Preschool

Children who were killed, injured at Jerusalem daycare likely experienced respiratory distress

The director of Hadassah-University Medical Center told Maariv that the deaths were "probably from some kind of poisoning, with or without a combination of crowding, fever, or dehydration."

Magen David Adom paramedics and vehicles are seen at the scene of an incident involving hazardous material, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.
Emergency services respond to a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a kindergarten in Romema, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Ben-Gvir to conduct security assessment after death of toddlers at Jerusalem kindergarten

An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Two babies dead, dozens more children injured after suspected overheating at Jerusalem daycare

A Swedish classroom; illustrative.

Taxpayer-funded Swedish schools tied to Islamist extremist welfare fraud - report


Four preschool teachers arrested on suspicion of abuse

 Police intend to continue the investigation, which has been ongoing for two weeks.

 Young Israeli students with their parents make their way to school and kindergarten in Jerusalem on September 30, 2021.

The founder of Jumpstart wants to be Arizona’s first Jewish governor

Aaron Lieberman, 50, calls himself an “accidental entrepreneur” — after serving as Jumpstart’s CEO for its first seven years.

Arizona State Highway welcome sign

An NYC Jewish day school’s Thanksgiving parade went viral on TikTok

“Woke up this morning to preschoolers protesting,” the TikTok video narrates.

 Students and parents from Beit Rabban Day School in Manhattan march to express their gratitude to neighborhood workers on the Upper West Side on the eve of Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 2021.

COVID-19: These are the cities that will reopen kindergartens and schools

Several cities have already announced that they will not be prepared to reopen Monday.

Children begin school in Jerusalem on November 1, 2020 after a lockdown.

Spike in kids with COVID-19 means Israel unlikely to open schools

“This is something we did not witness in previous waves of coronavirus,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told The Jerusalem Post.

A nurse works in the new COVID-19 ICU for children at Hadassah-University Medical Center

Education Ministry report: 1,659 schoolchildren infected with COVID-19

Overall, schools and kindergartens saw lower rates of infection that the general population.

Parents accompany their children to the kindergarten in Tel Aviv as they return to kindergarden on October18, 2020 after being shut down during a national lockdown in a means to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Worry as Israel's children return to schools

Two schools out of 5,000 were closed because of high infection rates. One hundred and thirty-four preschools were closed for high infection rates out of 21,000 preschools.

 A teacher instructs students in proper mask wear, as first through fourth graders return to school, November 1, 2020.

Parents must help early childhood educators amid COVID-19 - opinion

As preschools are set to reopen, the government has changed virtually none of the restrictions for these age groups since the last two times we’ve returned to school.

Israelis return to school amid coronavirus concerns, September 1, 2020

Alroy-Preis maintains: Preschools cannot open Sunday

Other Health Ministry officials disagree

Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis addresses the press. 12.10.2020

Four daycare workers arrested, owner under house arrest for child abuse

She denied knowing about the abuse in her daycare and proceeded to call those in her employment "monsters."

Abuse of minors.