Daycare

Preschool teacher: 'We'll tell the parents a kid scratched her'

Court extends arrest of Hadera childcare provider Levana Shem Tov, following investigation of child abuse.

Finance Min. to Labor Min.:

'Add special status for reservists to daycare subsidy criteria'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich requests that Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur add a special status for IDF reservists, allowing them to receive daycare subsidies.

Following Supreme Court compromise:

Labor Minister to sign on daycare subsidies

Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur backtracks refusal to sign off on daycare subsidies following Supreme Court compromise allowing yeshiva students' children to receive subsidies for three more months.

Reservists worry:

Without daycare subsidies, we won't have food to eat

IDF reservists tell Arutz Sheva - Israel National News about the crippling effect of the changes to daycare subsidy eligibility policies. 'This situation can't continue.'

Two Religious Zionism MKs announce:

We'll vote against daycare subsidy bill

Religious Zionism MKs Ohad Tal and Moshe Solomon announce intention to vote against daycare subsidy bill, depriving the coalition of the majority necessary to pass it.

Avi Maoz threatens:

All my votes depend on funding Torah institutions

Deputy Minister Avi Maoz in the Knesset: 'All my future votes, on the daycare law, the budget law, or any other law, will be in light of correcting this injustice.'

Likud MK:

'Ending daycare subsidies for haredi women is an injustice'

MK Moshe Saada slams decision to end daycare subsidies for yeshiva students' children, insists 'you don't fix one injustice with another injustice.'

Haredi MK: We may need to leave the coalition

'Eliminating daycare subsidies for yeshiva students' children may force haredi parties to leave the coalition,' MK Israel Eichler warns.

Government seeks to bypass AG for daycare subsidies

The government is trying to find creative ways to bypass the Attorney General who will oppose any move that allows subsidizing daycare centers for families of yeshiva students.

Government authority:

Canceling daycare subsidies will harm haredi working women

Letter to government ministers warns of unsafe daycare centers, less haredi women in the workforce, if daycare subsidies are cut without appropriate warning.

Labor Minister:

'Delay cancellation of daycare subsidies for at least a year'

Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur sends letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, says three months 'absolutely unrealistic,' demands cancellation of daycare subsidies be delayed by at least a year.

Haredi day care issue is one more judicial overreach

There have been a lot of clashes recently between the attorney general and the government. Unlike in the United States, Canada, Britain and Germany, Israel’s attorney general sees himself authorized to impose his opinion on the government. Opinion.

Daycare provider arrested on suspicion of abuse

Daycare provider, 22, employed in private childcare center is arrested on suspicion of abusing the young children in her care.

A-G holding talks to cancel daycare subsidies for Torah learners

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seeks to end property tax discounts, daycare subsidies, for haredi families headed by a yeshiva student.

Kiryat Gat:

Two daycare providers charged with physical abuse of children

Daycare providers who threw children on mattresses, kicked them, and hit them, are indicted.

Yeshiva students' children to lose daycare subsidies?

Finance Ministry proposes list of economic sanctions worth hundreds of millions of shekels, in effort to force haredi yeshiva students to enlist in the IDF.

Germany:

'Anne Frank' daycare center renamed

Daycare named for famous teenage Holocaust victim since the 1970s renamed after parents of immigrant children complain about name.

Daycare assistants accused of assaulting children

Daycare assistants slammed toddlers on the floor and on mattresses, dragged them across the room, indictment says.

Daycare provider arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Daycare provider in southern Israel investigated after police receive reports of suspected violence against one-year-old infants.

Daycare assistant suspected of shaking children is arrested

Daycare assistant, 22, seen using what appears to be unreasonable force on children in private childcare center.

Daycare worker detained for allegedly slapping child

Woman, 23, detained for interrogation on suspicion of slapping child in Rosh Ha'ayin daycare.

Netanyahu announces: First step in free education from birth

PM Netanyahu launches plan to provide 940 NIS/ month to parents, increase childcare subsidies, expand number of subsidized daycare centers.

Toddler bitten by rat in Bnei Brak daycare

City councilman accuses municipality of ignoring residents' pleas as large rat infestation plagues city.

Parents in fear as daycare workers praise shooting attack

Herzliya municipality says daycare workers who shared praise of massacre of 7 outside synagogue will have employment terminated,

Abusive daycare provider sentenced to community service

Parents furious after daycare provider with criminal background, who threw child in her care, is sentenced to community service.

Daycare worker leaves bleach in infants' bottles

'I know the assistant and I warned about her, I said there were problems with her,' mother of one of the infants says.

Religious Zionism MK: 'The progressives are completely confused'

'Nothing interests them other than making the entire population similar to themselves,' MK Michal Woldiger says of progressives.

'Finance Minister remains determined to cut daycare subsidies'

Govt altered purpose of subsidy to "encouraging parental employment."

