E.S.) $149
·
90
Hebrew fonts
·
Automatic
nikud
·
Quick
Click Taamim insertion
·
Spell
Check
·
10,000
Judaic clipart graphics and photo archive and more…
The World of the
This interactive multimedia
CD brings the Beit Hamikdash
to life through pictures, sounds and animation. This program was prepared as a
multiple level CD, suitable for children as well as adults.
Judaic Children’s
Literature:
Preschool and Elementary:
Adam and Eve’s First
Sunset: God’s New Day by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Jewish Lights) $17.95 HC
Bachelor and the Bean by Shelley Fowles (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) $16 HC
Brundibar by Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner (Hyperion) $19.95 HC
Erika’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee
(Creative Editions) $15.95 HC
How the Mitzvah Giraffe
Got His Long, Long Neck by David Sokoloff (Judaica
Press) $12.95 HC
Ilan Ramon:
Keeping the Promise: A
Torah’s Journey
by Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Kar-Ben)
$16.95 HC/ $6.95 SC
Key to My Heart by Nira
Harel and Yossi Abulafia (Kane/Miller) $15.95 HC
Let’s Talk About God by Dorothy K. Kripke (reissue) (Alef Design
Group) $9.95 HC
Long Johns for a Small
Chicken
by Esther Silverstein Blanc and Godeane Eagle
(Volcano Press0 $16.95
HC
Luba: The Angel of
Money in the Honey adapted and illustrated
by Aidel Backman (Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch)
$13 HC
Moses Basket by Jenny Koralek and Pauline Baynes (Eerdman’s
Books) $16 HC
No
Rules for Michael
by Sylvia A. Rouss (Kar-Ben) $6.95
Noah’s Ark adapted by Alison Greengard in Hebrew and English (EKS) $8.50 SC
Perfect Prayer by Donald Rossoff (UAHC) $13.95 HC
Purim
Surprise by
Lesley Simpson (Kar-Ben) $6.95 SC
Sammy
Spider’s First Trip to Israel by Sylvia A. Rouss (Kar-Ben) $7.95 SC
Sammy
Spider’s Israel Fun Book by Sylvia A. Rousss (Kar-Ben)
$4.95
Seven Species: Stories and
Recipes Inspired by the Foods of the Bible by Matt Biers-Ariel (UAHC)
$19.95
HC
Shabbat Angels by Maxine Segal Handelman (UAHC) $13.95 HC
Something for Nothing by Ann Redisch Stampler (Clarion)$15 HC
Take Me to the Zoo: Lion,
elephants and snakes in the Midrash and nature by Tsivia
Yanofsky (Artscroll) $19.99 HC
Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook by Sylvia Rouss (Pitspopany) $14.95 HC/ $9.95 SC
Tasty Bible Stories: A
Menu of Tales and Matching Recipes By Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Kar-Ben) $10.95 SC
The
Terrifying Trap of the Bad Middos Pirates by Rabbi Baruch Chait (Feldheim) $25.95 HC
Toby Belfer
Visits
Too Much of a Good Thing by Mira Wasserman (Kar-Ben) $15.95 HC / $6.95 SC
Toby Belfer
Visits
Where Do People Go When
They Die?
by Mindy Avra Portnoy (Kar-Ben) $15.95 HC
Middle Division and High
School:
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Man of Spirit, Man of Action By Or N. Rose (JPS) $9.95 SC
Class-ified
Information: Suri by M.C. Millman (Jerusalem
Publications) $12.95 SC
Class-ified
Information: Tziporah by M.C. Millman (Jerusalem Pub.) $12.95 SC
Class-ified
Information: Baila by M.C. Millman
(Jerusalem Pub.) $12.95 SC
Gotcha! ( Rosie in
Jewish Sports Stars:
Athletic Heroes Past and Present By David J. Goldman (Kar-Ben) $8.95 SC
Journey with Rabbi Juravel 2 (MC Publications) $19.95 HC
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (Knopf) $15.95 HC
Night Spies by Kathy Kacer (Second Story Press) HC
Play Ball! (Rosie in
Prisoner on the Loose by Calanitte
(
Room in the Heart by Sonia Levitin (Dutton Books) $16.99 HC
All-Of-A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor 3
cassettes – 4 hours -unabridged $21.95
More All-Of-A-Kind-Family by Sydney Taylor 3
cassettes –4 hours - unabridged $21.95
All-Of-A-Kind Family
Downtown
by Sydney Taylor 3 cassettes – 4 hours - unabridged $21.95
Sneak Preview:
New Passover Children’s
It’s Seder Time! By Latifa
Matzah Meals: A Passover Cookbook for Kids by Judy Tabs and Barbara Steinberg (Kar-Ben) $7.95 SC
Wonders and Miracles: A
Passover Companion
written and compiled by Eric Kimmel (Scholastic Press) $18.95 HC
This
beautifully illustrated volume includes stories, songs, poems, prayers and
commentary.
VIDEOS (in English):
Another Story
“Meryl and Anna learn a lesson in discrimination and racial
profiling when their Grandmother takes them on a journey through a Brothers
Grimm-like fairy tale: an allegorical fable from the Grandmother’s past. It is a
story based on a land far, far away where an Evil King has passed a law against
those who have black finger nails.”
Ages
7 and up
15
minutes
Video:
$29.95
The Devil’s Arithmetic
Based on the novel by Jane Yolen
that tells of a young teen who goes back in time to witness her heritage and
the horrors of the Holocaust.
97
minutes Grades
5 and up. Emmy award winner
Video:
$19.95
DVD: $33.95
The Diary of Anne Frank
170
minutes b&w
Video:
$19.95
More Precious Than Gold and the Evil Wizard
(2 animated
stories on one tape)
“More
Precious Than Gold” takes place on a merchant ship in
ancient
“Long
ago,in the
Ages
4 - 8
17
minutes
Video:
$19.95
Oy Baby!
“Oy Baby is a first-of-its-kind DVD that combines
stimulating imagery with beautiful and fun Hebrew songs to create a rich Jewish
experience for babies six months and up.
The
video is a colorful medley of Judaica, toys, puppets, nature and children.
Between songs, short interlude scenes teach Hebrew letters, numbers and
vocabulary and show the joy of giving tzedakah.”
Video: $29.95
DVD:
$29.95
The Seder on Planet Matzah Ball
“Millions
of miles away, on a giant Matzah Ball in outer space,
live a family of funny, furry aliens who just happen to be Jewish. Sadly, most
Jewish traditions on Planet Matzah Ball have been
lost. But when Oogy, a 9-year-old alien, sets out to explore
them, everything changes as these charming and informative stories unfold.”
Created by the talented team behind
DVD: 36 minutes
$18.95
Video:
36 minutes $18.95
The Story of Yonah and the Big Fish
Running
Time: 38 minutes
Video:
$19.95
DVD:
$24.95
The Tanach
Tour – Volume 1 with Pesach Levy
Very
useful for students of Navi.
From
Yerushalayim to the
$29.95
The Tanach
Tour – Volume 2 with
Pesach Levy
Includes:
Elijah’s
Cave in
Mishkon Shilo – Ancient and Modern, Spring
of Ein Charod, Spring of Kishon
$29.95
VIDEOS (in Hebrew):
Abba Oseh
Bushot based on the story by Meir
Shalev $24.95
Gumot HaChen Shel
Zohar based on the story by Meir
Shalev $24.95
Our Wonderful World: A
Musical Journey Through the Six Days of Creation
“Dalik, beloved host of children’s television in
Their
amazing adventure is filled with humor, stories and songs. Featuring
musical arrangements of 12 passages from the Bible, Talmud and the Sages.”
