Sophie and the Shofar
Item #: 101078
Fran Manushkin,
Illustrated by
Rosalind Charney Kaye
Two cousins, Sophie and
Sasha, play and work
togetheruntil a missing
shofar comes between them.
This is the second book in the URJ's program for Hebrew learning for
adults. This program is designed for English-speaking adults who
primarily encounter the Hebrew language through Jewish religious life:
the prayers and Torah readings in the synagogue, the blessings and
rituals of Jewish home observances, and words or phrases arising out of
a Jewish cultural context. While it is the sequel to Aleph Isn't
Tough, it can be used by any adult student who has learned the vowels
and letters of the Hebrew alphabet, whether they attained that
knowledge from Aleph Isn't Tough or through some other means of
instruction. It assumes no further knowledge of the Hebrew language
than the sounds of the vowels and letters and how they combine to form
syllables and words.
These flashcards support the successful Aleph Isn't Enough text by providing all of the Hebrew "shorashim" (roots) and vocabulary words contained in the glossary, in the easy-to-study format of flashcards.
The URJ Press is proud to release the new Hebrew program for your day school!
Features of Chaverim B'Ivrit:
Full color
Written by Mira Owen, author of HaKol Chadash and Netzanim, with a team of Hebrew curriculum specialists
Developed for the liberal day school environments, including selections from Jewish source texts and tefilla.
Based on the most current understanding of language acquisition in children including the need to transfer and apply learning in new contexts and situations
Develops active language production in children
Child-centered with special attention to the beyond-the-classroom interests and needs of students
Use of multiple genres including stories, conversations, telephone conversations, poems, songs, albums, journals, bulletin board notices, and so forth
Teachers guide at beginning of each level with further teacher instructions at the bottom of each page of the student materials
Adaptable for diverse levels of learning
Field-tested in the United States
Age appropriate stories take into account Jewish identity development and diaspora Judaism
This is the second book in the URJ's program for Hebrew learning for adults. This program is designed for English-speaking adults who primarily encounter the Hebrew language through Jewish religious life:
