Teaching in israel

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.
Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

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

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

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


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.

New initiative allows IDF education soldiers to receive teaching degrees during service

Exclusive collaboration between Israel's Education Ministry and the IDF will allow soldiers to level up.

 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.

Teaching in a bomb shelter: Life, learning, and belonging in Israel - opinion

I can say with certainty that teaching in the bomb shelter is something I never had the opportunity to experience back in Houston.

 THE TEACHER outside her classroom: ‘Lo and behold, upon arrival at my new classroom, I learned that the space also doubles as the building’s bomb shelter,’ she writes.

Tuni Cohen: Living the dream of living, raising a family in Israel

Jerusalemite of the Week: For Tuni Cohen, moving to Israel was a dream come true. Raising a special and amazing family made it even better.

 Tuni Cohen

Back to school: How are Jerusalem teachers faring the new academic year?

Education workers have had difficult experiences, as many grapple with an already stressful job at a time when many children are dealing with the trauma of war. 

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch visits a Jerusalem classroom on the first day of school.

Education in crisis: Strikes, war, and the toll on Israeli children - editorial

The government needs to give education the support it deserves. Israel has already lost a generation to this war – those who are fighting it. We can't lose the next.

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024.