Unity Day was inspired by the sense of unity and solidarity that engulfed the Jewish world at the time of the kidnapping of Eyal Ifrach, Gil-ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel. On June 1st, 2016, all around the world, hundreds of thousands of people came together to celebrate the diversity and tolerance of Judaism which binds us together as a family.
Yeshivat AMIT Amichai Rehovot faculty and students planned a special Unity Day program to reach out to others. The day began with the grandmother of Naftali Fraenkel, z”l, Shaula Fraenkel, who is an English teacher at the school and spoke with students about the nature of the day. In the morning, ninth grade Amichai students met and got to know students their own age who attend the Science High School in Rehovot. Tenth graders prepared a computerized lesson through Skype, which they engaged in along with tenth graders from a school in Kfar Saba. AMIT Amichai eighth graders took to the streets of Rehovot and handed out cookies to fellow Rehovot residents. The cookie recipe was created by Naftali Fraenkel especially for his grandmother when she had broken her hand, and the cookies for Unity Day were prepared by Amichai students taking a cooking class at the school.
“It was really moving to see how happy people were and how they understood why we were reaching out. Everyone remembers the three boys who united the entire country, and everyone wants unity and solidarity,” said Guy Mimran, eighth grader at AMIT Amichai.
