Yoav Kisch

Education Ministry establishes guidelines guaranteeing students' rights to lay tefillin in schools

The directive aimed to establish clear, uniform rules and provide school principals with a guided framework to facilitate the policy's implementation throughout the public school system.

A man puts on a tefillin in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on June 19, 2026 in New York City. Tefillin are a Jewish traditional ritual object, believed to be an approximately 2000 year old tradition.
ADHD is currently considered one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in the world

Within just 5 years: ADHD drug consumption in Israel has doubled

HOME FRONT Command chief Shay Klepper meets with representatives from Israel's emergency services.

Home Front Command lifts restrictions nationwide except for northern border communities

Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel's education system is failing its kids - editorial


Eyal Waldman: Netanyahu confidant Shlomi Fogel prevented me from receiving the Israel Prize

Waldman claimed that Fogel exerted heavy pressure on the members of the committee to recommend another candidate "from the right sector."

 Eyal Waldman

Israel Prize restructured to avoid honoring Netanyahu critic - report

Eyal Waldman, an Israeli tech giant, called on the Prime Minister to resign after his daughter was murdered at the Nova music festival in Re'im on October 7.

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch seen at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2023

How political corruption turned the mighty into cowards - opinion

Killing the Israel Prize is not like killing Alexei Navalny, but the motivation is all the same.

 FOLLOWING THE death in jail of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demonstrators hold placards outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, last week.

Holocaust education in Israeli high schools becomes non-mandatory following Oct. 7

The Education Ministry clarified that this decision would currently only be valid for the 2024 school year if it were to come to fruition.

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Israel's education minister plans Yad Vashem-like October 7 memorial center

The research center would be led by professionals, and the long-term aim would be to educate future generations.

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch seen at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2023

Grapevine November 7, 2023: Disappearance of the man next door

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, flanked by ambassadors of countries whose citizens are among the hostages in Hamas captivity; (from left) Alex Gabriel Kalua of Tanzania, Pannabha Chandraramya of Thailand, Kanta Rizal of Nepal, and Pedro Laylo of Philippines.

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.