Teaching in israel

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

Psychological buffer against wartime exhaustion for teachers revealed in new research.

A man hugging his dog
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

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit first-graders on the first day of the school year in Kiryat Shmona, on September 1. A new contract for excellent teaching must combine fairness and wisdom, says the writer.

A new contract for excellent teaching - opinion


Police seize half a kilo of cocaine from a kindergarten teacher arrested for drug trafficking

The kindergarten teacher was found with nearly half a kilogram of cocaine on their person, as well as a large sum of money.

Bags of cocaine that were seized by Israel Police.

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect

In a country where “routine” has never meant “normal,” teachers are the guardians of resilience, unity, and purpose

Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

School is back in session: 2.5 million students head to class as Israeli academic year begins

A total of 2.587 million students are back in school, with the hope that routine will not be disrupted again by sirens and missiles.

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

New teachers’ neighborhood under construction near Israel’s Gaza border area

The project includes 20 homes for educators and their families relocating to the near-Gaza border area and is already attracting high demand.

The site of a planned teachers' neighborhood in southern Israel, August 27, 2025

Israel to reprimand educators who publicly call to end Gaza war, minister warns

He added that the school officials would be brought in for questioning if they do not heed his warning.

EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a Knesset committee meeting earlier this month. The Education and Science and Technology Ministries should take action to make higher education more accessible, the writer argues.

What is the role of educational research in times of armed conflict? - opinion

My students reminded me of the imperative to deploy our research tools not only to interpret reality but to challenge it and envision something more just.

 ‘I turned to those whose voices I trust: my graduate students – Jewish and Palestinian, women and men – drawn from across Israel’s diverse social and geographic landscape.’

Teaching in tension: Culture and pedagogy in Israeli classrooms - opinion

By engaging teachers in close analysis of classroom episodes, we believe they can develop greater sensitivity to the complexities of teaching and sharpen their professional judgment.

 Children in a first-grade classroom, 2010

Israeli teacher shows fifth-graders October 7 horror film, drawing rebuke

The parents of the students were outraged, some of whom said their children now suffer from nightmares and anxiety due to the film.

 Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023

Talia Briski: Teaching her way to a future in Israel

For Talia Briski, Israel is not just a place to live – it is home, a land of opportunity, and a foundation for a bright future.

 Talia Briski (L) is seen teaching a student.

Teachers on personal contracts program yields zero results

Israel’s education system faces a deepening teacher shortage as a program to hire skilled teachers on personal contracts stalls due to union opposition and bureaucratic delays.

 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.