What's That?: An Introductory Guide to the Jewish Early Childhood Classroom Paperback – November 3, 2025

You have landed your first job at a Jewish preschool—mazel tov! Are you eager to learn more about Jewish Early Childhood Education? You’d be in good company. If you live in or near one of the many American cities with significant Jewish populations—Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, New York, or Boston (Pew Research Center, 2020), and even if you live in a smaller town with a smaller Jewish population, there are synagogues and preschools that prioritize teaching children. Jewish communities are particularly devoted to the education of young children. In Bava Batra 21a of the Talmud—the primary compilation of rabbinic discussions on Jewish law and tradition—it is written: “When the sages saw that not everyone was capable of teaching their children, they instituted that teachers of children should be established in Jerusalem” (Talmud, Bava Batra 21a). The Talmud goes on to suggest that no one should live in any city without at least one children’s teacher.List of Authors:Luz A. CastilloMarlo DewingEmma DoradoRobert EspinosaLouisa GladstoneCarina HuIfat KantorovichHannah RubinsteinSusan ValdezElky Zavdi Read more