AMIT War Update: News From Israel
These past days have brought with them a great deal of uncertainty, but also many moments that remind us of the strength and spirit within our AMIT community.
AMIT Stories
AMIT War Update: News From Israel
These past days have brought with them a great deal of uncertainty, but also many moments that remind us of the strength and spirit within our AMIT community.
News
AMIT Bar Ilan Gush Dan The Story Hidden in the Data
Three students from AMIT Bar Ilan Gush Dan High School recently found themselves facing a challenge.
March 2, 2026
Kfar Batya Campus
Sneak Peek: AMIT’s Kfar Batya Campus
Get a sneak peek at the ongoing progress at the Gabel & Straus Family Campus at AMIT Kfar Batya.
March 26, 2025
Spotlight Sessions
Spotlight Session #2: AMIT Builds Community
AMIT Israel Spotlight Session #2: AMIT’s Community of Co-Ed and Secular Schools – Bridging Divides, Building Community
December 9, 2024
Executive Vice President Andrew Goldsmith on JM in the AM
July 12, 2019
AMIT’s Executive Vice President, Andrew Goldsmith, sat down on Thursday for an interview with Nachum Segal of JM in the AM about all things AMIT.
Kipa Bots in Modi’in bring home trophy!
July 8, 2019
Even though they decided not to compete on Saturday, members of AMIT Boys’ young robot team from Mr. & Mrs. Lester Sutker Art and Sciences Jr. and Sr. High School picked up the Australian International Cup.
Green Thumbs Sprout in Beit Shemesh
July 3, 2019
Ninth grade students at AMIT Dvir in Beit Shemesh earned a certificate of excellence at the national conference for problem-solving research in science and technology, which was held on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Fifty schools from across the country participated in the conference, after having passed the city-wide level successfully.
A Day of Beauty in Ashkelon
July 1, 2019
uring a moving ceremony, twelfth grade students at the AMIT Ashkelon Technology Center received certificates in the course of hair design and beauty—a program which over the past two years has become a real center in the spirit of the innovative “Gogya” process for meaningful learning led by AMIT.
AMIT Teacher Winner of the State Awards
June 28, 2019
Rabbi Yisrael Ohayon of the Amit Ashdod Yeshiva is among the six winners of the “Teacher of the State” competition, and the only winner of the state religious education system.
AMIT Students Close Out the Year of the Incubator
June 26, 2019
Heading off to summer vacation, Amit girls from Ma’ale Adumim (Wasserman) concluded their studies in technology and participation in the municipal incubator program.
AMIT Opens Israel’s First Entrepreneurship Hub For Students
June 24, 2019
AMIT’s Gogya teacher-training center, which opened nearly five years ago, has already brought innovative, forward-thinking changes to the way the students at our 110 schools learn. In 2018, it went a step further in its goal of preparing AMIT students for the 21st century by opening an on-site Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Modi’in Boys’ Robotics Team Wins 2nd Place In International Competition
June 24, 2019
The robotics team from the Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sutker AMIT Modi’in School for Boys came in second place in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) international competition held in Estonia.
21 AMIT Schools Make Education Ministry’s “Outstanding” List
June 24, 2019
Twenty-one AMIT schools, many of which are in the country’s geographic periphery, made it onto the Education Ministry’s list of outstanding schools for the 2018 school year. The list includes 292 high schools (out of 733 contenders) that were judged on their academic, social, and values-based achievements. The ministry looked at each school’s bagrut rates, dropout rates, special education inclusion, army enlistment and national service rates, and year-to-year improvement.
Students in Development With Microsoft
June 20, 2019
As part of the cooperation between AMIT, Microsoft Israel, and U-BTech Solutions, dozens of AMIT students and teachers from all over the country participated in a special day of developing and characterizing digital solutions to the needs and challenges of school life.
Smart Transportation Track Coming To AMIT Ashkelon Bet
June 11, 2019
Starting in the coming school year, students at AMIT Ashkelon Bet Jr. and Sr. High School will have the option of pursuing smart transportation studies that will introduce them to the scientific and planning aspects of the futuristic field.
AMIT Students Unveil App For Disability Inclusion Nonprofit
June 11, 2019
AMIT students taking part in the Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Gogya center recently unveiled the app they developed for a nonprofit organization that works to integrate people with disabilities into Israeli society.
“Physics is a tool for life,” says gifted student Liel B.
June 6, 2019
Middle school can be a trying time for kids as they navigate academics, social lives, and develop their identities and sense of self. Liel B., 16, from Beersheva, admits that 7th and 8th grades weren’t her favorite and she was somewhat quiet and withdrawn at school.
