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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Gavriel Fiske

Gavriel Fiske

Gavriel Fiske is a reporter at The Times of Israel
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
Illustrative: Students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Jerusalem on May 20, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 4:40 pm
Steep decline in Israeli students’ international math and science test scores
Education Ministry blames COVID lockdowns for disastrous TIMSS 2023 results, which see country plummet 14 places in math and nine in science
By Gavriel Fiske
The fragment of a colorful bowl, originating in 16th century China, found on Mt. Zion in jerusalem. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
December 3, 2024, 3:19 pm
Mount Zion dig unearths 16th century Chinese porcelain bowl fragment
Researchers say the find, with the earliest Chinese inscription discovered in Israel, is a sign of trade ties between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty
By Gavriel Fiske
View of the Baneas cave, associated with Pan worship. (Doron Gahali/courtesy)
December 2, 2024, 9:35 am
In a watery Golan cave, Herod’s great-grandson entertained in the Roman imperial style
An altar dedicated to the cult of Pan was likely converted to a banquet area by Herodian ruler Agrippa II, aligning with the account of Josephus, new research shows
By Gavriel Fiske
Dr. Michael Wolfowicz, in an image taken from an August, 2024, interview with Israel National News. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 1, 2024, 5:40 pm
Hebrew U criminology lecturer suspended after being charged with beating Palestinian
Dr. Michael Wolfowicz is accused, along with eight others, of attacking, kidnapping and beating a West Bank Palestinian man in August
By Gavriel Fiske
Composite arial pictures released by the Shomrim Al Hanetzach organization in March 2024 allegedly shows an antiquities site in the West Bank town of Umm ar-Rehan before and after it was illegally razed and turned into a parking area. (Shomrim Al Hanetzach)
November 28, 2024, 9:48 pm
Palestinian given 18 months in prison for destroying West Bank antiquities site
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind ruling, IDF military court sentences resident of Umm ar-Rehan for paving over Byzantine-era ruins
By Gavriel Fiske
A scarab amulet adorned with scorpions, the symbol of the Egyptian goddess Serket, in an image released on November 28, 2024. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 28, 2024, 3:01 pm
Girl, 12, finds 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet on hike in central Israel
Dafna Filshteiner discovered a small scorpion-adorned scarab amulet lying out in the open near Tel Qana outside of Hod Hasharon
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 3:23 pm
Israel facing shortage of English teachers, 40% not properly trained – ministry
Education Ministry floats program to streamline work visas for foreign English teachers to be employed formally in the school system
By Gavriel Fiske
Prof. Michael Feuer speaking at the 2024 International Education Conference in Tel Aviv, on November 25, 2024. (Sharon Eliasi/ courtesy)
November 26, 2024, 10:17 am
US dean of education defends campus diversity training, seeks more inclusivity for Jews
Michael J. Feuer of George Washington University, visiting Israel for an educational conference, weighs in on the wartime campus protest movements and Trump’s plans for the US
By Gavriel Fiske
Members of the Druze community attend a funeral in the Druze village of Maghar, on September 20, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 20, 2024, 2:35 pm
New curriculum to highlight Druze community and its ties to the state, ministry says
Announcement of program for middle school students comes days after the Jewish Agency elected a first Druze representative to its Board of Governors
By Gavriel Fiske
Participants in the 2024 Wheels of Love charity bicycle ride. (courtesy ALYN Hospital)
November 19, 2024, 8:35 am
Dedicated to fallen soldier, Wheels of Love charity bike ride crosses finish line again
24th Annual benefit event for ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem, canceled last year in wake of October 7, held in honor of Sgt. First Class Yakir Hexter, a devoted volunteer
By Gavriel Fiske
Prof. Nir Kedar, president of Sapir Academic College, on campus on November 3, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
November 14, 2024, 7:37 am
Sderot’s Sapir Academic College aims to arm its students with tools to rebuild after Oct. 7
Campus was a closed military zone for months after war began. As the academic year begins, president Nir Kedar shares the institution’s big plans and how it bolsters resilience
By Gavriel Fiske
A spindle whorl found at Nahal Ein Gev II, held up in front of a 3D model. (courtesy Hebrew University/Daniel Rolider for Smithsonian-Magazine)
November 13, 2024, 9:05 pm
12,000-year-old Stone Age site in Israel reveals first evidence of wheel technology
Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of ‘spindle whorls,’ used to spin fibers into yarn, predating previously known textile tools by 4,000 years
By Gavriel Fiske
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev campus on the first day of class, November 3, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
November 7, 2024, 4:11 pm
Ben-Gurion U. balances academic standards with reservists’ needs in war’s second year
Most of Israel’s universities began studies this week, after a year of war with no end in sight; some 30% of students have served in the IDF reserves during the current conflict
By Gavriel Fiske
Aerial photograph of the IAA excavation near Beit Shemesh, in a photo released on October 29, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
October 29, 2024, 6:34 pm
5,000-year-old site near Beit Shemesh offers clues to how cities developed in Israel
Ancient inhabitants could have been precursors to biblical Canaanites; temple building found to contain unique collection of intact miniature, ritual ceramic vessels
By Gavriel Fiske
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