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Twenty years on: Inside Beit Avi Chai's mission to unite Israelis through Jewish culture

Beit Avi Chai has grown from a local lecture venue into a cultural center reaching children, soldiers, artists, and audiences across Israel and abroad.

Beit Avi Chai CEO Dr. David Rozenson wants to spread the Jewish Israeli cultural word to all sectors of society.
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Students to receive personalized AI English lessons in upcoming year, Education Ministry says

 A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike last week. As long as teachers are denied the stability, recognition, and respect they deserve, we will keep losing the essential individuals who prop up the backbone of society, the writer argues.

Education Ministry announces mandatory financial education classes for ninth, tenth grades

ELLA HAVIN, medical student: In her Ben-Gurion University class, women comprise roughly 70% of students.

A regressive step: Israel's gender segregation law undermines medical education, equality - opinion


For IT educator Denis Brovarnyy, Israel served as a launchpad for a new career

For IT Educator Denis Brovarnyy, Israel Served as a Launchpad for a New Career

“Education is no longer about knowledge. It’s about how quickly people can contribute.”

Israeli former teacher sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for indecent acts against eight pupils

In a ruling cleared for publication, Senior Judge Michal Brant also ordered Shaar to pay NIS 290,000 in compensation to the victims.

(Illustrative) An empty classroom at a school in Safed, northern Israel, August 31, 2025

Students produce pornographic video of teacher using artificial intelligence

The individuals who are suspected to be involved are several minors, approximately 14 years old, who used artificial intelligence tools and digital editing to create the footage.

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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.

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

Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges

The Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, which was ranked the UK’s top-performing Jewish school in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide in 2025, is one of the few independent London Jewish schools.

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How to help children return to the learning routine

A new study reveals how to restart learning and how to return to studying during this period after what we have been through.

A new study reveals how to restart learning and how to return to studying during this period after what we have been through

From survival to learning: How to return children to frameworks the right way

With the reopening of the education system, an educational psychologist explains how we should help children return to routine.

Back to school at Uzi Hitman School in Petah Tikva

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.

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

Most Israeli schools to open on Thursday as Home Front Command updates guidelines

Starting at 6 a.m. on Thursday, schools will open in most of the country, with limits on gatherings canceled.

First-grade pupils attend the first day of a school in Jerusalem on September 2, 2018.

Schools set to gradually reopen following Passover holiday, Health Ministry says

The implementation of the suggested reopening timeline will be subject to a situational assessment by the Home Front Command, according to Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

Parents pick up their children at the end of the school day at an elementary school in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council after the Home Front Command and the Ministry of Education approved the resumption of studies in local authorities where the risk of rocket fire is relatively low and schools have