Special needs

Sneak preview: Excerpt from ‘Fairy Lights in God’s Backyard: A Jerusalem Love Story'

"There is still a bloodstain, in the shape of my neighbor, on the stone floor by the stone steps leading up to my teal door and shattered garden."

FAIRY LIGHTS IN GOD’S BACKYARD:  A JERUSALEM LOVE STORY By Sarah Tuttle Singer.
 HAREDI YESHIVA students

Education Min. violated privacy law in leak exposing 21,000 special education students, court finds

ET LA’ASOT runs programs pairing high school students with disabilities with their peers, and Side by Side, Building Community, Together seeks to create a similar program for 20-somethings (illustrative image).

Side by Side: Helping people with disabilities connect socially

Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning


‘Color to the World’ with Pinot Igul

Pinot Igul is an organization that focuses on getting disabled artists’ works in front of the public’s eyes.

 THE ‘COLOR TO the World’ exhibit in Ganei Tikva.

The Dov Levy Prize: Cast your vote to win a free ticket to Israel!

Vote today for the winner of the Dov Levy Prize and enter a competition to win a FREE round-trip ticket to Israel!

 Dov Levy Prize

Ulpana Ofra high school's inclusion programs and education projects

Ulpana has developed a fantastic inclusion program for students with special needs.

A gardener with special needs prepares flowers for planting at the Rhoda Fischer Memorial Garden at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran on July 5, 2020.

The revolution in special education in Israel brought by Seeach Sod

Seeach Sod is a trailblazer in the religious community, a religious educational framework for children in Israel with special needs. It is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

 PLAYTIME AT the daycare center.

Special in Uniform: Opening the military's door to people with special needs

Equal in Uniform recruits, trains, escorts and supports hundreds of youth who volunteer to serve in the IDF.

Hillel Tragin of IDF Central Command

IDF aims to recruit 500 soldiers with autism by end of 2022

The IDF Manpower Directorate’s "Titkadmu" program is opening the military's doors to teens on the autistic spectrum with a unique approach pioneered by Cpt. Udi Heller.

 IDF soldiers compete in a multinational Capture the Flag cyber drill.

Special needs toddler forgotten in kindergarten transport for 8 hours

A 2-year-old was forgotten in a kindergarten transport that was installed with a system to prevent such an incident - the driver was notified and didn't look into it.

Shabus transportation

Feeling art with ‘Breaking the Walls’ exhibit by disabled artists

Eldad Shoshtari is doing his utmost to get the creative fruits of artists with special needs out there, to cultural consumers across the country and, if possible, the world.

 SHANI ELDAR’s  mixed-media sculpture ‘Muzreket’ (Injected).

Anti-vaxxer causes mass-infection in special needs kindergarten

An anti-vaxxer got infected with COVID-19 and sent her twins to their special needs kindergarten, sparking a mass-infection.

 Anti Covid-19 vaccine injection activists protest outside a vaccination center of  Magen David Adom, in Jerusalem,

A special-needs child inspires her parents to spread love, acceptance

Eden was born premature in the 33rd week. By the time she was four months old, the young couple fought with their health medical organization to have her more closely supervised. Something was wrong.

 A GIFT: Omer, Shoham and daughter Eden.