Teaching in israel

Some 40% of Israel's teachers report anxiety, depression as war takes mental toll

A new published study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University has found that some 40% of teachers reported levels of anxiety and depression that crossed clinical thresholds.

 Children wearing face masks attend a class as students return to school after the summer break, less than a month into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster drive, at Arazim Elementary School in Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2021
A man hugging his dog

Can dogs help ease teacher burnout in Israel’s schools during wartime? - study

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Teacher shortage: The statistic shaking Israel’s education system - opinion

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some Municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023.

Israeli teachers delay school opening following extreme violence, harassments by students


Israel's cities go back to the drawing board to tackle education crisis

Municipalities’ education departments and school principals are investing all of their energy into promoting their own initiatives and utilizing creative methods to address the crisis. 

 An illustrative image of an Israeli school classroom.

Israel needs to be schooled on valuing its teachers - editorial

Given that high school teachers play such a key role in educating Israel's younger generation, this reflects poorly on the value our society places on them.

Back to school amid a pandemic

This man can save Israel from disaster – if he acts now - opinion

Israel's education system is set to collapse. Only Education Minister Yoav Kisch can save it. If not, we can see the country fall behind and sink even more.

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education Committee, earlier this month.

The AI that will help keeping quality teaching staff in the education system

This week an educational-technological hackathon took place in the south. Among the new developed prototypes: an AI platform that will help teachers in need.

Images from the hackathon

School day to shorten for autistic students due to teacher shortage

Israel has been suffering from a shortage of teachers, with the special education sector alone needing at least 1,367 more teachers to operate as usual.

 FIRST-GRADERS attend a religious school in Beit Shemesh. We are a nation that has stood proudly together for thousands of years, sustained in exile by the Torah and its values, says the writer.

Israeli teacher, student's aide target girl with PTSD in abusive messages

In messages exchanged between the teacher and the aide, the teacher called her student a number of offensive things and said she couldn't stand her.

 Illustrative image of a woman texting.

Hebrew Ulpan teachers across Israel hold strike over low salaries

Hundreds of Ulpan teachers across Israel announced on Sunday morning that they will use their sick days and not come in to teach.

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Israeli teachers open racist WhatsApp group, mock Ethiopian students

The teachers opened a WhatsApp group on a school trip which they titled Black [Girls] School Trip.

 Illustrative image of a woman texting.

Israeli teachers' strikes are harming our children - opinion

Israeli leaders from across the spectrum should be reminded that we are causing our children untold harm by keeping them from attending classes.

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

This New York Jew left Tel Aviv hi-tech for teaching Tanach in Jerusalem

How did Rebecca Steiner, the hi-tech professional, wind up in Kadita, a small ecological village in central Galilee after over two years in Tel Aviv?

 Rebecca Steiner, 30 From New York to Safed, 2018