Israel's Top Court Tells Education Ministry to Explain Funding Bias Against non-Orthodox Groups

High Court instructs ministry to explain why it should not change its methods of support for so-called 'centers for the deepening of Jewish education'

Gender-segregated Event at Tel Aviv University Draws Criticism, Triggers Reform

The university says it noticed a clause on sex separation for a Chabad event too late to cancel, a mistake it pledges to avoid in the future

Raise a Flag, Don't Forget to Cry: The Cynical Industry Behind Israeli Teens' Trips to Nazi Death Camps

Israeli high-schoolers’ trips to Nazi death camps in Poland are based on three things: Unequivocal messages, structured situations and manipulation, a new book describes

The Israeli Civics Teacher Canned for Challenging His Students

Meir Baruchin, fired for remarks about the IDF and ‘rot’ in Israel, stands by his methods of teaching high school students

Israeli Civil Service Cadets Program for ultra-Orthodox Separates Men and Women

Next session supposed to have equal number of men and women studying in two separate courses

Analysis By Firing a Critical Teacher, Israel Is Surrendering to Incitement

In a democratic society, education has the job of providing a variety of viewpoints, including those that deviate from mainstream consensus

Israeli Civics Teacher Fired for Criticizing Army Operations

Dr. Meir Baruchin, who taught for 30 years and initiated meetings between Jewish and Arab students, was fired over opinions he expressed on his Facebook page

Israeli Teens Protest Education Minister's anti-LGBT Statements

Thousands come out to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, despite Education Ministry's warnings to school principals to stay out of protest

Netanyahu Adviser Pushing Plan to Cut Benefits, Wages for Foreign Workers

Economic adviser seeks to free employers of obligation to pay into pension funds and allow them to pay less than minimum wage ■ Plan contradicts current laws and treaties, sources say

Tel Aviv University Shutting Down Center for Peace Research

Sources say decision not preceded by any examination of center’s work in past several years ■ Decision slated to go into effect in middle of academic year

Israel's Top Court Blasts State for Misuse of Palestinian Workers’ Sick Fund

The mechanism the state had decided on 'raises questions,' Supreme Court President Esther Hayut says

Opinion What Israeli Students Will Learn

Town Slams 'Murderous Terrorists,' Nixes Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence Meeting for Students

Meeting with bereaved families meant to open dialogue about coexistence cancelled after politicians and parents complain of children being exposed to 'terrorists'

Opinion Time to Cancel the State-religious School System

Arabs Sue Tel Aviv Realtor for 'Racist' Housing Discrimination

Three women told by a realtor detecting their accent that an apartment was already spoken for, but he later agreed to show the same flat to Jews

Central Israeli City Ramat Hasharon Adopts Sexual Equality Policy

The initiative, led by four female local council members, was approved unanimously hoping move will help discourage exclusion of women from city-sponsored events

Analysis The Results Are In: Israel's School System Is Sick. Here's Why

Israeli students' poor scores in the international PISA test are a wake-up call. But all the wake-up calls won't change a system encumbered by obsolete pedagogical models and sectarianism

Opinion Teachers, Shut Up

Opinion Israeli Parents Push Back on Religious Indoctrination in Schools

According to the Education Ministry, 'Jewish-Israeli culture' is taught in a pluralistic and sometimes critical fashion – But countless examples prove otherwise

Israel's Top Court Bars State From Giving $62m in Sick Pay Owed to Palestinian Workers

The state recently decided to give the money to Israeli employers, although critics point out that there is no transparency in the way it's calculated

When It Comes to Rabin’s Murder, Some Israeli Schools Avoid the Topic Altogether

Schools that do address the tragedy tend to focus more on rifts in Israeli society and less on the assassination or the political atmosphere that led to it

This Israeli City Has 25% Arab Residents, but Won't Open a School for Them

There are four Arabic-speaking preschools in Nof Haglil, but nowhere for children to go afterward. Frustrated by false promises, these families are taking the case to the Supreme Court

Israel's Civics Exam to Require Students to Memorize Controversial Nation-state Law

Meanwhile, the concept of a multicultural state, which appears in the curriculum, will not be studied for the next two years

Women Made to Watch Public Events on Screens as Israeli City Doubles Down on Gender Segregation

Attorney general made segregation at cultural events funded by taxpayers' money legally acceptable, but Beit Shemesh goes even further, keeping ultra-Orthodox women in separate halls

Israel's Attorney General Moves to Allow Sex-segregated Graduate Programs

The Haredi Knesset members 'know how much I try to apply their policies and those of the government in every issue,' Mendelblit was quoted as saying by an ultra-orthodox newspaper

Tel Aviv Mayor to Send Book Recalled by Education Ministry to Jewish Religious Schoolkids

Education Ministry official ordered national-religious elementary schools to return book referencing travel on Sabbath, aimed at teaching first graders decision-making

Israeli Schoolbook Recalled for Reference to Traveling on Sabbath

The book, a gift sent to incoming first graders aimed at teaching decision-making and democracy, 'causes concrete offense' for mentioning the choice to travel on the Jewish Sabbath, Education Ministry says

Israel's AG Says Gender-segregated Events Permissible 'If Public Desires'

In wake of heated debate in Israel, Avichai Mendelblit argues that there is 'no legal impediment' for cities 'to separate men and women if they so choose'

Rights Groups Slam Israel's AG for Weighing 'Special Circumstances' Permitting Gender Segregation

Women's, civil society groups urge Avichai Mendelblit to hold a public hearing before he holds debate on extending sex segregation at publicly-funded events