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Protesters chant slogans and hold banners as they take part in a demonstration against Israel's campaign in Gaza, in Athens on September 20, 2025. (Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 8:43 am
After weeks of debate, world social workers group won’t expel Israeli union
Irish, Spanish and Greek affiliates of International Federation of Social Workers had demanded Israeli social workers abstain from mandatory military service to remain
By Grace Gilson
Protesters hold an Israeli flag stained with red paint at an anti-Israel demonstration in Madrid, Spain, on May 11, 2024.(Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP)
February 12, 2026, 7:31 pm
Three countries seeking to ban Israel from international social workers union
Ireland, Spain, and Greece accuse Israeli union of ethical breaches, say it should seek military service exemption for members or ‘issue a call for peace’
By Grace Gilson
People walk in the rain on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, November 25, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2026, 4:12 am
Israeli researcher trots out proof that walking more needn’t increase commuting time
Prof. Jonathan Rabinowitz of Bar-Ilan University touts health benefits of hoofing it while campaigning for transportation apps to add option for routes with more time on foot
By Diana Bletter
Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)
March 22, 2022, 8:08 am
Compassion and tech merge, helping Israelis navigate Jewish law at end of life
The Tzohar organization pairs rabbis and social workers with terminally ill patients and their families, to help plan ahead and make informed choices during difficult times
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Anna and Ludmila in Kyiv, March 2022. (Courtesy, Joint Distribution Committee)
March 10, 2022, 10:35 pm
‘I can stay alive, brighter days will come,’ says Holocaust survivor stuck in Kyiv
With around half of capital’s residents said to have fled, housebound Ludmila, 85, lauds continuing devotion of carer Anna, who says; ‘We hug when we’re very scared’
By Sue Surkes
A Hesed social worker hugs a client in Odesa on Monday, February 28, 2022. (JDC)
March 2, 2022, 6:50 am
Risking life and limb, Hesed network continues caring for Ukraine’s neediest Jews
Staff of JDC group work on laptops from home to provide services, and some social workers move in with homebound Jews to ensure continued care, even as fighting rages around them
By Sue Surkes
A demonstrator holds a sign reading 'we deserve fair pay' outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem during a protest for the social workers on July 14, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Courtesy Israel Social Workers' Union)
March 16, 2021, 4:31 pm
Social workers plan strike as study shows 54% have experienced physical violence
On Social Work Day 2021, new statistics illustrate deteriorating conditions of social services wrought by COVID-19, including understaffing, underpay and exposure to violence
By ToI Staff
View of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center during a general strike of the Nurses all over Israel, August 7, 2018. (Photo by Flash90)
October 11, 2020, 5:51 pm
Woman dies days after suspected assault by her partner
Anastasia Klein’s partner is out on house arrest, even after allegedly attempting to gain access to her hospital room dressed as a prison guard
By ToI Staff
Prof. Sol Green with the certificate from the Keren Kayamet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund honoring him on his 99th birthday with the planting of 100 trees in his name, July 15, 2020, Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
August 18, 2020, 12:23 pm
100 trees planted in Israel in honor of a mentor’s 99th
For his July birthday, Prof. Sol Green, who founded YU and Bar-Ilan University’s social work departments, is gifted a leafy donation to KKL-JNF
By Anat Peled
Social workers protest their working conditions, during the COID-19 crisis, in Tel Aviv on July 21, 2020. Sign reads 'Disgrace.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 22, 2020, 10:44 am
Social workers ink deal with Finance Ministry, ending strike after 17 days
Agreement provides NIS 200m for raises and funding for a protection program, after years of complaints of low pay, manpower shortages and violence
By ToI Staff
Israeli social workers protest their working conditions in Tel Aviv on July 21, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 22, 2020, 2:10 am
Social workers close in on deal with Finance Ministry after 16-day strike
Agreement said reached to provide raises and implement a protection program after years of complaints of low pay, long hours, manpower shortages and dangerous working conditions
By ToI Staff
Israeli social workers protest their working conditions at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on July 21, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 21, 2020, 5:15 pm
Histadrut chief threatens further strikes if no deal reached with social workers
Social workers’ union rejects ‘meager’ raise offered by Finance Ministry as strike enters 16th day; welfare minister: Situation must be resolved before ‘disaster hits’
By ToI Staff
Israeli social workers protest their working conditions outside the Knesset on June 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2020, 11:26 am
Protesting working conditions, social workers launch open-ended strike
Union has long complained of unreasonable workload, with low salaries and the constant danger of violence
By ToI Staff
Social workers block the Azrieli Junction in Tel Aviv in protest of their work conditions, July 2, 2020. (Union of Social Workers)
July 2, 2020, 1:55 pm
Social workers demonstrate across the country, threaten strike next week
Union says members will not supply any services next Monday in protest of workload, low wages and constant danger; accuses Finance Ministry of indifference
By Stuart Winer
Ety Siton, left, director of the Kfar Saba branch of ERAN, also oversees the Toronto volunteers. She is pictures with Sigal Almog, co-founder of Toronto's ERAN project. (Courtesy)
February 13, 2019, 11:20 am
Israeli expats in Canada staff a Hebrew suicide hotline to serve their homeland
The ERAN crisis hotline has a branch in Toronto where trained volunteers field anguished calls from Israelis in the lonely Middle East night
By Robert Sarner
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