AMIT Hires First Muslim To Teach At A Yeshiva
June 6, 2019
Yasin Barhom, a teacher from the Branco Weiss school in Ein Rafa (about six miles west of Jerusalem), recently became the first Muslim to teach at a yeshiva in Israel.
Gwen Straus Student Represents Israel At Intel Science Fair in U.S.
June 6, 2019
Is it possible to design an electrochemical device that charges quickly yet works for a long time? That question and the research that went into finding an answer recently earned AMIT student Aviad G. a ticket to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
AMIT Karmiel Students Make It To Finals of Ilan Ramon Science Olympics
May 30, 2019
Students from the AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School came in fourth place and were awarded a certificate of excellence at the Ilan Ramon science olympics, a national competition in which more than 200 schools and 4,000 students participated.
AMIT Young Entrepreneurs “Bag” 2nd Place In Regional Competition
May 28, 2019
Students from the Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT in Beersheva won second place at the regional contest for young entrepreneurs and are advancing to the national competition.
Carmel 6000 and AMIT: Bridging Opportunity Gaps Together
May 22, 2019
by Sophie Friedman, The Times of Israel
Carmel 6000 and AMIT have a whole lot in common. Both believe in the power of STEM and education. Both appreciate the enormous potential of young women. And both are determined to use said powers, to unleash said potential.
AMIT Pre-Army Students Host Huge Auto-Tech Event
May 14, 2019
Leading up to Yom Ha’atzmaut, the staff and students at the Gloria & Henry I. Zeisel and Family Junior College at Kfar Blatt held a huge “happening” dedicated to academic excellence and technological professions, especially auto-tech.
AMIT Wasserman Students Nab Athletics Gold
May 7, 2019
Students from AMIT Wasserman Jr. and Sr. High School won gold at a recent national athletics competition featuring students from across Israel.
Carmel 6000 Takes Second Place, Rocking EuroHack
May 3, 2019
Sophie Friedman, The Times of Israel
Pulling up to the sleek, glass Peres Peace House on the coast of Jaffa, the Carmel 6000 team definitely felt a little glamorous.
AMIT Mr. & Mrs. Lester Sutker Art and Sciences Jr. and Sr. High School Wins Top Spot At National Robotics Contest
April 24, 2019
After a hair-raising final round, the robotics team from the AMIT Mr. & Mrs. Lester Sutker Art and Sciences Jr. and Sr. High School for Boys in Modi’in won the national FIRST Robotics Competition by beating out the other teams from across Israel.
AMIT Modi’in Girls Take Part In “Make-A-Thon” To Help Disabled Children
April 12, 2019
Students from AMIT Midreshet Art and Sciences Jr. and Sr. High School for Girls recently took part in a unique “make-a-thon” aimed at creating products to help children with disabilities.
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz Welcomes Students From Pilot Program On Diversity And Tolerance
April 10, 2019
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz in Petach Tikva recently opened its doors to the students participating in the pilot program that brought together 10th-graders from the AMIT school and two other schools, one secular and one Arab, to gain a deeper understanding of different groups within Israeli society.
Dedication of a Sefer Torah to the AMIT Religious High School
December 17, 2021
Please join us in thanking the Friedman family, including AMIT’s very own Limor Friedman, for dedicating a Sefer Torah to the AMIT religious high school in Sderot.
AMIT Kiryat Malachi – Dedicating The New Gogya Building
November 15, 2021
The newly refurbished Gogya building of AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School was inaugurated with the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Kiryat Malachi Municipality, and the AMIT network.
Zionism On The Significant Journey — Hiking Near The Gaza Border
November 11, 2021
Students in grades 10 and 11 at AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga High School, Beit Shemesh, embarked on “Dream in the South,” an impressive four-day journey that began in the Ramon Crater.
We’ve Got This–Running in Memory of Avraham Lifshitz, z”l
November 7, 2021
One of the outstanding runners in last week’s Jerusalem Marathon was Rabbi Uriel Fish, a homeroom teacher at the AMIT Eitan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Maaleh Adumim.
AMIT Eitan in Ma’aleh Adumim Opens The Benaia Junior College
November 3, 2021
A celebration at the AMIT Eitan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Ma’aleh Adumim, this week, to open the first class of the new AMIT Benaia Pre-Military Preparatory Mechina and Junior College. The mayor of Ma’aleh Adumim, Benny Kashriel, parents, and the students, all participated in the event.
AMIT Students Support An IDF Veteran
November 1, 2021
When the seventh-grade students at Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon learned that Nathaniel Werker, father of their classmate Itai, has been suffering from post-battle PTSD for 25 years and is still fighting for his rehabilitation, they decided to support him.