Childcare

Beyond resilience: Israel's traumatized families need support, not just admiration - opinion

We can celebrate courage and still leave room for what comes afterward. Surviving does not tell us how someone is sleeping or whether they feel safe boarding another plane.

|ByGILA TOLUB
The report found that in the half–year following October 7, the health funds and resilience centers provided mental care to less than 1% of Israel's population, while 38% reported significant symptoms
Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

Netanya daycare worker sentenced to seven years for abusing 12 toddlers

Shenkar was convicted in February of nine counts of abusing a helpless minor as a caregiver, 33 counts of assaulting a helpless minor and causing injury, and two counts of aggravated assault.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.

Three Tel Aviv daycare workers indicted over alleged physical abuse of infants, toddlers

The childcare workers allegedly assaulted the children under the care, who were between six months and one-and-a-half years old, treating them as if they were objects.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Little girl with teddy bear near light wall indoors, back view

Shared vulnerability: Addressing child abuse in diverse Israeli communities

Our children's futures depend entirely on our willingness to build bridges of trust, unique to every neighborhood, across Israel.

|ByERAN ZIMRIN

Court extends arrest of 4 kindergarten employees for toddler abuse charges

"I'm angry, I'm hurt, my world is destroyed, my heart shattered, my child's life has been ruined. To the end I will not forgive them."

JULY 30, 2020ByALON HACHMON
The four kindergarten employees suspected of abusing toddlers.

Superstar pediatrician hopes to advance his research in Israel

Dr. Harvey Karp lands in Tel Aviv with event to teach 1,000 parents to sooth their babies in sixty seconds or less.

MARCH 5, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Illustrative image of a newborn baby

Home cleaning products may increase risk of childhood asthma

With greater exposure to cleaning products, kids were also 35% more likely to have chronic wheezing and 49% more likely to have chronic allergies, a study found.

FEBRUARY 22, 2020ByREUTERS
PARENTS SHOULD read labels and look for items that are free of dye and perfume, and consider natural cleaning products instead of chemical alternatives.

First Israeli government-sponsored Bedouin daycare opened

The center has two goals: to provide a safe care environment for children, and to enable Bedouin mothers to work outside the home

FEBRUARY 5, 2020ByJORDANA BENAMI
THE CHILDREN enjoy activities such as natural arts and crafts.

Israeli kindergarten ordered closed after segregating children by race

“My daughter is worth as much as anyone else. She was born here and she is as good as anyone.”

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
An Ethiopian woman holds a sign that says "Mom, I want to go to kindergarten."

What is going on with Israel’s daycare law?

“In Israel, the children don’t belong to the Education Ministry until age three,” Glantz said. “Until then, the centers are completely unsupervised."

JULY 22, 2019ByEMMA MCAVOY, STEPHANIE WASSERMAN
A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Hundreds of parents protest after daycare owner arrested for abuse

Mass demonstrations follow the arrest and indictment of Carmel Mauda, who is facing 18 counts of abusing 11 toddlers at her daycare in Rosh Ha'ayin.

JULY 8, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Parents gather to protest Carmel Mauda, the daycare owner's abuse of children in her care.

The very real, fatal and preventable danger of leaving children in cars

JUNE 30, 2019ByELI BEER
A child leans out the window of a moving car 370

Above the Fold: Summer Camp

The recipes for summer camp fun are fairly simple.

JUNE 24, 2019ByMICAH HALPERN
Summer camp [Illustrative]

Decades of devotion to orphans

Remembering the selflessness of Colel Chabad’s Rabbi Amram Blau.

APRIL 26, 2019ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
Rabbi Amiram Blau dancing at Bar Mitzvah program in the Jerusalem International Convention Center