A First-of-its-Kind Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States

A First-of-its-Kind Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States

Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET) to Launch Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States in Partnership With Behrman House

TEL-AVIV, Israel, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Behrman House [http://www.behrmanhouse.com ], the leading publisher of textbooks and
digital learning materials for Jewish religious schools in North America, has entered a
collaborative agreement with Israel's Center for Educational Technology
[http://cet.org.il/pages/Home.aspx ] (CET). The partnership will bring a first-of-its-kind
online library to Jewish schools in the United States, giving students and educators
access to both companies' vast repository of educational offerings.

    "This is a giant step forward in our mission to reshape Hebrew education for a younger
generation," said David Behrman, Behrman House president and publisher. "The array of
learning materials CET brings to us from Israel is endless, and its Kotar online platform
provides that content in an immediate, easy to access format."

    In April 2010, CET launched its Kotar [http://www.kotar.co.il/Default.aspx ] digital
platform, to enable Jewish schools, institutions and communities abroad to access English
and Hebrew resources fast, simply and in a user-friendly manner. The Kotar platform allows
students to comment and share their ideas with teachers, other students and at home with
their families. Today it receives a hundreds of thousands hits per month, with tens of
thousands of Israeli pupils using its textbooks on a daily basis. In addition to licensing
the Kotar platform for North American religious schools, Behrman House will also develop
curricular materials using the resources of CET's Lexicon of Jewish Culture
[http://lexicon.cet.ac.il/wf/wfindex.aspx ] and Judaism, a vast repository of text
materials, videos, and other educational materials, which CET will translate and Behrman
House will adapt for the North American market.

    CET CEO Gila Ben-Har commented, "As part of CET's expansion strategy into markets
outside Israel, we welcome the partnership with Behrman House and are proud to bring the
innovation of digital books to Jewish schools, educators, and ]students throughout North
America."

    About Behrman House

    Founded in 1921, Behrman House is a family company with a long and rich history of
developing and providing educational materials for Jewish supplementary schools in North
America. Behrman House is the leader in providing the education community traditional and
digital tools and support to make Jewish history, language, culture and religious
practices accessible and relevant to a younger generation of students. The company was the
first to introduce online Hebrew teaching materials, exercises and educational gaming with
its groundbreaking Shalom Uvrachah primer and Hineni: The New Hebrew Through Prayer over a
decade ago.

    About Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET)

    Founded in 1971 Israel's Center for Educational Technology is a non-profit
organization that has promoted education in Israel for 40 years. CET develops and
assimilates digital teaching models, amasses and adapts high quality textbooks and
websites and provides professional development for education, including measurement and
evaluation tools.

    For more information contact CET: sherut@cet.ac.il or Sharon Blum, Stern-Ariely
PR, Sharon@sapr.co.il, +972-52-4588955

Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET)