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A place for Jewish educators to discuss issues and share resources and approaches related to teaching Hebrew in Jewish supplementary education.

Joan, what are the features of the Hebrew Project-(what's on the web site) and-how might this help you in your teaching?

There was a great deal of information on the website, but a few specific things from the reading struck me. One is to devote more "time on task" to the Hebrew reading and allow students more time to decode, read to one another, and read to the group. Also, with teaching siddur based Hebrew, students need the opportunity to practice it in real settings, such as an in class tefillah service. Also, it is important for students to practice at home with parents. So, I might provide transliteration of prayers or have parents use an on line program for the prayers, assuming they are not Hebrew readers.

Hebrew English dictionary with vowels Type a word, phrase or short sentence in Hebrew or English Keyboard

click on the text (PDF) or audio (MP3) link next to the prayer name. Each text file includes the Hebrew prayer in an easy-to-read format, transliteration of the Hebrew words, a contemporary translation into English, and an introduction to the prayer's context and meaning. You can then hear the correctly chanted version by clicking on the audio file. Even if you're an adult, it's never too late to learn!

Online video clips, sound bytes and teaching tools for learning Hebrew

Hebrew text of the Torah Text w/ vowels, followed by text without vowels; includes translation and transliteration

provides Hebrew text, word by word with English translation and transliteration. provides audio word by word or complete prayer includes videos of audio and family (not prayer) available as separate printout

Hebrew learning site (In Hebrew)

on-line resource for reading Hebrew use for practice/homework uses magnifying glass to keep place

research fr Hebrew?

translates from English to Hebrew: no vowels

While "Kakatuv" as a website is not very interactive, it has been an invaluable resource for me as an educator. It has collected nearly every prayer and presents them in a legible PDF format along with transliteration and translation. Students who are just learning to read Hebrew have benefited a lot from this resource.

Gives an easy outline of major events, heroes and dates in Jewish History.Has both Hebrew and Civil dates for reference.

Source Teacher Channel Pattern Folders Use of "pattern" file foldlers with library pockets and inex cards Use for aleph bet Use for prayers and meanings

This is a wonderful site for links to classic biblical and rabbinic texts, in Hebrew and English. It is a fantastic resource for finding texts online and being able to "cut and paste". It has some weaknesses,since some of the links do not have search capabilities, and some do not have English translation for all the texts. It is a very useful site for webquests into classical Jewish texts, and for translation of such texts. It would be more useful if a search engine could be developed to use as a concordance for the texts covered. Note who publishes the site and how you think that affects its legitimacy or authenticity. It's publisher is connected to Yeshiva University, so the sources tend to be academic and traditionally oriented, with no links to any liberal commentators. However, the texts presented are authentic and complete.

Information, resources and reflection on Jewish early childhood education

Thanks, Lisa. This one is especially helpful to me. Have you see any of the blogs that Ellen Dietrick has done? She is the new director at the Temple Beth Shalom Nursery School in Needham, and she uses blogging to involve parents in a way that is rich, deep, and meaningful. Her blogs are private, though, so I cannot share the link with you, but perhaps you or I could drop her an e-mail if you'd like to see. At TOS, we are anticipating replacing our weekly newsletters to parents with blogs beginning this summer or next fall, so I was interested in looking at this one! I think that this tool is useful in its ability to communicate more efficiently with parents (and with other educators and community members) and to engage them more deeply. I also feel that blogging can be a great way to make connections between curriculum, activities, and child development more transparent for parents through the use of tags. For example, you could tag all of the activities that incorporate, for example, Israel, and then parents could see how Israel is integrated strongly throughout the curriculum. I have used blogging before. I personally find it very user friendly.It produces a strong documentation of children's learning over time, and of the growth of curriculum over time. I do feel that one of the dangers of blogging, however, is the ability to quickly publish information without much editing. I noticed in the first post today on this blog that were a few type-os! I think that particularly in early childhood education, there is a need to produce quality well-written communications to demonstrate that educators are knowledgeable and themselves well-trained.

A curriculum using Jewish music to teach text study, values & ethics, Hebrew, and social justice within a Judaic framework. Materials for students, parents, teachers, and musicians to learn about Jewish music news and information.

Information about Torah portions, biblical history, biblical figures and the haftorah melodies. The following study sections are available: "Translation," "Torah," "Haftarot," "Brachot" and "Divrei Torah." Also, it provides a calendar for Torah portions, an audio singing section to learn Torah trope, and a genealogy section of biblical figures.

Each set is a group of trope in a common pattern one would find in the Hebrew bible. They include music notation and audio. Click on a link to launch the lesson in a new window. MP3s and practice sheets can be found on the downloads page. If you're looking for an iPad app set up in a similar way, check out "PocketTorah Trope."