Francine Stein, a past president of AMIT, believes that the southern Israeli city of Beersheva is one of the best places to witness firsthand the impact that AMIT is having on the lives of Israeli children.
“Beersheva is really a microcosm of AMIT, because we have a high school there, but we also have elementary schools there, we have yeshivot there,” she told “JM in the AM” host Nachum Segal. “It really runs the gamut of what AMIT does it has everything that we do all in one city.”
Stein, who took part in AMIT’s incredibly successful Yom Yerushalayim mission to Israel, added that 70% of the children that AMIT serves come from the periphery, both geographically and socioeconomically.
“We are able to give these children all the tools for success by giving them an excellent education, a values education—not just academics—and they really become productive members of our society,” Stein said, adding, “92% of our graduates go on to do national service or the army, so it shows the level of devotion and the level of education, the type of education we give our kids.”
Watch the full video to hear Francine describe what it’s like to be involved with AMIT:
