Public service

Almost 70% of Israel's public services are digitalized, National Digital Network report reveals

The report, submitted to the Knesset, mapped the 4,562 public services in Israel that are provided by government ministries, support units, corporations, and authorities.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Digital services illustration.
Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino

The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel

Our determination to dig in our heels is what stands between us and an inclusive future for people with disabilities, says Monik Konfino, CEO of the Shalem Foundation.

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHALEM FOUNDATION
A CEREMONY marking the rebuilding of Kibbutz Nir Oz, after the October 7 massacre, takes place earlier this month. The challenge is not just to bring residents back but to return them to thriving communities, the writer asserts.

Why Israel’s civil service needs urgent reform - opinion

Victory in the next war will be determined not only in the skies over Iran but also in government offices, in local authorities, and wherever the civil service shoulders the burden of the nation. 

|ByOMER WEINBERG
Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025.

Psychological-educational service alarmingly lacking, even in wake of war, State Comptroller finds

Between October 2023 and January 2024, 53% of students in grades seven-to-12 in the locations surveyed by the Comptroller reported daily psychosomatic symptoms. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

IIA to improve speech-recognition services in Hebrew and Arabic

Analyzing Semitic languages such as these has been considered more challenging, hindering the development of high-quality speech recognition tools.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Computer code and an Israeli flag

Josh Nass: PR maven for the Jewish community and beyond

Meet a born-and-bred New Yorker, whose first of five languages was Russian.

OCTOBER 11, 2019ByJEREMY FRANKEL
Dr. Henry Kissinger, Dr. Herb London and Nass

Atudot Le’Israel: Rebuilding Israel’s public civil service

How one program is trying to rebuild Israel's public civil service.

MAY 20, 2019BySHLOMO MAITAL
Isaac Devash, founder of Atudot Le’Israel, a national talent management program for the Israeli public sector