With all the pomp and circumstance that can be mustered, the first graduating class at AMIT Elaine Silver Junior College completed their studies and received their computer technician certificates.
Like all things that were abruptly interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the year in Israel for Midreshet AMIT students ended in March. The students left Israel and went back home. But their learning didn’t stop. The students continued studying with their rabbis and teachers via Zoom from thousands of miles away. The distance didn’t shake the warm connection they developed for one another or the profound impact Midreshet AMIT had on their lives.
In this four-part blog series, Midreshet AMIT student Atara Globus shares her Reflections on the Volunteer Experience.
Yair Chetbon, principal of Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School in Petach Tikvah, recently received the “Outstanding Soldier” award, a top honor by the IDF, for his service as a major in the reserves in the elite Duvdevan counter-terrorism commando brigade.
Like all things that were abruptly interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the year in Israel for Midreshet AMIT students ended in March. The students left Israel and went back home. But their learning didn’t stop. The students continued studying with their rabbis and teachers via Zoom from thousands of miles away. The distance didn’t shake the warm connection they developed for one another or the profound impact Midreshet AMIT had on their lives.
In this four-part blog series, Midreshet AMIT student Rosalie Sohn shares her Reflections on Learning.
Four students from AMIT Kamah in Yerucham won first place in the Israel Sustainable Development Goals Program (ISDG) competition, a unique program that gives students the opportunity to create solutions for Third World countries.
Two AMIT students were among the top winners of a competitive nationwide essay contest to “Name their Hero.”
Talia Kadosh, an 11th grader at Ulpanat AMIT Or Akiva, and Akivah Amitai, a 12th grader at Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon in Mateh Yehuda, are the winners of Israel’s prestigious essay contest (along with Chaim Chaimovich, a 9th grader at the Kfar Yarok Agricultural school).
AMIT students celebrated Yom Yerushalayim, which commemorates the unification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War, in fun, moving, and creative ways.
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.