Mother: Arab daycare assistants must undergo security check

'I'm not accusing them of being terrorists, but they must undergo a check,' mother of child in Holon daycare says.

Three daycare assistants charged with attacking children

Three Arab daycare assistants are indicted for alleged attacks on infants and toddlers in their care.

Niagara Falls politician’s sign vandalized with swastika

Re-election advertisement for Ontario politician vandalized with Nazi symbol on Canada Day.

Staff at daycare where infant died not suspected of abuse

Police investigation shows infant who died fell from a height of half a meter or less; judge releases daycare manager and assistant.

Toddler who died after fall in daycare identified

2 workers at Be'er Sheva daycare center where 1.5 year-old died after falling from playground equipment arrested,

Toddler falls off climbing equipment and dies

Infant, 1.5 years, sustains critical injuries and dies after falling off playground equipment in Be'er Sheva daycare.

New survey:

Nearly 60% of parents say school system neglects social issues

New survey shows 59% of parents believe Education Ministry not doing its job properly.

Preschool assistant suspected of abuse

Police interrogate assistant at Jerusalem daycare, court suspends her from work for one month.

Education from birth? 'We want to help young parents'

Blue & White minister seeks to include free education for infants in 2023 budget. 'We need to place emphasis on couples who are working.'

Daycare subsidies to remain as-is for upcoming school year

Criteria for receiving daycare subsidies to remain unchanged for upcoming school year.

Police arrest daycare assistant suspected of child abuse

Parents of children at the center filed multiple complaints of abuse over the past 6 weeks, report says.

Assistant from Tel Aviv daycare arrested

Daycare assistant, age 56, arrested on suspicion of attacking infants in her care.

Five daycare employees arrested in northern Israel

Police open investigation after parent files complaint claiming daycare staff threw a girl on the floor.

Daycare assistant sentenced to 18 months for beating children

Yelena Stravinsky will serve the sentence after she was convicted of assaulting children in the "Masha and the Bear" daycare in Petah Tikva.

Daycare abuse:

Children were hit in their sleep, forced to eat off the floor

Abuse by daycare director and her daughter included beating a sleeping infant, forcing children to eat off the floor 'like animals.'

Petah Tikva daycare director, teacher arrested for child abuse

Women arrested on sup suspicion of violence against toddlers at daycare center.

Indictment filed against two daycare assistants

Two women employed in daycare center in central Israel are accused of attacking six infants ages 14-22 months.

Daycare staff in central Israel suspected of child abuse

Police investigating complaints of suspected child abuse in daycare in central Israel.

Supreme Court: Daycare subsidies won't be cut until next year

Decision to end daycare subsidies for yeshiva families will not take effect until next school year, Supreme Court rules.

Daycare assistant sentenced to two years in prison

Assistant at 'Baby Love' daycare run by Carmel Mauda sentenced to prison, ordered to pay compensation to victims' parents.

A solution for daycare subsidies for kollel families?

New proposal would restore subsidy to full-time Torah students under 28, but Finance Minister insists: No subsidies for haredim.

Toddler who was strangled to death named as Adele Assoulin

Hospital declares death of two-year-old who was strangled during daycare.

Daycare protest moves to coalition chairwoman's house

Women protesting the ending of daycare subsidies set up a daycare outside the coalition chairwoman's house.

Research: Daycare doesn't hurt academics, despite poor quality

New Taub Center research examines impact of participation in early education & care settings for children from 0-3 on reading achievements.

Toddler dies after bacterial outbreak in Cypriot Chabad

Multiple children ill from suspected meningococcal bacterial infection in Limassol daycare. 2-year-old to be flown to Israel for treatment.

MK Orit Strock: Government wants to empty the study halls

Yamina MKs claim to be 'doing everything possible' to enable families of Torah scholars to continue receiving daycare subsidies.

'Daycare decree' delayed until January 2022

Supreme Court demands to know why change in criteria for daycare subsidy eligibility cannot wait until next year; plan is delayed again.

Daycare provider suspected of abuse arrested in central Israel

Police arrest daycare provider suspected of abusing children in her care, placing her under house arrest.

Gov't to reinstate daycare subsidies for some yeshiva students

'The State admitted, essentially, that there were real flaws in the Finance Minister's original decision,' attorneys say.

Gush Etzion daycare worker suspected of child abuse

In Gush Etzion, a daycare worker is arrested on suspicion of child abuse, manager is detained for questioning.

Women's forum protests end to daycare subsidy for Torah scholars

"Politicians weren't elected to occupy government seats; they were elected to represent the values they claim to espouse."

MK seeking solutions to avoid changes to daycare subsidy policy

Religious Zionism MK meets wives of men who learn Torah, proposes a compromise to allow some families to keep daycare subsidy.