schoolchildren

Illustrative: A child receives their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit vaccine center in Jerusalem, on November 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

December 13, 2021, 3:07 am

US Jewish day schools rushed to hold vaccine drives, but most hold off on mandates

A variety of jabs have long been required for kids to attend school, but with COVID-19 not yet on the list, it’s largely up to individual districts or institutions to make the call

By julia GERGELY and Shira Hanau

Illustrative picture of a child. (Xavier_S, i-Stock photos at Getty Images)

November 25, 2020, 3:24 pm

With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity

400,000 children eligible for hot school meals are stuck at home due to coronavirus, falling between cracks as ministries fail to take responsibility, Knesset committee hears

By Sue Surkes

Jerusalem's mayor meets with young Israeli twins going into first grade at a school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2020 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

October 22, 2020, 12:28 pm

Experts pan ‘fundamentally flawed’ ministry report that kids are superspreaders

Nine leading academics say Health Ministry research has it all wrong with assessment that children are drivers of infection – a conclusion that may slow down school reopening

By Nathan Jeffay

First grade students arrive to their first day of school at Jerusalem's Tali Geulim school on September 1, 2020 (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)

September 4, 2020, 4:26 pm

With capsules, masks and no guarantees, schools give lesson in acting on the fly

It’s a year of more informal education in the Israeli school system, with classes taught by teachers and tour guides at museums, parks and community centers

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative - A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

June 5, 2019, 5:21 pm

Bookcase falls on boy in Haifa school, seriously injuring him

7-year-old suffers head wound; police open investigation

By TOI staff

Students at the Shefa school in Manhattan, October 8, 2018. (Ben Sales)

October 22, 2018, 3:20 am

Academy preps kids with learning disabilities for mainstream Jewish high school

Focusing on method over erudition, NY’s Shefa School personalizes lessons with a high teacher-to-student ratio to help students enter prestigious institutions ready to tackle texts

By Ben Sales

First-grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school at Efrata elementary school in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

September 2, 2018, 8:16 am

2.3 million Israeli kids back in class as school year begins

Education minister says start of year expected to be the ‘smoothest’ during his tenure, though 80,000 toddlers to remain home due to daycare strike

By TOI staff

November 19, 2017, 12:11 am

Ma'ayan Shaviv

Ever met a kid with no wish list? I have

A bat mitzvah trip to Nepal opened my eyes to how much one can do without

First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school at the Borohov school in Givatayim, September 1, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

September 1, 2017, 8:03 am

2.2 million Israeli students head to class as school year begins

Summer vacation comes to a close nationwide; academic year kicks off without ‘drama,’ usual protests by parents, teacher associations

By TOI staff

June 10, 2017, 2:22 am

Avi Baumol

A Polish school does teshuvah

The principal called roll with the roster from 1939, giving voice to the Jewish students who were kicked out that year

A boy looks at a bear at the Qalqilya Zoo. (YouTube screenshot)

April 25, 2017, 11:26 pm

Bear bites off boy’s arm at Palestinian zoo

Nine-year-old on school trip apparently crossed security barrier to feed bear, which ripped arm off from elbow

By Sue Surkes

First grade students seen on their first day of school at a school in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

September 1, 2016, 11:06 am

More than 2 million Israeli kids head back to school

2016-17 academic year begins ‘as planned,’ despite strike in Tira, protests against institution for migrant children in Tel Aviv

By TOI staff

A Palestinian boy pretends to fire a rifle-shaped wooden stick during a graduation ceremony for the first group of school children's military training organized by Hamas in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 24 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

July 12, 2016, 7:27 am

German TV equates Israeli anti-Arab prejudice with Palestinian incitement to kill

ZDF apologizes after documentary title implies Israeli kids taught violence, though film itself makes no such claim

By JTA

Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)

April 14, 2016, 4:42 pm

Inequality among Israel’s children worst in developed world — study

Jewish state ranks poorly in poverty, literacy and health gaps between its least well-off kids and the average, says UN research

By Sue Surkes

The County Court of Victoria in the legal precinct of Melbourne's central business district, opposite the Supreme Court and Melbourne Magistrates' Court. (Wikimedia Public Domain)

April 14, 2016, 4:26 am

Australian Jewish lawyer suspended for rebuking sex abuse victim

While representing man convicted of sexually abusing boys at yeshiva, Alex Lewenberg told child Jews shouldn’t help police investigate other Jews

By JTA