No school again: After summer and holiday break, parents must cope with "bridge" without studies

Just three weeks after the end of the summer break, the education system enters another three-day vacation between Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Parents describe frustration over the mismatch between their children's days off and their own workdays, and the need to find last-minute transportation and childcare solutions.

Just three weeks after the end of the summer break, the education system enters another three-day vacation between Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Schools are closed, but parents' workplaces continue to operate as usual. The article brings the voices of three parents describing deep frustration over the mismatch between their children's days off and their own workdays. Hani Gvili, a mother of two, says these are three regular days when everyone in Israel works, and there is no reason for children to be on vacation, especially since they returned just two weeks ago from a two-month break. Shiran Karni, a mother of two, says her husband works these days and has no vacation days, and she has to manage alone. Tal Ben Ari Kadosh, a mother of three, says the three bridge days are especially infuriating because the summer break ended just moments ago, and she will have to take her young child to work. The parents emphasize that the children haven't even had time to adjust to the frameworks and are already getting a vacation.