In the summer of 2020 when AMIT educators Dikla Bar and Danny Steiner were asked to prepare a Hybrid program that would offer students general knowledge courses online, they jumped at the opportunity.
Principal Tzippi Harpenes has transformed a school for disadvantaged youth into an educational model.
Dina Hendler fulfilled her dream of opening her female students’ eyes to the world, dramatically changing the lives of all-girls middle- and high-school students at AMIT Ori in Ma’ale Adumim.
A Conversation with Amnon Eldar, PhD, AMIT Director General
Leah Gene Avuno has an abiding motto: “I don’t have everything, but I have all I need.” The 22-year-old graduate of AMIT Kiryat Malachi found all that she needed in her AMIT education.
The AMIT network has successfully helped two generations of immigrants from Ethiopia and the countries of the former Soviet Union overcome linguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and academic hurdles on the path to becoming fully contributing members of Israeli society.
Israel’s Ofaimme Farm for Sustainable Agriculture brings the “Land of Milk and Honey” to life with fresh organic goat milk, honey from their beehives, and a variety of crops and animals grown by Hedai Offaim, his family, and a dedicated group of farmers and volunteers.
How does a schoolteacher convey a values-based education? Subjects such as math are governed by indisputable numbers, equations, and figures, whereas a lesson in values requires a different approach. We have been focusing on students and how they implement AMIT’s idea of chessed and community during their summer vacations, by volunteering in many different capacities. But where are they learning their values? One answer is by watching their teachers act as role models, in and out of the classroom.
