Teaching in israel

Israeli teachers delay school opening following extreme violence, harassments by students

"Violence against teaching staff is becoming an everyday phenomenon that we must not normalize," Teachers Union Chairman Michael Pinto said in a statement on Monday.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some Municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023.
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit first-graders on the first day of the school year in Kiryat Shmona, on September 1. A new contract for excellent teaching must combine fairness and wisdom, says the writer.

A new contract for excellent teaching - opinion

A new contract can ensure that Israel’s students will have a generation of teachers who prepare them for the intellectual, social, and economic challenges of the 21st century.

|ByRONY RAMOT
Bags of cocaine that were seized by Israel Police.

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect

In a country where “routine” has never meant “normal,” teachers are the guardians of resilience, unity, and purpose

|ByANAT VIDOR

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

A total of 2.587 million students are back in school, with the hope that routine will not be disrupted again by sirens and missiles.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025ByURI SELA
Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

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

The project includes 20 homes for educators and their families relocating to the near-Gaza border area and is already attracting high demand.

AUGUST 27, 2025BySVETA LISTRATOV/TPS
The site of a planned teachers' neighborhood in southern Israel, August 27, 2025

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.

AUGUST 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, URI SELA
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.

JUNE 3, 2025ByAVIV COHEN
‘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.

JUNE 3, 2025ByMIRIT ISRAELI, ADAM LEFSTEIN, ITAY POLLAK, MAYA BOZO-SCHWARTZ
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.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

FEBRUARY 9, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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.

JANUARY 27, 2025ByIDAN ERETZ/GLOBES/TNS
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.

JANUARY 12, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByHOLLY CIN
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.