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In 2018, the Ministry of Education continued to budget the religious high school students at huge sums and to discriminate against secular and Arab students, according to the ministry's data on how the ministry distributed the budget. The new Minister of Education, Rafi Peretz, who has been prominent in his recent recommendation to the lesbian and gay community to undergo conversion treatments from their sexual orientation, sought to increase the budgets allocated to religious students even more. The Ministry of Education prided itself on narrowing the gaps, but such a policy is not...

A festive event marking Israeli innovation was held at the UN headquarters in New York at the end of the week, with diplomats and government representatives from around the world, UN officials and representatives of Jewish and pro-Israel organizations among the guests exposed to innovative Israeli technologies in the fields of water, agriculture and social issues. The purpose of the event, which was initiated by the Israeli delegation to the UN, was to connect local industry with governments and senior officials from the international community at the UN headquarters during a high-level...

The LOTTE Group, one of the five largest corporations in South Korea, with a turnover of about $ 80 billion a year and a profit of about $ 5 billion a year, is looking for investments in Israel. The owner and chairman of the fifth largest corporation in South Korea, is currently visiting the country and meets with Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen: "I welcome the arrival of the LOTTE company in Israel. The arrival of this company is indicative of the strength and quality of the Israeli market that continues to attract large companies...

In the new cemetery in Lod, seventeen-year-old Rina Schenarb, seventeen of Lod, was arrested this morning in a terror attack near the Dolev settlement in Benjamin. Hundreds accompanied her in her last way Rina Schnarb was hit by a sabotage while traveling with her father and brother near the spring of Danny. The brother, Dvir, nineteen, sustained severe wounds from shrapnel. He was analyzed this afternoon at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, and was told that his condition was stable and that his life was not in danger. The father of the family, Ethan, is hospitalized and his...

Kfar Saba and Tel Aviv are the largest cities that lead the most in the satisfaction of their residents. Jerusalem, on the other hand, remains the most indigenous to the city - according to the CBS data from the 2018 Social Survey. Local cleaning. The Social Survey is an ongoing annual survey of living and welfare conditions in Israel, conducted last year and interviewed by some 7,450 people aged 20 and over, representing about 6.5 million people. Among the topics the survey dealt with were switching between cities, commuting (i.e. getting to work and back) and satisfaction with the major...

After the disabling threats have been removed, about 2,354,000 students will return to schools and kindergartens today - and the school year will open: 168,000 first-grade students will enter the school gates for the first time, as well as 190,000 preschoolers and 333,000 preschoolers. Also, 1,074,000 elementary school students, 296,000 middle school students and 461,000 upper secondary students will be attending educational institutions today, of which 132,000 are 12th graders, who will be their last year in the education system. The students have been for almost a full month, as Tishrei...

Representatives of Israel abroad begin voting - for the second time in 5 months: 13 days before Election Day in Israel, and there are those who are already throwing a ballot. Over 5,000 Israeli voters who are abroad due to their work will elect their representatives for the 22nd Knesset. The last time they took part in the democratic process was only last April, so the elections were held for the 21st Knesset. State employees and representatives of national institutions serving abroad may elect to represent the country in which they serve. Among the voters: civil servants (including...

The New York Police Department has reported 311 total hate crimes through September, as opposed to 250 reported through the same period in 2018, according to Deputy Inspector Mark Molinari, who heads the department’s Hate Crimes Task Force. Molinari said 52 percent of the reported hate crimes, or 163, have targeted Jews. Over the same period last year, the NYPD reported 108 anti-Semitic hate crimes. At a meeting Thursday with Jewish philanthropists, Molinari discussed the numbers and how to prevent anti-Semitic crimes in the city. He recounted a list of anti-Jewish hate crimes that had...

The Ministry of Transport has started operating a dedicated travel lane for private cars that travel more than one passenger. The project was announced three weeks ago under the name "Path Plus", under which Route 2 was specially trained for a 22-kilometer route, between the Netanya interchange and the Galilee interchange, in both directions, where public transport and vehicles with at least two passengers (driver and passenger) will be allowed. At the same time, on Route 20, a special route for public transport and private vehicles with at least three passengers (driver and two passengers)...

At the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, construction of the new emergency department, which is the emergency room, began. Construction is expected to last for three years, and its completion is expected to be the emergency room of the largest and most magnificent Ichilov Hospital in Israel. It will include the large number of beds and CTs, a short hospitalization department and designated tracks. The cost of building the emergency room is about NIS 200 million. Philanthropist Silvan Adams has donated $ 20 million. Professor Roni Gamzo, hospital director, said that Ichilov is the best,...