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."

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
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

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir will hold a security assessment with police and fire officials following the incident at a Jerusalem kindergarten.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SHIR PERETS, AARON REICH
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

Authorities noted substandard conditions at the daycare may have caused the incident and led to suspected overheating.

|BySHIR PERETS, JAMES GENN, GOLDIE KATZ
A Swedish classroom; illustrative.

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

A Swedish investigation finds over 1 billion kronor in taxpayer-backed preschool and school funds siphoned to an Islamist-linked welfare fraud network.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Recovered coronavirus patients in Israel double active cases

Malls and markets resume activities • 191,000 Israelis return home • Pre-schools and daycares to reopen on Sunday

MAY 7, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Preschool teachers: We will not return to work

Preschool and daycare organizations announced that they would not be returning to work until the government properly allocate funds and preparatory instructions.

MAY 2, 2020ByYUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV, MOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Preschool, special education teachers worried about coronavirus outbreak

A number of parents with children both in preschools and in primary school decided to keep all their children home.

MARCH 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli woman and a child sit at a playground near a kindergarten surrounded by concrete blast walls on the first day of the school year in Nahal Oz

Teacher kicks out student because of egg allergy

The preschool teacher told the student's mother that if anything happened to him at school it was the parents' responsibility, not hers.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
A CLASSROOM