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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Gavriel Fiske

Gavriel Fiske

Gavriel Fiske is a reporter at The Times of Israel
Israeli soldiers on guard while students arrive to their first day of school at Lev Ha'Emek School in Neot Mordechai, northern Israel, on Septmber 1, 2024.(Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 5:09 pm
Israelis feel fractured school system cannot promote a shared identity – poll
IDI survey finds 45% of Jews, 16% of Arabs want schools to focus on ‘national unity’; many Israelis want hostages discussed in schools, but less so on religious and political right
By Gavriel Fiske
A rare Bronze Era jar, newly reassembled, returned to public exhibition after a four-year-old accidentally broke it in August during a visit to the Hecht Museum in Haifa, on September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
September 11, 2024, 10:58 pm
3,500-year-old jug smashed by 4-year-old is back on display — still not behind a barrier
Weeks after incident went viral, Haifa’s Hecht Museum exhibits restored artifact in its usual place, with cracks deliberately visible, using the mishap as an educational experience
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli children seen on the first day of school at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 6:48 pm
Israel among highest in education expenditure as measured against GDP — study
Israel has the highest percentage of youth population among developed countries, and despite expenditure, school classes remain larger and students study fewer days
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A school built for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, in the northern Israeli town of Rosh Pina, on August 26, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 12:45 pm
Reports of disarray as high schools reopen after abrupt halt to teachers’ strike
Union head Erez says teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the country’ but won’t submit grades; late notice denounced by student, parent and teachers’ groups
By Gavriel Fiske
Secondary School Teachers Association chair Ran Erez attends a Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 2:10 am
Union head: Teachers’ strike ‘suspended’; student, parent bodies denounce late notice
Ran Erez says high school teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the state’ but won’t submit grades or permit off-campus activities; other unions: Don’t go to school Monday
By Gavriel Fiske
Aerial view of the historical Masada fortress, near the Dead Sea, December 3, 2021.(Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 1:05 am
Masada legend upended: ‘The Romans came, saw and conquered, quickly and brutally’
The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken only after Masada-based Jewish forces raided nearby Ein Gedi and disrupted production of balsam, a precious commodity, TAU prof says
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli teens from evacuee communities enjoy a Mets baseball game in New York City, in an undated photo from summer, 2024. (courtesy Tsofim North America)
September 5, 2024, 11:16 am
100 Israeli teens from evacuated communities return from ‘dream’ US camp experience
Group of teenagers from the Tsofim scouts were hosted by NJY Camps in Pennsylvania this summer, offering what organizers say is a model for deeper Israeli-Diaspora connections
By Gavriel Fiske
Teachers' Association chief Ran Erez attends an Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 6:34 pm
High school teachers’ strike may ‘certainly’ last until late October, union head says
Ran Erez also says education minister ‘doesn’t understand his job’; strike, which began Sunday, affects over 500,000 students who are already behind due to years of pandemic, war
By Gavriel Fiske
View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 4:10 pm
No end in sight for high school teachers’ strike after talks end with no progress
Expecting ongoing stoppage, Education Ministry confirms intent to open ‘alternative frameworks’ next week to provide non-academic activities for students
By Gavriel Fiske
Demonstrators gather for an anti-government protest calling for action to release the hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip and for a deal to release them, near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Banner reads 'Hersh won't come home.' (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
September 3, 2024, 2:17 am
Police use considerable force near PM’s home to disperse protesters urging hostage deal
At least 12 arrests, ToI reporter grabbed by the throat, in Jerusalem; demos also held outside Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence and in Tel Aviv, where Ayalon Freeway blocked
By Iddo Schejter, Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Opening the new school year at the Horesh school in Zichron Yaakov, on September 1, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
September 1, 2024, 5:33 pm
As northern evacuees begin school in Zichron Yaakov, some find a silver lining
At the Horesh combined primary and middle school in the northern town, displaced kids absorbed into the general student body are starting their second school year away from home
By Gavriel Fiske
Education minister Yoav Kisch attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 11:02 pm
High school teachers go on strike Sunday after talks founder on eve of school year
Crisis talks don’t yield breakthrough; Education Minister Kisch slams union head Ran Erez and Finance Minister Smotrich, says both ‘want this strike’ and are locked in ‘ego battle’
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
A class held in a temporary school in Eilat, November 2023. (courtesy Education Ministry)
August 31, 2024, 5:58 am
Amid deep uncertainty, it’s back to school – but not back home – for northern evacuees
For the second year in a row, many displaced students will attend temporary schools scattered across Israel as their families question when, or if, they will ever return northward
By Gavriel Fiske
Rare First Temple-era seal found in Jerusalem, in an image released on August 29, 2023. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
August 29, 2024, 11:43 am
‘Extremely rare, beautiful’ First Temple-era ‘genie’ seal discovered in Jerusalem
2,700-year-old stone seal is inscribed with the words ‘Yehoʼezer son of Hoshʼayahu’; its image of a protective winged demon or genie betrays Assyrian influence
By Gavriel Fiske
Education Minister Yoav Kisch, left, and Teachers Union head Ran Erez, right (both photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 5:35 pm
High school teachers union chief declares strike over salary dispute with government
Ran Erez says educators will go on strike September 1, the start of the new school year, as he and the education minister trade blame for deadlocked contract negotiations
By Gavriel Fiske
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