Guest Review: The World Needs Beautiful Things
Posted by Kar-Ben Editors on 7/17/2018 to
Bible
This book is set in ancient Egypt. Let me set the scene for you: a marvelous boy filled with curiosity and optimism is enamored by every single thing that catches his eye. He finds beauty in all things. This boy, Bezalel, turns out to be, with other Israelites under Egyptian rule, a slave. However, his genuine curiosity and appreciating for all things--mostly forgotten things--is refreshing. His clinging to his ‘beautiful things box’ definitely hits home.
When a school in a tiny Tennessee town decided to remember the victims of the Shoah
Posted by on 4/12/2018 to
Holocaust
Today is Yom Hashoah, a day commemorating those who perished in the Holocaust and honoring those who survived. Today’s news sites carried a story about a recent survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. According to the study, 41 percent of Americans —-and 66 percent of millennials—- did not know what Auschwitz was.
Six Inspiring Stories Celebrating Immigration
Posted by Kar-Ben Editors on 9/14/2017 to
Jewish Values
Moving from a familiar place to a new one in the hopes of a different life can be a difficult concept for children to understand.
A MODEL OF LEARNING: Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
Posted by by Jacqueline Jules on 7/31/2017 to
Meet a Kar-Ben Author
To read, the mind must make meaning from symbols. The letter “A” represents a particular sound. That sound combines with other sounds to become a word. The process is not easy, and for many children, reading must be broken down into discrete parts before it can be mastered.