Special needs

Education Min. violated privacy law in leak exposing 21,000 special education students, court finds

The ministry database contains sensitive information about more than 100,000 people and, under the regulations, is therefore subject to high security requirements, the authority said.

 HAREDI YESHIVA students
ET LA’ASOT runs programs pairing high school students with disabilities with their peers, and Side by Side, Building Community, Together seeks to create a similar program for 20-somethings (illustrative image).

Side by Side: Helping people with disabilities connect socially

Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning

MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

The Rebbe's vision of human potential lives on through Friendship Circle - opinion


Israeli special-needs education tech unveiled in UN convention

The event focused on the use of technology in special-needs education during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN is flanked by his wife, Nechama, and businessman Uri Ben-Ari on at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem as they pose with outstanding special education teachers recognized by Ben-Ari’s Athena Fund for their innovative teaching technologies.

Police officer indicted for death of special needs student Iyad al-Halak

The shooting of Iyad Halak led to criticism of the police, with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitting it was a mistake.

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

Israel to hold concerts for people with autism, special needs

The instruments the orchestra features are as diverse as its members, including violins, guitars, percussion instruments, darbuka, pianos and singers.

The JSO in concert

Israeli foundation to host panel at UN convention on disability rights

The Athena Foundation specializes in empowering teachers through advanced technology, and will be hosting an online event to discuss the use of technology for teaching students with disabilities.

Teachers' submissions for the "Classroom Look in Lockdown" project.

Israeli special-needs karate champion wins gold

Idan Levi from Ramat Gan performed a kata, a karate form that resembles an elegant, yet powerful dance routine perfecting the movements of the martial art.

Idan Levi won a gold medal in the 2021 online inclusive karate world championship.

Special needs teenager drowns in Asi River in northern Israel

The girl arrived at the river as part of an activity arranged for a non-profit organization of special needs teenagers.

The Asi River at Kibbutz Nir David

Rivlin sees Beit Issie Shapiro transform lives of special needs children

Rivlin has paid special attention to people with special needs, as well as to those who have overcome disabilities.

President Reuven Rivlin

IDF's elite Givati Brigade soldiers march alongside disabled comrades

The IDF is renowned for being one of the only armies in the world which incorporates young people with special needs into its ranks.

Dozens of soldiers from the elite Givati Brigade hiked alongside their SIU comrades in an unforgettable masa kumta, December 3, 2020.

How many students are sick with coronavirus compared to population share?

While the rate of students infected with the coronavirus compared to the total amount of patients has declined in recent weeks, it has begun again to increase.

A masked student raises her hand on her first day back in school, November 1, 2020.

Pre-army trainees help disabled classmate climb a mountain

The other pre-army program participants “see him and not the chair,” said Itay Mori's mother.

Hanaton pre-army program participants hike with Itay in a special wheelchair