Promoting Unity in Ra’anana
AMIT Renanim High School for Girls hosted a special session of unity between religious and secular youth in Ra’anana.
Maot Chitim in Memory of Shir Hagag
In preparation for Passover, the parents, teachers and students of AMIT Wasserman High School for girls in Maaleh Adumim gathered together to pack hundreds of food items for needy families in memory of Shir Hagag, who was murdered in a terrorist attack in Armon Hanatziv two months ago.
AMIT Amichai Space Project
Always on the lookout for innovative and fun ways to engage her students at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai in Rehovot, Michal Jacob, the head of high school pedagogy, jumped at the chance to be one of only three schools chosen to participate in an educational
“space” program.
Lessons In Tolerance …Through History
Watching students come and go between the small bungalows that serve as their classrooms-some girls dressed in skirts, others in pants, some boys wearing kippot, others bareheaded-one marvels at the scene and at the relaxed, happy atmosphere. The religious/secular divide is so acute in Israel, particularly in educational institutions, which are completely separate, that it is rare to see children from diverse sectors mix together, learn together, play together and be the best of friends. But at AMIT Karov “tolerance and acceptance” are keywords. From a very young age, the children are taught to accept the other.
Two Perspectives On Yom HaShoah
A few years ago I found myself in a dispute with a friend. I had just given a sermon in which I told what – to me – was an inspiring story that took place during the Holocaust.
My friend, who was a Holocaust survivor, said to me afterwards, “Nothing about the Holocaust was good. Don’t make it sound so positive.”
AMIT Students from Modiin receive the “Olim (Immigrants) of the Decade” Award
Eli Schechter of AMIT Sutker High School for boys and Dina Cohen of AMIT Modi’in High School for girls received the national “Outstanding Immigrant” award.
A Special Lady
I recently met with a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor. She told me that she survived the war with forged Polish papers which allowed her to flee from Poland to Austria and then Germany, where she worked at various factories and farms.
AMIT Students from Tzfat Represent Israel at a Memorial in Salonika
Twenty two students from the AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Jr. & Sr. Ulpana High School represented the State of Israel and the city of Tzfat in a “march of the living” in memory of the city’s inhabitants who perished in the Holocaust and to mark the 74th anniversary of the deportation of the Jews of Salonika (Thessaloniki) to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
AMIT Yud Ashdod Robotics Team wins First Place in the National FLL Robotics Competition
The AMIT Yud Ashdod robotics team won the national innovation award at the FLL robotics competition for youth held last week at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.
Student from AMIT Berman Yeshiva Wins the Southern Region Chidon HaTanach (Bible Contest)
Two students from the AMIT Berman Yeshiva, Nadav Sahar (11th grade) and Noam Nativ (12th grade), participated in the regional Bible quiz held in Ashkelon.