"The Poles wanted to mess with the content of the trips and what can or can’t be said to Israeli children visiting," Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says, asserting, "They can’t tell us what to teach our children."
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."
Baruch Adler, a student from Yeruham, breaks the previous record of 1,207 digits.
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.
Only 18% self-reported their English as "quite good" or "very good" and only 7% said English was their native tongue, according to a study conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute.
According to a special report published by the Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry, the number of students in east Jerusalem being taught the Israeli curriculum is three times larger than prior to the launch of the government's five-year plan in 2018.