Education

"Teachers are fleeing the profession due to the disgraceful salaries and conditions," says Israel Teachers Union head Yaffa Ben-David in response to Education Ministry report.

The four teachers, who receive their salaries from the state, posted messages encouraging violence, mainly during last year's riots in the city over the course of Operation Guardian of the Walls.

The conference is expected to attract 15,000 visitors, including supervisors, school administrators, educational departments, educational consultants, psychologists, teachers and parents.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem listed 18th on list of world's best universities. Tel Aviv University ranks 29th, while Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion are ranked 96 and 97.

The "Regarding BDS" resolution passed by a vote of 768 for and 167 against. It calls for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions for their "complicity in Israel’s violations of human rights and international law through their provision of direct assistance to the military and intelligence establishments."

Education Miniter Yifat Shasha Biton: Mastery of the Hebrew language is the key to ensuring students are able to integrate into Israeli society and take advantage of opportunities in academia and the job market.

To ease assimilation of some 2,000 students, Israel to provide therapy, language assistance, social activities. Dozens of orphans to stay at Jerusalem center until they can either return home or be adopted in Israel.

Humanities "struggling against very strong market forces and government institutions that do not sufficiently grasp their meaning and vitality for society and the state," a professor of Land of Israel studies says.