Remembering Bessie Gotsfeld
This summer students from AMIT Kfar Blatt Petah Tikva Youth Village took time out of their summer vacation to pay their respects to Bessie Gotsfeld, z”l, the founder of AMIT.
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Two AMIT Students Win Ilan Ramon Award for Excellence and Leadership
Two AMIT students won the prestigious Ilan Ramon Award for Excellence and Leadership this summer. Sharona Passin of AMIT Wasserman High School in Beer Sheva and Shachar Kriaf of AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan in Ramat Gan were among twelve teens from across the country who received this honor.
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Summer Chesed and Learning at Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon
At Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon in Mateh Yehuda chesed and learning do not end when the school year does. Accompanied by their teacher, Nachshon students spent a day volunteering in Jerusalem where they helped pack food parcels at an organization that provides for needy and sick individuals.
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If I Forget Thee, O Uruk? Eicha and Its Historical Context
The ritual and theological nadir of the Jewish year comes, surprisingly, in what is often the happiest time for most, the summer. Every year, when the sun shines brightest and masses of people are spending time at the local beach, Jews withdraw for three weeks from leisure activities to prepare for the ultimate day of Jewish mourning. Tisha B’Av is the time we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem and take an introspective look, both on the personal and national level, at our efforts to merit its rebuilding.
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Reflecting On Our Past
“How was the AMIT trip to Poland?” I have been asked this question many times since I returned a few days ago. Each time, before answering, I have an instant flashback of some moment that affected me in a way I don’t think I’ll ever forget—a moment that is difficult to find the words to describe. And I find I can answer in a positive way or a negative way.
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Dottie, Edna, and Bea
The famed and fabled Algonquin Round Table sparkled throughout the 1920s as the height of New York sophistication, a colorful cast of playwrights, authors, critics, and columnists. And in the mostly male company, that included the likes of Alexander Woollcott, Robert Sherwood, Robert Benchley, Heywood Broun, Harold Ross, George S. Kaufman, and Franklin Pierce Adams, three Jewish women sat as equals, matching wits and talent: Dorothy Parker, at the time a Vanity Fair staffer and freelance poet; Edna Ferber, novelist, and short fiction dynamo; and Beatrice Kaufman, editor, playwright, fiction writer, and wife of George S.
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Meet Me in St. Louis
By Helga Abraham A group of feisty girls from AMIT Kamah Junior and Senior High School have put the town of Yerucham on the map by winning the FTC (First Tech Challenge) National Robotics Competition and representing Israel at the world championship in St. Louis, Missouri. As the girls entered their second year of robotics…
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Reflecting On Our Past
By: Amanda Kornblum
“How was the AMIT trip to Poland?”
I have been asked this question many times since I returned a few days ago. Each time, before answering, I have an instant flashback of some moment that affected me in a way I don’t think I’ll ever forget—a moment that is difficult to find the words to describe. And I find I can answer in a positive way or a negative way.
AMIT Givat Shmuel Student Wins Two Silver Medals
Bareket Darahi, a tenth grader at Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel, won two silver medals at the national championships in athletics held in late June.
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AMIT Yud Ashdod Team Wins Mini-Soccer City Championship
Last week, just before the end of the school year, the AMIT Yud Ashdod team won the Ashdod city-wide championship in mini-soccer.
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