Artist tells audience he's glad they are all 'Ashkenazim' and 'there's not a single chakhchakh here' -- a derogatory term for Mizrahi Jews; later apologizes, calls it 'a bad joke'

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton skips ceremony due to professor's alleged support of anti-Israel boycotts; Goldreich says 'oppression' of Palestinians 'darkens my life'

Students will be required to pass 4-5 exams instead of 12-14; reform expected to come into effect next year

Health Ministry official calls statistic 'disturbing,' but Education Ministry official claims plan is working

After court injunction blocked planned teacher’s strike over new COVID quarantine rules, new agreement includes distributing tests to all education staff

Court injunction blocking teacher's strike good through Sunday; union is opposed to regulations nixing isolation for students exposed to virus

Court yet to finally rule on legality of protest against ending isolation for children; Yaffa Ben-David denies pressure from health official or outcry; only 50% of kids in school

Education official says new quarantine rules will make schools safest places in the country, while teachers union chief says planned walkout was 'protest,' not labor action

Schools to open normally on Thursday despite strike threat, except in Jerusalem, northern Israel and parts of West Bank, where a snow day has been called

Report indicates labor chief called action at behest of top health official; government to ask court for emergency injunction against call for teachers to stay home