In classic AMIT-style, Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod 9th grader Dannel M. turned the health “crisis into an opportunity,” corralling students and friends into a nationwide chesed effort to help quarantined seniors and others.
AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled was recently honored for its decades-long work with some of Israel’s most vulnerable children: The surrogate-family home was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for education at the 17th Jerusalem Conference.
When we sit down at the Seder this year and recite the Ma Nishtana, Why is this night different from all others? – it won’t be because of the matzah, or the bitter herbs, the dipping, or the reclining. In fact, those rituals will likely be familiar and comforting. What will be different this year is who will be there. For many, our moms, dads, children, grandchildren, favorite great-aunts, and once-a-year Seder friends won’t be there with us – painful medicine in the war against COVID-19.
How are members of the AMIT family coping with Corona Virus? Find out Pesha Fischer’s take on Teaching in the Time of Corona.
Students at AMIT’s Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently worked to develop a marketing plan for their startup ideas with an expert in the field — Shimrit Nisenbaum, the spokesperson and public relations manager for Neopharm, who has more that 20 years of marketing and PR experience.
When the students at Midreshet AMIT had to leave abruptly weeks before their Passover break due to growing concern over coronavirus, what did the seminary do?
The faculty decided to teach their classes via Zoom on a U.S. schedule to make sure that the learning was uninterrupted and that students wouldn’t miss a beat.
A delegation of 30 outstanding physics students from the AMIT network traveled to Geneva this week to visit the world’s chief physics research center: the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, which is home to the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world.
Israel is in Dafna Landau’s DNA. Given her work in the nonprofit sector as an accountant, her penchant for all things Israel, and her recognition of AMIT’s unique model transforming the lives of children through education.
To mark Israeli Space Week, Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel students hosted astronaut and pilot Eric Boe, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden and hundreds of students from around the country who are taking part in a special satellite-building program.
As many of you are aware, Israel is on semi-lockdown and has closed all schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this swift and necessary national measure, AMIT has also responded quickly to help our children keep learning uninterrupted by setting up online distance learning so they can continue their studies in the safety of their homes.
