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Mount Scopus announces new co-president ahead of Caulfield move

Mount Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne has appointed Jonathan Feder as co-president alongside current president Amy Hershan, beginning a...

Jewish teacher says school failed to act on antisemitic abuse

 A Jewish educator at a Victorian government secondary college has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion...

JNF’s My Israel Passport returns to classrooms across Australia

Jewish National Fund Australia has relaunched its “My Israel Passport” educational initiative, inviting primary school students across the country...

Herzog tells Jewish students to carry identity with pride

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog were welcomed by hundreds of students at Moriah College on...

Bialik College staff member dismissed after students view inappropriate images on laptop 

Melbourne school, Bialik College has dismissed a staff member after students in Years 6 and 7 briefly saw adult...

NZ Teachers’ Union under fire for prioritising ‘Palestine’ in government talks

New Zealand’s largest secondary teachers’ union has come under fire after revelations that “Palestine” topped the agenda for a...

Antisemitism up 52% in Victoria

The 2024 Victorian Antisemitism Report has reported a surge in antisemitic incidents in 2024, with a total of 552...

Hugs for Sderot kids returning to school five months after Hamas attack

The city of Sderot reopened its schools on Sunday for the first time since Hamas’s October 7 attacks as...

Israel destroys tunnel network under Gaza hospital and girls’ school

Israeli soldiers destroyed a network of tunnels underneath and around a hospital and adjacent girls' school in northern Gaza,...

‘Keep fighting’: school students’ promise for Palestine

Students say they will not let up with their demands as hundreds skipped school in support of Palestine and...

School students hit the street to stand with Palestine

Over 1,000 Victorian school students have blocked a major intersection in Melbourne, calling for a free Palestine. The children left...

Israel fortifying kindergartens in vicinity of Gaza Strip

The Ministry of Defence’s Engineering and Construction Division, in cooperation with IDF’s Home Front Command, has commenced work to...

Prime Minister at first day of school

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Education Minister Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton and Yerucham Mayor Tal Ohana, yesterday opened the 2021-2022 school year. at the Eli Cohen Meuchad School in Yerucham.

2.4 million Israeli students return to class amid COVID-19 wave

Some 2,458,000 Israeli children from kindergarten through high school returned to class on Wednesday and began the school year, amid a high Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate in the country.

School year will start on schedule in Israel, despite high COVID-19 stats

The school year in Israel will open on Wednesday, September 1, the Corona Cabinet decided Sunday night, amid the country’s fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) wave.

Good news for schools

The Australian Council of Jewish Schools, representing students in Jewish schools throughout Australia, has welcomed the Liberal/National Party Coalition commitment, made at Sydney's Masada College, to continue and expand funding to help address the security needs of our schools....and the commitment of the ALP.