Posts Tagged: Israel education system
Israel’s Education Minister Gets Taught a Lesson on Tolerance and Religious Zealotry
JNS.org - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the right-wing Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) Party, indicated this week -- for...
Israel’s Education System Should Be a Tool for Economic Productivity and Unity, Not a Religious Divider
JNS.org - A recent controversial decision by Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett means that haredi (ultra-Orthodox) students in Israel may continue to miss out on the...
Class in Session: Five Questions for Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - In April, Israel’s educational system, which is essentially charged with shaping the country’s future, was handed over to Member of Knesset Naftali Bennett. The...
Israel’s Bedouin Schools Flourish in the Negev Desert
In the sandy dunes of the northern Negev desert between Arad and Be'er Sheva, 130 students who belong to a local Bedouin tribe study at...
Israel Rejects Study Minimizing Hatred in Palestinian Arab Textbooks
Israel's Education Ministry has rejected the findings of a State Department-funded study that determined Palestinian textbooks do not incite hatred against Israel and that both...