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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

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Students arrive at a school in central Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 8:06 am
Dilemmas abound as school system works to help students process Oct. 7 and horrors of war
The Israel-Hamas conflict has taken up nearly the entire school year, which finishes at the end of next month, but some educators see an opportunity to ‘reset’ the education system
By Gavriel Fiske
Evacuated students walking down a path at their new school at the Ghetto Fighters' House in Kibbutz Lohamei Hagettaot, March 2024. (Diana Bletter)
April 16, 2024, 10:12 pm
Schools and students displaced in the north learn to deal with chaos sown by war
Finding new, safer locations with bomb shelters and operating short-staffed are just some of the challenges school administrators face under Hezbollah missile threat after Oct. 7
By Diana Bletter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at a plastic bracelet as he visits first graders in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 1, 2023, 12:39 pm
Netanyahu tells first-graders to ‘be kind,’ as 2.5 million students return to class
School year begins with politicians calling for unity amid political tensions, lack of teachers and a narrowly avoided strike
By ToI Staff
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
Ma'ayan Shaviv
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
Avi Baumol
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
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