I'm not sure how religous you are so be warned that Sunday is not a day off for most people. Some jobs may give the luxury of a 2 day weekend on either Friday or Sunday but it's up to them. At the very least Friday is a half day for schools and businesses. All business barring a few restarants, nightclubs, movie theatres, and other entertainment places close early on friday. Most businesses close between friday afternoon and sunday morning, some shops may open on Saturday nights. Supermarkets are kosher and there are a few places that are non-kosher but there aren't many ratio wise. What I said about busineses being closed on Saturday is true for the Jewish area which is the majority of the country. Arab areas will close on Fridays instead.

On finding schools in Jerusalem I don't know how much advertising isn't done in hebrew. Some schools have websites so you could use a search engine to look for them and also the education ministry will probably have statistics and location on their site. While I don't know what kind of school you want for your children be warned that public schools will have a religous component. Arab schools will be taught the Koran and most public schools being Jewish will be taught the bible. If this is a concern you may want to check out private schools.

A popular search engine to look for anything would be walla.co.il It has job listings and can help you look for things such as places to live, education, etc. It is in hebrew so it won't be very useful if you don't speak the language. Although if you're thinking of moving to Israel it'd be best to learn one of the official languages.

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