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After Oct. 7, Shoah exam optional for Israeli high-schoolers

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Following the worst single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust on Oct. 7, Israeli high school students will not be required to take the Holocaust section of the history matriculation exam. “Many inquiries were received...
Supporters of the Parents Circle-Families Forum rally outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, July 30, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Education Ministry bans Israeli-Palestinian NGO from schools

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Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch has recently moved to ban an Israeli-Palestinian NGO accused of whitewashing terrorism from conducting programs in public schools. Under the new regulations, the Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF) is also barred from receiving...
Likud Anglo Division members with Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch. Courtesy of Paul Wiener.

Educating the Israeli education system

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Shrinking the school week, school vouchers and closing gaps in teacher training were just a few of the topics floated by a group of English-speaking Likud members during a recent meeting with Israeli Education...
A class at the Orot Etzion middle school in Efrat, Judea, May 3, 2020. Photo by Gershon Elinon/Flash90.

Israeli fourth-graders show dramatic drop in reading ability

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Israeli fourth-graders displayed a dramatic drop in reading proficiency in the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) published on Tuesday. The study was conducted over two years during the COVID-19 pandemic in 57...
Police at the scene of a shooting attack carried out by a 13-year-old boy in eastern Jerusalem, Jan. 28, 2023. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

‘Incitement in eastern Jerusalem schools produces child terrorists’

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February saw three terror attacks by Palestinian youths, two of whom were 13 years old and one of whom was 14. All were from eastern Jerusalem. The attacks have refocused attention on anti-Israel incitement...
Professor Oded Goldreich. Source: Twitter.

Education minister denies Israel Prize to professor who supports university boycott

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Israel’s Minister of Education Yifat Shaha-Biton announced on Thursday that an Israeli professor who signed a petition calling for a boycott of Ariel University Center of Samaria will not receive the Israel Prize. In doing...
F?rst graders at the Inbalim school in Modi'in Maccabim Reut on the first day of the new academic year, on Sept. 1, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli kids go back to school despite surge in infections

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After a year and a half of distance learning and “capsules” in classrooms—and despite a record 11,077 new COVID-19 diagnoses on Monday—Israel’s school year began for millions of students on Sept. 1. Each pupil was...
Sahar Ismail, Arab society adviser to Israel's education minister, was shot dead in his car in the Arab Israeli town of Rameh on Aug. 15, 2021. Source: Telegram.

Israeli education minister’s Arab affairs adviser shot dead in car

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Israeli Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton’s Arab affairs adviser was gunned down in his car on Sunday outside his home in the Galilee village of Rameh. Sahar Ismail, 50, a member of the Druze community, also...
Schoolchildren in Jerusalem. Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90.

Israel to introduce STEM studies in kindergarten

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Israel will introduce STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects to Israeli children in kindergarten through middle school, to encourage scientific thinking and prepare them for their adult lives and potential high-tech jobs, announced...
A Masa Israel Teaching Fellow examines artwork from Israeli students. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.

Masa Israel Teaching Fellows celebrate 10 years of program

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Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF) is celebrating its 10-year milestone with an online ceremony for fellows, alumni, families and organizers on May 23, featuring live video from the Israeli cities where the program currently...