Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and Real Estate Israel editor Danielle Nagler join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast.

Nagler looks at Israel's homeless population and efforts to solve that issue, including the possibility of using empty, 'ghost' apartments as temporary housing.

Rettig Gur offers a more in-depth view at the problems facing Israel's educational system and why that results in threats of teachers' strikes each September 1.

Nagler also looks at the latest in urban planning trends in Israel, including the adoption of the 15-minute city.

Discussed articles include:

Treasury, teachers union reach wage deal to avert strike at start of school year

Jerusalem schools begin teaching spoken Arabic to reduce east-west divide

Tel Aviv opens $11m designer shelter for city’s unhoused population

IMAGE: The Nisui School School in Jerusalem, ahead of the opening of the school year tomorrow, on August 31, 2022. (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

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