Education
Hundreds of thousands of children head back to classrooms around the country • Education Ministry: School system will resume operating next week if coronavirus cases don’t rise.
Israeli preschools, kindergartens to resume limited operation
As Israel continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions, its Health Ministry approves the partial reopening of government-run childcare and early-education facilities.
The most recent Facebook live conversation took place with Ruth Barnett, who came to the United Kingdom on the Kindertransport.
Israeli kids head back to class as schools cautiously reopen
Students in grades one to three and 11th and 12th partially resume classroom activities • Some 20 percent of local authorities say they’re not prepared to reopen schools due to strict precautionary measures.
“It is very important that children learning about this complex subject are taught in a balanced and accurate manner,” stated UK Lawyers for Israel director Caroline Turner.
Sixteen-year-old Ruth Cohen beat out 70 teenagers from 39 countries to become the first female student to have won the prestigious award in more than a decade.
“We are all still working to adapt and create new ways to maintain good physical, emotional, and mental well-being, especially for vulnerable populations,” said Orlee Guttman, JCT’s director of strategic partnerships and co-Founder of LevTech
The archive features a copy of practically every film shot in Israel, including feature films, documentaries, newsreels and home movies.
Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz said the team’s accomplishments are “a ray of light in these complex times for the whole country.”
According to Israel’s central bank, the price tag is due to some 408,000 Israeli households where at least one parent has to remain home to take care of children rather than going to work.
Nicollet Public School Superintendent Dennis Morrow assigned each of the students a 10-page research paper on “Hitler’s final solution at Auschwitz” and “medical experiments at Auschwitz.”
With synagogues locked up, religious and day schools in abeyance, JCCs shuttered and Shabbat meals now nuclear family affairs, how can parents keep the Jewish flame alive?
