Daniel M., 15, a student at AMIT Ashdod Yeshiva, has been heading a nationwide effort to bring seniors food and medicines, a tremendous service for the country’s most vulnerable citizens, and an example of a student living AMIT values.
To mark the 16th yahrzeit of Tali Chatuel, z”l, and her daughters Hila, z”l, Hadar, z”l, Roni, z”l, and Merav, z”l, who were murdered by terrorists, you can do good deed in their merit.
In a true display of mutual responsibility, AMIT’s young leadership stepped up during Yom Hazikaron to help families of fallen soldiers and terror victims honor their loved ones because they couldn’t visit their graves, as cemeteries were closed due to the pandemic.
We would like to take this opportunity to look for, and “see the stars in the darkness” — our historical response to troubling times. To that end, we are asking for your help to create a video montage that focuses not on what we lost (which is huge and not to be minimized), but rather on what we may have gained during this experience.
More than 1,000 students from the AMIT network took part in an annual run to keep the memory of Hadar Goldin, z”l, alive. Goldin, an alumnus of AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School for Boys, was tragically killed in Gaza in 2014, during his army service, and his remains have yet to…
Yom HaShoah in Israel was marked on Tuesday with the traditional sounding of a two-minute long siren when all stop and remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, and honor those who survived the horror. Because of the current coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on gatherings, this year’s usual well-attended ceremonies, including those at the AMIT schools, took place virtually. While the memorials may have gone online, they were no less poignant and heartfelt.
Students from AMIT Ramle Technological High School who have been volunteering at a senior center recently held a festive birthday party for 10 of the center’s “regulars.”
Students from AMIT Technological High School in Ashdod stepped up big-time to help local seniors and small business owners during the COVID-19 crisis. They bought flowers, food, and cards and delivered them outside the residences of the isolated seniors.
By Dr. Amnon Eldar
During the counting of the Omer, a period in which we work on ourselves and strive to improve our interpersonal skills and care for others, we would like to focus on hakarat ha’tov, being thankful for all that we have been blessed. The mourning of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students, who treated each other with disrespect, reminds us of the words of their teacher, “Love your neighbor as yourself. This is an important principle in the Torah.” Loving and caring for others teaches us that gratitude is a basic trait of utmost importance that should be carried out for all of our lives.
AMIT’s focus on excellence and teamwork recently resulted in students from one of the networks’ boys’ schools in Modi’in taking first place at a national physical fitness competition organized by the Education Ministry and the Israeli School Sports Association.
