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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Shai Piron

Rabbi Shai Piron in his Lod office, on November 17, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
December 6, 2024, 5:51 am
Former minister talks ‘deep crisis’ in education and how Israel can dig itself out
Rabbi Shai Piron, in new role as president of the Israel Professional College in Jerusalem, stresses importance of vocational training in the 21st century job market
By Gavriel Fiske
Thousands attend a rally in Tel Aviv calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on November 11, 2023. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 12, 2023, 3:29 am
‘A nightmare, we’re not living’: Tens of thousands rally for hostages’ return
Protests held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities as relatives mark 36 days since hundreds taken captive by Hamas; some demonstrators decry government inaction
By Melanie Lidman and Jessica Steinberg
Israelis wave flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
February 14, 2023, 10:36 pm
75 Israeli Orthodox leaders call for dialogue on judicial overhaul
Though many signatories of open letter have deep ties to settler movement, most are part of the more liberal wing of the religious Zionist community
By Judah Ari Gross
A Nazi trooper on a street in Tunis on January 9, 1943. (AP)
August 20, 2019, 9:02 am
Israeli schools to teach about fate of North African Jews in the Holocaust
Education Minister Peretz insists history of Jewish people living in Muslim countries during World War II be included in curriculum
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soldiers of the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion sit in a field at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
July 17, 2019, 6:42 am
Group launches bid for true universal conscription – Haredim, Arabs and all
Pnima movement, which once included Gantz and Ashkenazi, releases proposal to require all Israeli citizens to perform some form of national service for a more cohesive society
By Judah Ari Gross
View of a plenum session of the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Flash90)
July 30, 2018, 4:46 pm
27 gone out of 120: Knesset sees record number of dropouts
Almost a quarter of lawmakers have given up their seats since being elected in 2015, and the number is likely to rise
By ToI Staff
Mayor of Acre Shimon Lankri, Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi (2L), Shlomo Dovrat, former IDF Chief of staff Benny Gantz (standing) and former education minister Shai Piron at a press conference for the new social movement "Pnima", in Lod, on April 03, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
April 3, 2017, 2:06 pm
Launching social movement, former IDF chiefs deny political ambition
Goal of ‘Pnima’ is to mend Israel’s social fabric, bring ‘an end to the divisions, an end to the incitement, an end to the baseless hatred’
By Marissa Newman
Eitan Chikli
September 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
Eitan Chikli
Jewish education for secular Israelis?
A string of failed government initiatives — and one longtime success — prove that the key lies in touching hearts
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz speaks at the Washington Institute, September 25, 2015 (Washington Institute screenshot)
June 17, 2016, 4:44 pm
Ex-IDF chiefs, former minister set up new ‘cultural’ movement
Gantz and Ashkenazi join forces with Yesh Atid’s Shai Piron in a project the latter insists is apolitical
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid MK Karin Elharar at a Knesset State Control Committee meeting on June 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 7, 2016, 6:03 am
MK Karine Elharar: Knesset’s becoming more like ‘Big Brother’
Still, Yesh Atid lawmaker and fierce coalition critic isn’t giving up on Israel’s democracy. She urges Diaspora Jews not to, either
By Marissa Newman
Outgoing Yesh Atid parliament member Shai Piron (L) seen with incoming Yesh Atid parliament member Elazar Stern at a Yesh Atid party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on August 2, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 7, 2015, 1:57 pm
Two new members of Knesset sworn in
Elazar Stern enters as Yesh Atid MK in place of Shai Piron; Oded Furer takes Sharon Gal’s seat in Yisrael Beytenu
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Knesset members Shai Piron (left) and Sharon Gal (Yonatan Sindel/Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 2:25 pm
Two opposition lawmakers call it quits
Shai Piron of Yesh Atid to teach at college in Sderot; Yisrael Beytenu’s Sharon Gal resigns after only 6 months on the job
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 1:56 pm
‘Clear majority’ of lawmakers oppose Iran deal, say sources close to PM
After 34th senator backs agreement, ensuring landmark win for Obama, John Kerry says plan ensures Islamic Republic won’t get bomb
By Adiv Sterman
MK Shai Piron seen during a Yesh Atid party meeting at the Knesset, June 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 2, 2015, 9:06 am
Knesset member Shai Piron quits politics
Ex-education minister from Yesh Atid party will be replaced in parliament by Elazar Stern, a former Hatnua lawmaker
By Stuart Winer
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (L) testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the nuclear deal struck between Iran and six nations, including the United States, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey on Capitol Hill July 29, 2015 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
August 14, 2015, 4:30 pm
From offshore to Iran to India, positive energy all around
Israel’s papers discuss a US official’s trust in nuke deal, the PM’s optimism after signing gas deal, and an MK who meditates
By Adiv Sterman
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