Yoav Kisch

EU appoints first ever haredi to National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts

HERE operates under the Erasmus+ program, and aims to strengthen the connection between academia and the evolving labor market.

YITZIK CROMBIE, the CEO of Israeli start-up Bizmax, poses on November 21 2018 at the company's offices in Jerusalem, the first of its kind for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.
US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

'Historic decision': Kisch invites Trump to attend Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day

Education Minister Yoav Kisch (L) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (R), February 2026.

Kisch and Huckabee call to move embassies into Israel’s capital, Jerusalem

A "Haaretz" newspaper being read in the middle of Times Square.

Tainted views, distorted teaching: Should Haaretz be banned from Israeli high schools? - opinion


Education minister urges int'l higher education bodies to condemn Hamas

"It is our duty to make sure that we convey the right message and clearly denounce the unspeakable atrocities perpetrated by Hamas and Hamas itself."

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

Israel's Education Ministry working for stable return to schools amid war

The ministry has already opened 40% of schools that are allowed to have on-site teaching according to the Home Front Command's instructions.

 A school is seen closed in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood amid the ongoing war with Hamas, on October 15, 2023.

'Detached from Israel, Zionism': National Library swaps logo amid public fury

The library announced the change to its logo on Wednesday from the original, which featured a minimalist rendition of a book in the colors of the Israeli flag.

 An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel’s main reading room. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

Back to school in pictures: Israel's prominent figures go to class

Israel's students and their parents and leaders all went back to school on Friday, kicking off the 2023-2024 school year.

 Parents prepare their child for the first day of school in Israel, on September 1, 2023.

Israeli minister aims to oust Yad Vashem Holocaust museum chair

Education Minister Yoav Kisch has accused the Yad Vashem Chairman of allowing unauthorized parties to vote at board meetings.

 Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

2.5 million Israeli students return to school after teachers' strike averted

Teachers' salaries will be raised by NIS 2,000 a month and an additional 2,000 teachers are being recruited to help fill the nationwide shortage.

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

Education Min. faces protests after curriculum includes judicial reform

Protest groups accused the Education Ministry of including anti-liberal content and promotion of judicial reform in educational curricula.

 Israeli protest against Education Minister Yoav Kisch outside a conference at Tel Aviv University, on August 28, 2023.

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.

New Education Min. program teaches kids tolerance, conflict management

The new program, coming at a time of heightened social divisions in Israel, is per the directive of Education Minister Yoav Kisch to make Israel's schools have a culture of tolerance.

 FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

Education Ministry bans Israeli-Palestinian parents group from schools

The ban was following a rule change by Education Minister Yoav Kisch that prohibits educational programming that slanders the IDF or soldiers.

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