ANUאנו

Please email  anuhebrew@gmail.com to sign up .

ANUאנו offers classes for upper elementary,  middle school and high school students who wish to learn about Israel. 

We provide a concise curriculum of 1 hour weekly classes that covers the timeline from early Judah to Palestina, Jewish Diaspora in the Middle East and Europe, Zionism and Holocaust. 

For those who finish semesters one and two, we offer a Film Club about Israel,  from 1948 onward.

After one semester or more students can choose to have a creative semester or research semester in which they delve deeper into more specific events and protagonists of the historical time periods they have studied.  

A kind of independent research which manifests itself in an artistic or academic project.

We also offer Hebrew reading for Hebrew speakers and for non-Hebrew speakers.

ANUאנו welcomes teens of Jewish and Non Jewish backgrounds.

Our students vary from Hebrew School Alums, to secular private and public school kids with families who are looking for our particular kind of content. 

It often happens that our Jewish students bring along their non Jewish friends . 

The history of Israel is for everyone who wishes to learn about it.

ANUאנו History classes are recommended for tweens and teens 10 -16 years old.

Hebrew classes are offered from age 7.

The curriculum offered at ANUאנו is created by its founder, Tamy Ben-Tor.

Tamy received her MFA from Columbia University in 2006.

Born in Jerusalem, Tamy moved to NYC in 2004 and has been teaching in conservative, reform and secular Hebrew schools in Brooklyn since 2013.

Between 2013-2022 she built and led the 6th grade Holocaust studies curriculum at Kane Street Synagogue.

During that time she co created and taught the Israeli Film Club curriculum to the "Bogrim" high school class at KSS .

She has been teaching at Fig Tree Jewish Education since 2014, where she is currently a lead teacher for PreK-6th graders in Jewish culture, Jewish History and Hebrew language. 

For the past 11 years she has been creating diverse curriculums for private group sessions in themes such as Holocaust, History of Israel and Jewish Cultural Studies.

Tamy teaches private Hebrew language classes for both Hebrew speaking and English speaking kids . 

She is a lead Hebrew teacher and Hebrew curriculum advisor at Fig Tree Jewish Education.

“I believe children should learn History in depth, through firsthand historical documents, not superficially through slogans.  

The classroom should offer diversity of opinions . It is where kids think out loud and they should not be judged for it. ”

ANUאנו takes great care to teach from legitimate resources and primary sources. 

Examples of online resources include:

The Holocaust Encyclopedia

Biblical Archaeology Society

"Unpacked" Jewish Education

Jewish Virtual Library

Tenement Museum / Educational Resources

PBS

Brittanica

Examples of essays/book excerpts we use, by :

Einat Wilf,  Anita Shapira, Amia Lieblich, Benny Morris, Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt.

Examples of first hand historical documents:

The Eternal Jew/Nazi propaganda film

The Balfour Declaration

Gestapo archive document regarding  "The Night of Broken Glass"

We believe in transparency of resources from which we build our curriculum.

We do not indoctrinate opinions or identity.

A detailed overview of your child's curriculum and its sources will be emailed after registration.

ANUאנו teachers are all highly experienced Israeli Hebrew Schools teachers , most of whom are also visual artists or musicians. 

We all have a passion to provide concise, clear, unbiased Israeli history lessons for our students.

ANUאנו will pair you with your teacher once you provide your preferred class time and location. 

(See our "Teachers" Page on upper left corner for more info)

Our classes will take place in our students' homes, to accommodate the needs of our families.

We offer private sessions for individual students or small groups of up to five students.

*ANUאנו accepts existing cohorts but cannot offer its own at the moment.

We hope to offer more options for joining existing groups as we grow.

We aim to serve families in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.

Yes. 

Please email us at anuhebrew@gmail.com for more details.

15 one hour sessions per class per semester

Yes.

Between 1-5 students.