Books published by publisher Behrman House

Be Your Best Self is the first volume in a four-book series that provides the base for an active and comprehensive exploration of sixteen core Jewish values. It explores the values of: Dignity (Kavod Ha'briyot), Returning to Your Highest Self (Teshuvah), Personal Satisfaction (Sameach b'chelko), and Humility (Anavah). From introduction of the sacred texts that underlie each value, through discussions, activities, and quizzes to help students identify aspects of the values within themselves, and journaling activities to develop a plan for furthering each value in their own lives, students will come to a deeper and personal understanding of the difference our value system makes in the way we conduct ourselves throughout life.A unique supplemental Online Companion by Alan Sufrin further explores the values in the book using music videos by contemporary Jewish. It will be available through the Behrman House Online Learning Center as a special purchase to supplement the core text.ABOUT THE SERIESLiving Jewish Values is a two year values curriculum that introduces students to sixteen core Jewish values. At the end of this systematic, comprehensive program, students will read and pronounce the Hebrew value terms correctly, understand the value concepts, identify core sacred texts associated with the values, recognize the relevance of the values to society, and develop a plan to adopt each value in their personal lives. Each volume of Living Jewish Values will have a unique, matching Online Companion by Alan Sufrin that features music videos by contemporary Jewish artists that give you and your students a whole new way to explore Jewish values. This Music Video Companion will be available through the Behrman House Online Learning Center as a special purchase.Each chapter includes: A tale from classical Jewish literature to stimulate exploration of the featured value Personality quizzes that challenge students to identify aspects of each value in their own behavior Discussion questions and activities to gain deeper understanding of the values Portraits of contemporary role models whose lives are the highest expression of each value Journal activities to integrate the values into daily life.

Each lesson--40 in all--focuses exclusively on a single letter or vowel, colorfully illustrating its sound and form. For example, the letter mem is introduced with mezuzah; het, with hallah.Look-alike letters are presented separatelyPhonetic Hebrew reading exercises are built exclusively on siddur words and word fragmentsEach lesson builds on prior lessons, providing automatic reinforcement and developing siddur reading skills quickly and easilySelected siddur words are presented with English translations, paving the way for prayer comprehensionIn every chapter, students build upon what they've already learned. By the end of the book,students can read Hebrew--and they will have been introduced to over 200 prayer words.

A long-lost novel by the author of As a Driven Leaf. Infidelity, faith, and power all come together in a gripping story of the prophet Hosea and his wife, Gomer. This extraordinary literary find includes a foreword by Ari Goldman and commentaries by Harold Kushner and Norma Rosen. The Lord said unto Hosea: Go, take unto thee a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry; for the land doth commit great harlotry, departing from the Lord. HOSEA 1:2From the moment young Hosea saw the maiden Gomer dancing at the Festival of Booths, he loved her. It was the most beautiful vision he had ever seen, and he would never forget it, despite the scornful laughter of his older brother Iddo, despite the lack of piety of Gomer s household, and despite her admission that she did not love him. And so Hosea marries Gomer, in a troubled land where idol-worshiping neighbors offer up their daughters purity in the sacred groves, where arrogant high priests will stop at nothing to silence troublesome prophets, and where the blood of brothers can be the strongest bond, or the most destructive.When Milton Steinberg died in 1950, he left one manuscript tantalizingly unfinished. Like As a Driven Leaf, it is grand in scope, while told as a compelling personal tale. Set against a backdrop of unrest in ancient Israel, The Prophet s Wife is a stirring portrait of the biblical prophet Hosea, his passionate and free-spirited wife Gomer, and a people seduced by the lures of power and idolatry to betray their faith.