Education

Giving beyond the gift

For Canadian philanthropist Martin Bernholtz, supporting Hebrew University means building bridges, advancing discovery, and putting ‘tikkun olam’ into practice.

Martin Bernholtz, National Board Chair of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University.
Education alone cannot preserve historical truth. When people learn the facts but reject their moral significance, knowledge turns into cynicism, leading to a worldview that acknowledges the Holocaust happened but insists that Jews exaggerate its scale to claim special-victim status.

German textbooks excel on Holocaust, uneven on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, report finds

Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem

Knesset asks High Court to close challenges to academic gender-segregation law

A Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank branch, Jerusalem, February 22, 2018.

Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot announces 1,000-Shekel grant for parents to finance after-school activities


"Change the paradigm”: Holon Institute of Technology is integrating industry into tech education

Under new President Professor Refael Barkan, HIT enters a new academic year and a new era – one defined by bridging academia and industry through internships, innovation, and an eye to the future

President Barkan welcomes students on the first day of classes.

The hi-tech dream is dead? The professions that really interest young Israelis

A new survey has revealed that young people in Israel prefer a balance between leisure and work over a high salary, and dream of caregiving and education professions more than of high-tech.

Only 12% dream of working in high-tech.

Veteran UNRWA teacher exposes alleged Hamas radicalization, hatred of Jews in Gaza schools

A UNRWA teacher of 15 years alleged that Gaza schools taught hatred of Jews and glorified Hamas. After speaking out, she was threatened: “If you don't stop arguing, we will cut out your tongue.”

UNRWA has operated schools for generations of Palestinian children in Gaza, but its education system has faced mounting scrutiny over the curriculum and materials used in its classrooms.

Education Minister Kisch orders sweeping overhaul of Israeli school testing after PISA failures

"After carefully examining the professional review report prepared by Prof. Ami Moyal, I announce that I accept and adopt the report's conclusions and all of its recommendations in full," Kisch said.

Education Minister Yoav Kisch speaks with The Jerusalem Post on October 18, 2026.

Syrian university restriction on female enrollment deepens concerns over women’s rights

Syria’s Higher Education Ministry announced that admission to law, economics and management, and social sciences programs at the National University of Defense Sciences would be restricted to men.

Women walk past a mural with the slogan "no to violence" (against women) drawn on the walls of a school in Syria's northern city of Manbij on December 21, 2024.

Hebrew University receives record $250 million donation from philanthropist John Paulson

Billionaire John Paulson’s gift will fund a new Faculty of Engineering, expand medical research, and support trauma treatment.

John Paulson visits "Mornings With Maria" at Fox Business Network Studios on October 23, 2024 in New York City.

Combating Israel's 'brain drain': Inside Hebrew University's new medical education center

The new center aims to combat Israel's so-called 'brain drain', in which an increasing number of Israelis are receiving extensive education overseas and remain elsewhere, just as Israel may need them

Steven H. Lavin

Coming Full Circle: Miami Beach Couple Gives Back to the Program Where They Met

Through the Simkins Family Foundation, Nicole and Michael Simkins support a new wellness center at the Israel study abroad program where their relationship began

Nicole and Michael Simkins with their three kids, Jaden, Eli, and Harper

A planned non-Zionist Jewish school in Boston hopes to ride the momentum of the left

Achvat Olam will teach about Jewish history, cultures, and languages outside of Israel, while engaging with Hebrew and Israel’s history from a non-Zionist perspective.

Rabbi Greg Hersh, founder of the non-Zionist congregation V’ahavtah, at Andala Coffee House in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

ConnectEd launches online English-speaking community for Jewish educators

Initially developed for Hebrew-speaking educators, the form offers webinars, peer learning, working groups, and collaborative projects for Israel's English-speaking community.

Visitors at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.