Civics

IDF cadets forced to listen to anti-government lecture

IDF soldiers demanded that a lecture on civics be halted when the speaker denounced the judicial reform.

What do students learn when teachers express their opinions in class?

Jewish Home MK: 'The left is no longer in charge'

MK Motti Yogev dismisses left’s criticism of a new civics textbook, stresses that the government will promote Israel's Jewish roots.

New civics textbook approved, Meretz head goes livid

Education Ministry gives final approval to new text for school system; leftist MK slams 'war declaration against pluralism, secularism.'

Dismissed Civics Head Gives Education Ministry an Ultimatum

Dismissed untenured Civics superintendent gives the Education Ministry 48 hours to reinstate him.

Dismissed Civics Head Claims Smear Campaign

Adar Cohen, dismissed for promoting post-Zionist textbooks: I was the target of a well-orchestrated smear campaign.

Controversy Over Civics Text That Claims Left is ‘More Humane’

A new civics textbook has caused controversy as it terms the political left ‘more humane’ and says Nakba Law ‘harms Arab rights.’

A Zionist Civics Curriculum At Last

Israel's new civics program to add focus on historical, international justifications for a Jewish state, but what about religious justifications?

Teaching Civics the Jewish Way

School civics courses amidst expulsions, administrative detention, and refusal of orders – they’re not what they used to be!