Ages
5 – 9
Video:
49 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles $24.95
DVD: 80 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles or
Hebrew only $19.95
CDs:
Children’s Favorite Songs
(Suki and Ding) featuring Uncle Moishy $18.50
Children’s Favorite Songs
(Suki and Ding) – Volume 2 $18.50
Good Morning / Good Night Jewish Children’s Songs for
Daytime and Bedtime $18.50
Hopli Pople B’Eretz
Ha’Tzvaeem – Ariella Savir Israeli songs all relating to
colors. $17.95
Shabbat At Home – Shabbat Ba’Bayit Paul Zim
The
Complete Shabbat Celebration from Candle Lighting to Havdalah
Kindling
Includes
Kiddush, Birkat Hamazon and
Z’mirot $16.95
Shabbat Shalom! Jewish children’s songs
for Sabbath at home $18.50
Shir Zeh Kol Ha’Sippur –Shirim Al Sippurei Chazal – Ravital Simchi $17.95
Story of Yonah and the Big Fish CD or Audio-cassette: $10.95
Voices
for
to benefit victims of terrorism) $21.95
Wonderful World of Shabbat – Music for the Whole
Family by Paul Zim $1.95
EDUCATIONAL GAMES:
Aleph Bet Adventure (JET)
”This funs and colorful board provides early exposure to the Hebrew alphabet and
builds important beginning reading skills such as letter recognition, initial
sounds and more.
No
reading required. Ages
3 and up. $12.95
Megimixer: Letter and Words (Orda) $9.95
This
Hebrew word game, produced in
Players
try to list as many words as they can compose from the letters they see before
them on the “Megimixer” dial.
Points are awarded on the basis of the number
of letters in any given word.
This
is an educational and entertaining game for intermediate and advanced students
of Hebrew.
Mitzvah Match (JET)
Match
the mitzvah cards and win. Teaches mitzvot
while developing concentration and memory skills.
Ages 4 – 10. One to four players.
$12.95
Adult Judaic Literature –
of special interest to educators:
Jewish Study Bible featuring the
JPS Tanakh translation (Oxford University Press) Adele Berlin and
Marc Zvi Brettler, editors
$40 HC $29.95 SC
“The content reflects both contemporary biblical scholarship and the
richness of Jewish tradition. Its wealth of supplementary materials addresses
biblical interpretation within the Bible itself and during the Rabbinic period, through medieval, mystical, early modern
and current approaches.
Learning to Read Midrash by Simi Peters (Urim) $26.95 HC
“Learning to Read Midrash presents a systematic
approach to the study of midrash. Each of the
readings in this book attempts to reconstruct the reasoning behind midrashic commentary on biblical narrative. The goal of the
book is to convey a sensitivity to the language and
meanings of the Tanakh, and to develop a reverent
appreciation for the language and teachings of Hazal.”
To Study and To Learn: The
Methodology of Nechama Leibowitz
by Shmuel Peerless (Urim) $21 HC
“In this work, Shmuel Peerless, one of Nechama’s
students, systematically presents Nechama’s unique
approach to Torah instruction, organizing some of her methodological teachings
and pedagogical techniques in a manner that makes them easily accessible to
teachers and students of textual study alike. “
Textual
Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and in Practice by Barry W. Holtz (JTS)
$30 HC
“The author
explores the largest issues involved in Bible teaching. What are our purposes? What
are the outcomes that we are looking for? How do we conceptualize the Bible as
a subject matter? How do we develop theories of Bible teaching? And how do we
move from theory to practice?”
Twerski on Chumash by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski
(Shaar Press) $54.99 HC
“Written with
warmth and wisdom, this volume of inspiring and insightful comments on the
weekly Torah reading is both deeply satisfying and spiritually uplifting.”
Wisdom From All My
Teachers: Challenges and Initiatives in Contemporary Torah Education edited by Jeffrey Saks and
Susan Handelman (Urim) $28.95 HC
“This book offers
insightful reflections of leading Jewish educators from
Parashat Hashavua:
HaParasha Misaperet Li: Bereishit (HaMercaz
Vishinantam LiVanecha) $42.95 HC
The story of each parsha is told in modern Hebrew
accompanied by engaging, colorful illustrations.
Parashat HaShavua Sheli (Keren
TALI) $22
A
valuable resource to enrich the study of the weekly Parasha.
Selections from
the midrash and Israeli
literature are introduced to support the major theme of each Parasha. A central focus of this approach to Parasha study, is to personally
connect the student to the ideas and events presented in the Parasha. Opportunities are provided for discussion and
creative writing.