Preschool

Bomb threat called on Boca Raton Jewish preschool, law enforcement evacuates area

The Donna Klein Jewish Academy, where the threat was called in, was evacuated, as was at least one other nearby educational facility.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative: member of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs' office parks a patrol car outside of Mar-a-Lago club as part of the security for US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida on December 20, 2025.
Magen David Adom paramedics and vehicles are seen at the scene of an incident involving hazardous material, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Children who were killed, injured at Jerusalem daycare likely experienced respiratory distress

The director of Hadassah-University Medical Center told Maariv that the deaths were "probably from some kind of poisoning, with or without a combination of crowding, fever, or dehydration."

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Emergency services respond to a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a kindergarten in Romema, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Ben-Gvir to conduct security assessment after death of toddlers at Jerusalem kindergarten

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir will hold a security assessment with police and fire officials following the incident at a Jerusalem kindergarten.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SHIR PERETS, AARON REICH
An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Two babies dead, dozens more children injured after suspected overheating at Jerusalem daycare

Authorities noted substandard conditions at the daycare may have caused the incident and led to suspected overheating.

|BySHIR PERETS, JAMES GENN, GOLDIE KATZ

Four daycare workers arrested, owner under house arrest for child abuse

She denied knowing about the abuse in her daycare and proceeded to call those in her employment "monsters."

JULY 31, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Abuse of minors.

Recovered coronavirus patients in Israel double active cases

Malls and markets resume activities • 191,000 Israelis return home • Pre-schools and daycares to reopen on Sunday

MAY 7, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Preschool teachers: We will not return to work

Preschool and daycare organizations announced that they would not be returning to work until the government properly allocate funds and preparatory instructions.

MAY 2, 2020ByYUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV, MOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Preschool, special education teachers worried about coronavirus outbreak

A number of parents with children both in preschools and in primary school decided to keep all their children home.

MARCH 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli woman and a child sit at a playground near a kindergarten surrounded by concrete blast walls on the first day of the school year in Nahal Oz

Teacher kicks out student because of egg allergy

The preschool teacher told the student's mother that if anything happened to him at school it was the parents' responsibility, not hers.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
A CLASSROOM