education

Educating the ultra-Orthodox: Release the shackles

Haredim need integration into Israeli society and the workforce through improved education in core subjects to combat poverty and social drain.

By ROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE
12/03/2024

Academia is being corrupted by anti-Israel student mobs and colleges aren't doing enough

So, American Jews, what is important to you? Your sheepskin displayed prominently on your apartment wall or the foreskin removed on the eighth day as a people’s covenant?

11/03/2024

Sderot students have gone back to school in their city, safety concerns remain

Principals are required to know and observe safety guidelines set by the Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Students are passing, but an education system is failing

As the Education Ministry grapples with displaced students from northern and southern peripheries, educators and NGOs still face challenges five months after the start of the war.

By TOMER SAMARKANDI
03/03/2024

How are schools dealing with the wave of antisemitism?

Dealing with antisemitism became one of the major topics of concern at the Yael Foundation 2024 conference on education in Cyprus last Monday.

No Sinwar costumes: Israeli schools ban controversial Purim costumes for 2024

The Education Ministry guides teachers and students on celebratory costumes to avoid alarm or stress, offers dialogue on choosing creative costumes that will encourage positive energy in school

By URI SELA
26/02/2024
 A UNRWA funded school in eastern Jerusalem. January 29, 2024

True change begins with the Palestinian education system

In insisting on this essential, core change to Palestinian society, the plan effectively says: ‘This is how we move forward; it starts with education.’

Prominent Jewish book-ban advocate says Florida’s crackdown on ‘challenges’ won’t deter him

The governor endorsed a proposed law that would let districts impose a $100 fee on parents who object to more than five books.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
21/02/2024

My family's Jewish day school story

I knew I wanted my children to have more Jewish education than I had; to have friends who could play with them on Shabbat to make it more fun; and to know all of the stories that make our heritage.

By CHERYL WEINER ROSENBERG
19/02/2024
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