Yoav Kisch

School system to fully reopen across Israel starting Sunday, Education Ministry confirms

The Education Ministry announces the full reopening of schools nationwide, including northern communities, following updated security guidelines amid the ceasefires with Lebanon and Iran.

|ByYUVAL BAGNO
Children return to school in Rishon LeZion following a ceasefire in the war with Iran, April 9, 2026.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch visits a school in Rishon LeZion as children return to classes following a ceasefire in the war with Iran, April 9, 2026.

Education Minister announces new outline for matriculation exams, leniency for students in north

"As the security situation continues, we will continue to adapt our responses sensitively and in line with what emerges from the field,” Kisch said.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
Children return to school in Rishon LeZion following a ceasefire in the war with Iran, April 9, 2026.

Israel to expand summer school program after Iran war closures, education minister says

Kisch's plan expands the existing framework called the “Summer Vacation School,” which is run by the Education Ministry and provides state-subsidized summer programs after the school year ends.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Education minister Yoav Kisch attends Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025.

Education Minister slams 'extremist, deranged criminals' for trying to enter his home during siren

In the video, one of the individuals can be heard shouting at the gate that they are a teacher, before blaming Kisch for the Iranian attack, and that "these missiles are your fault! Protect me!"

|ByTZVI JASPER

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."

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
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.

OCTOBER 22, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
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.

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Parents prepare their child for the first day of school in Israel, on September 1, 2023.

Israeli minister aims to oust Yad Vashem Holocaust museum chair

Education Minister Yoav Kisch has accused the Yad Vashem Chairman of allowing unauthorized parties to vote at board meetings.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

2.5 million Israeli students return to school after teachers' strike averted

Teachers' salaries will be raised by NIS 2,000 a month and an additional 2,000 teachers are being recruited to help fill the nationwide shortage.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Education Min. faces protests after curriculum includes judicial reform

Protest groups accused the Education Ministry of including anti-liberal content and promotion of judicial reform in educational curricula.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli protest against Education Minister Yoav Kisch outside a conference at Tel Aviv University, on August 28, 2023.

This man can save Israel from disaster – if he acts now - opinion

Israel's education system is set to collapse. Only Education Minister Yoav Kisch can save it. If not, we can see the country fall behind and sink even more.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByTOMER SAMARKANDI
EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education Committee, earlier this month.

New Education Min. program teaches kids tolerance, conflict management

The new program, coming at a time of heightened social divisions in Israel, is per the directive of Education Minister Yoav Kisch to make Israel's schools have a culture of tolerance.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

Education Ministry bans Israeli-Palestinian parents group from schools

The ban was following a rule change by Education Minister Yoav Kisch that prohibits educational programming that slanders the IDF or soldiers.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.