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To shrink classes amid COVID-19, Israel needs to hire 15,000 teachers. It won’t be easy.

Some Israeli educators are wary that fast-track training programs may leave new teachers ill-equipped to handle the job at a particularly difficult time.

Jewish educator’s ‘Yo Semite’ T-shirt back in spotlight following Trump gaffe

Hundreds of Sarah Lefton’s shirts have sold this week after the president mispronounced the name of the famed national park.

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) inspects at his Jerusalem home an English-language translation of the Talmud based on his annotations on June 4, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons/SoInkleined)

Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83

Steinsaltz died Friday at 83, after years of declining health.

Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men

Austria will allow descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship

Israelis protest being separated from their significant others outside the residence of the foreign minister by having solo romantic picnics on the eve of Tu B'Av, the Jewish day celebrating love. The signs read, "We also want to embrace our loved ones. Open the skies for them. Families want to be together." (Courtesy of Plia Kettner)

‘Does he remember me?’: For some Israelis, COVID-19 has meant being separated from their families

Amazon renews ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino’s Nazi-hunting drama, for second season

Tuesday at 1 pm EDT: Hear from Israeli parents who’ve been back to school already, for better or worse

The new foodie normal: Instead of travel and tours, one-on-one chef video lessons

Confused about Judaism’s view on the afterlife? Start by watching ‘The Good Place.’

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