AMIT Kfar Batya Pioneers, Evan and Layla Green
The Evan & Layla Green Family Foundation Gogya Building and program will serve as the heart of AMIT Kfar Batya, welcoming local and visiting students as well as top educators.
Dafna Landau
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.
Yael Weinreb
Yael Weinreb’s deep affection for and connection with AMIT Children was as natural as growing up.
Hermann Kaiser
Hermann Kaiser was 9 years old when his parents, his younger brother, and he left Nazi Germany. They were taken by rail in a sealed carriage, travelling only by night, from Berlin to a Spanish town at the border with France.
Evan and Sandra Roklen
Sandra and Evan Roklen, both ardent Zionists, have been among AMIT’s staunchest supporters in the Western Region in recent years.
Gertrude Fox
Gertrude (“Gertie”) Fox has long been active in the Jewish community in LA, at Beth Jacob, the synagogue she and her family attend.
Rona and Ira Kellman
Ira Kellman has fond childhood memories of joining his grandmother at the Yiddish theater when they held benefits for Mizrachi Women of America, the organization known today as AMIT.
Elaine Gross
Elaine G. talks about how important it is that AMIT schools in Israel are leading the way in STEM education while infusing the students with a Jewish values–based foundation.
Amanda and Isaac Benishai
“We think AMIT schools are the basis for a truly strong country. Education both inside and outside the classroom is extremely important for the success of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.”
Attracting The College-Aged To Organized Jewish Life: A Case Study
Will they care? Will they commit? Will they give? These are questions every Jewish organization is asking about today’s Generation Y (See “NextGen Donors: The Future of Jewish Giving,” a major study issued in early August that has generated much attention in the press and elsewhere).