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In his one-hour interview, Dr. Lewis Bernstein talks about his early interest in teaching children and his education in the United States and Israel. He describes how he landed a job as a research fellow on Sesame Street in 1972, and chronicles the many stages of his career at the Sesame Workshop, from director of research to vice president of ...
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Dr. Lewis Bernstein is the President of Lewis J. Bernstein and Associates, a company he founded, after retiring as Executive Vice President of Education Research and Outreach at Sesame Workshop.
Sesame Street producer Lewis Bernstein shares the goals of the show as it aimed to help children in the wake of September 11: “We immediately had a meeting and said, what can we do that will...
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Dr. Lewis Bernstein has worked for Sesame Workshop in various capacities for over thirty years, beginning as director of research. He currently serves as Executive Vice President of Research and Education. Bernstein was executive producer of Sesame Street from seasons 34 to 36.
As Vice President of Global Productions, Bernstein oversaw and trained production teams for various international versions of Sesame Street. He worked most closely on Shalom Sesame and Sha'ra Simsim, the Israeli/Palestinian co-production. His experiences led to development of the "Global Grover" segments on Sesame Street, and he also served as executive producer for the Berlitz series Sesame English.
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation interviewed Bernstein in 2004 for the Archive of American Television. The hour-long interview was posted on YouTube in 2009.
•"Sesame Workshop’s Lewis Bernstein Speaks at Shara’a Simsim Launch Event", Sesameworkshop.org press release, includes transcript of Bernstein's speech. November 25, 2008.
Jan 15, 2016 · Creator Joan Ganz Cooney is Jewish and so is Dr. Lewis Bernstein, the Executive Vice President of Research at Sesame Workshop. Bernstein grew up in a Jewish home, attended an Orthodox Jewish...
Sep 12, 2011 · I recently had the opportunity to talk to one of the long-standing guiding forces behind Sesame Street — as well as a personal mentor of mine — Dr. Lewis Bernstein, about how the iconic children’s show responded to the attacks of September 11.
