Foreword, Hanan A. Alexander (University of Haifa, Israel)
Introduction, Sigal Achituv (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel), Meir Muller (University of South Carolina, USA), and Shelley T. Alexander (University of Haifa, Israel)
Part I: Setting the Scene
1. The History and Current Status of Early Childhood Jewish Education in Israel, David L. Brody (Efrata College of Education, Israel), Shira Ackerman Simchovitch (TALI Education Fund, Israel), and Shulamit Hoshen Manzura (Efrata Academic College, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
2. Early Childhood Jewish Education in the United States, Ilene Vogelstein (Retired Director of Beth El Baltimore Early Childhood Programs, USA), Roberta Louis Goodman (Consultant, USA), and Shelley T. Alexander (University of Haifa, Israel)
3. The Current State of Research and Writing about Early Childhood Jewish Education, David L. Brody (Efrata College of Education, Israel) and Howard Deitcher (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Part II: Three Contemporary Critical Lenses
4. Constructivism in Early Childhood Jewish Education, Meir Muller (University of South Carolina, USA), Sigal Achituv (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel), and Chaya Gorsetman (Stern College, Israel)
5. From the Melting Pot, to the Salad Bowl, to the Seder Plate: Moving Beyond Multiculturalism in Early Childhood Jewish Education, Ilana Dvorin Friedman (Erikson Institute, USA) and Meir Muller (University of South Carolina, USA)
6. Educating toward Gender Awareness, Feminism, and Cultural Sensitivity in Early Childhood Jewish Education Teacher Preparation, Sharon Kaplan-Berkley (Efrata Academic College of Education, Israel) and Haggith Gor Ziv (Kibbutzim College of Education, Israel)
Part III: Core Jewish Subjects through the Three Contemporary Critical Lenses
7. Teaching the Bible in Early Childhood Jewish Education, Sigal Achituv (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
8. Strengthening Jewish-Israeli Identity and Promoting a Common Cultural Canon through Children's Literature: The Experience of Sifriyat Pijama, Sylvia Kamowitz-Hareven (Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Israel)
9. Holidays and Ceremonies in Israeli Early Childhood Jewish Education, Shulamit Hoshen Manzura (Efrata Academic College, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
10. Language-Conducive Strategies in Young Learners' Constructivist Hebrew Classrooms, Margalit Kavenstock (Educational Solutions, Israel) and Mila Schwartz (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
11. Enhancing Spiritual Awareness and Development in Early Childhood Jewish Settings, Michael Shire (Hebrew College, USA) and Deborah Schein (Champlain College, USA)
Part IV: Continuing the Work
12. Leadership in Early Childhood Jewish Education in the United States, Lyndall Miller (JECELI at the William Davidson School of JTSA, USA)
Glossary of Hebrew Terms
Contributors
Index