Israel education

If we want strong Jewish identities, we must bring young Jews to Israel - opinion

Encounters with Israelis shatter the caricatures shaped by hostile media or campus narratives that many arrive with on their trip.

 Ben Gurion Airport
Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

Israel to ban cell phones in middle schools, Education Ministry confirms

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs


Ma’agalim to hold virtual conference on education in a changing world

Topics include determining if the matriculation certificate is necessary for all students; if socioeconomic background is an accurate predictor of future success and more.

Ma'agalim youth engaged in activities.

92.6% of Israeli kindergarten teachers vaccinated, recovered from COVID

"Many kindergarten teachers are reporting hostility directed toward them."

Teacher shows children how to wash their hands at her kindergarten in Jerusalem. May 10, 2020

iCenter launches first cohort in Experiential Israel Education program

The program was under development for several years, but the coronavirus pandemic pushed the launch forward, the program now being entirely virtual.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Coronavirus: Israel launches campaign to vaccinate educational staff

It is expected that teachers will begin getting inoculated as early as Wednesday.

 A teacher instructs students in proper mask wear, as first through fourth graders return to school, November 1, 2020.

Israel's schools to commemorate Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Activities will include a competition between schools awarding prizes for musical adaptations and music clips of Jabotinsky's songs, virtual tours and a virtual quiz.

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Israel improves slightly in international math and science ranking

Israeli students ranked 9th in math and 16th in science among the 39 participating countries.

Back to school amid a pandemic

Schools and rules in the corona era

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

Reciting Selichot at the Moussaieff Synagogue in the Bukharan Quarter

Israel unable to educate children during COVID-19 – comptroller

The Education Ministry failed to map how much computers, laptops and Internet service packages are needed, the report warns – nor does it know when it will be able to.

Ultra-Orthodox children wearing face masks at their school in the city of Rehovot, May 24, 2020

Why Israel: 4 good reasons to study in Israel

Despite only recently celebrating its 70th birthday as a state, Israel has quickly risen to be one of the most desirable destinations for students looking to study abroad.


Bracing for long distance learning in Israeli higher learning institutes

EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS: Institutions of higher learning and students are bracing for another semester of socially distanced intercourse.

Scenes like this at Tel Aviv Univerity last year will be replaced by Zoom screens