Daycare

Benefits for draft dodgers

Smotrich refuses to support bill - haredim infuriated

Haredi lawmakers lashed out at the Religious Zionist Party after it refused to support daycare subsidies tied to draft exemptions.

The plan to bring kindergartens and daycares back

The emerging plan after the Passover holiday: daycare centers, kindergartens, and schools in communities with medium-to-high risk levels will be able to resume operations under strict protective restrictions.

Government proposes: Daycare compensation plan

Proposed plan would offer three options for daycares to receive compensation for days off due to war, return payments to parents.

Passover day camps will not open in Gush Dan and Sharon

Education Minister Yoav Kisch visited the kindergarten struck by rocket fire from Iran and declared that he intends to keep the day camps closed on the recommendation of local authorities.

Daycare assistant charged with severe child abuse

Court charges daycare assistant Shelly Sheinker with over 30 counts of assault for harming infants and young toddlers.

Six daycare staff arrested

Six staffers at Beit Aryeh daycare arrested on suspicion of abuse.

Grenade found hidden near preschool

IDF fragmentation grenade found hidden inside sock near preschool building.

Infant forgotten in daycare

Staff at Rehovot daycare forget infant, tell mother he already went home.

Infant dies at Bnei Brak daycare, caretaker arrested

One-year-old declared dead after being evacuated in critical condition from a Bnei Brak daycare.

The disturbing data on Jerusalem's childcare

Knesset's Education Committee holds urgent meeting following deaths of two infants in unsupervised daycare setting.

Daycare tragedy

Deceased infant's parents: 'We trust the caregiver'

Chani Katz rejects criticism of the caregivers, while her husband adds, 'What crushed me were the hateful comments.'

Number of children in unlicensed childcare estimated at 114,000

Daycare tragedy in Jerusalem throws unlicensed childcare into the limelight, highlighting shortage of budget for enforcement.

Daycare tragedy

Police representative describes 'appalling' scene

Court agrees to extend detentions of arrested daycare director and caretaker until Thursday, as ZAKA petitions the Supreme Court to block autopsies.

Jerusalem burns as police seek to find cause of infants' death

Haredi extremists block roads and clash with police in the capital in bid to prevent autopsies on infants who died in daycare tragedy. Police arrest daycare owner and one of the caregivers.

Documentation from daycare where babies died

First footage from the daycare center in Romema reveals overcrowding and the number of strollers inside the apartment. Police are investigating suspicions of serious negligence by the staff.

Daycare tragedy: Haredim fume at Attorney General

Haredim point fingers at judicial system, Attorney General, claiming end to daycare funding has created dangerous conditions.

Jerusalem: 53 children injured, 2 dead

Fifty-three children injured at Jerusalem childcare site, two dead.

Haredi MK proposes: Free mandatory education for infants

Proposed bill aims to bypass Attorney General's sanctions on haredim by making daycare subsidies a nonissue, but would require infants as young as three months to be enrolled in 'educational' institutions which teach a core curriculum.

Despite cuts:

Daycare subsidies to be available for working haredim

Labor Ministry publishes criteria for daycare subsidy eligibility, allowing haredi families to receive subsidies even if the father is eligible for enlistment in the IDF.

Police complaint filed after clown tied boy to chair at daycare

A mother filed a police complaint after claiming that a clown tied her son to a chair and applied glue to his mouth during an activity at the daycare last week. "The tears haven’t stopped. The supervisor said it was a failed joke and a mistake, as if they had broken some object."

Daycare centers:

Preference for those who served? Haredim petition High Court

Emet L’Yaakov organization claims a new directive discriminates against children of kollel families whose fathers have not regularized their status with the IDF.

Maaleh Adumim: Two daycare workers convicted of abuse

Jerusalem District Court convicts Maaleh Adumim daycare workers Esther Nehemia and Tzionit Mizrahi of abusing young children left in their care over a period of approximately two months.

Religious Affairs Minister:

If Goldknopf's rabbis told him to leave gov't - he should do it

Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli reveals 'near-complete coordination' between Shas, Degel Hatorah, says failure to make progress on Draft Law due to interference by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

Attorney General:

Daycare subsidies for yeshiva students ends this month

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara instructs Director General of Israel's Labor Ministry to end daycare subsidies for young yeshiva students who are required to serve in the IDF.

Staff at two daycare centers investigated for abuse

Arrest of Modi'in daycare staff extended, police interrogate staff at Or Yehuda daycare center.

Tel Aviv: Daycare staff arrested on suspicion of abuse

Daycare owner and two assistants, employed in childcare center in northern Tel Aviv, arrested on suspicion of child abuse.

Ministry of Labor increases budget for daycare subsidies

Many families will receive an additional 200 NIS each month for 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,