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.
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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.
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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
7 AMIT Students Named Network’s Physics Champs
February 5, 2019
As part of the AMIT network’s efforts to get students to think creatively and take on academic challenges, it introduced a network-wide physics Olympiad several years ago, and recently crowned the winners of the 2018-2019 school year.
Four AMIT Robotics Teams Headed To National Competition
February 3, 2019
Four robotics teams from AMIT schools have advanced to the national round of the FIRST LEGO League competition after excelling at the regional stage.
Yovel Mor Yosef, z”l, Commemorated At Ashkelon School
January 31, 2019
AMIT Bet Junior and Senior High School in Ashkelon last week dedicated a beit midrash in memory of Yovel Mor Yosef, z”l, its graduate who was serving in the army and killed in a terrorist attack in December.
What Do Project-Based Learning And Torah Have To Do With Each Other? Everything
January 30, 2019
At AMIT, we are educating our children in Israel with vital 21st-century skills, including problem-solving, teamwork, and critical thinking by providing them with a cutting-edge, Jewish values–based education. To read more about how project based-learning, STEAM and Jewish studies go together, read this blog by contributor Rochie Sommer
Move Over, GeekSquad! AMIT Students Launch Computer-Repair Course
January 29, 2019
When the principal of AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Jr. and Sr. High School for Girls heard her students lamenting that they wish they knew how to fix a broken computer, she decided to enable them to do just that.
Radical Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight
January 23, 2019
By Amnon Eldar, director general of the AMIT network
The process of transforming our schools and classrooms into “learning communities” calls for the same skills we seek to impart to our students, so they will thrive in the 21st century: teamwork, research, analytical skills, curiosity, critical thinking and creativity.
AMIT Students Taking Part In Flagship Space Program
January 20, 2019
Students from Yeshivat AMIT Amichai were recently chosen to take part in the flagship project of Israel’s Science, Technology and Space Ministry, helping to conduct research using images taken by a mini-satellite launched into space in 2017.
AMIT Student Filmmakers Reel In Cinema Awards
January 17, 2019
Two AMIT schools won second-place prizes for their films at a national competition of cinema and communications students.
AMIT Students Skype Their Way To Better English
January 13, 2019
Students at AMIT Ashkelon Bet Jr. and Sr. High School recently found a creative way to improve their conversational English-language skills: regularly scheduled Skype conversations with retired American Jews.
Critical Thinking: We Know It’s Important, But We Don’t Teach It Enough
January 10, 2019
At AMIT, we are educating our children in Israel with vital 21st-century skills, including problem-solving, teamwork, and critical thinking. Read more about the importance of critical thinking from Helen Lee Bouygues, an expert on the subject.
Outstanding AMIT Students Get a Taste For Tech At Intel
January 7, 2019
Students from the excellence program at AMIT Eitan Jr. and Sr. High School for Boys recently toured the Jerusalem offices of Intel, the global technology company.
Yerucham Students Set Their Sights On Space
January 4, 2019
Students from Yeshivat AMIT B’Levav Shalem are taking part in an exciting project in which they will build a three-dimensional micro-satellite, program it, and, ultimately, launch it into space.
AMIT Student Makes History With Election As Student Council President
January 2, 2019
AMIT high school senior Reuben Tagenia made history this week, becoming the first student of Ethiopian descent elected president of the municipal student council in Petach Tikva.
Paging The Doctors Of The Future!
December 30, 2018
Students from the first ever class of AMIT Yud Ashdod’s medicine track recently got firsthand knowledge of the field during a visit to Kaplan medical Center in Rehovot.
4 Gwen Straus Graduates Soar Into The Israeli Air Force
December 27, 2018
During their time at AMIT Gwen Straus, D. and A. used to play basketball together and both studied in the physics track, but little did they know back then that they would end up as pilots in the Israeli air force. D. is now a helicopter pilot and A. is a combat navigator.
JTA: Israeli Program Enlists Young Religious Women To Solve Social Problems Through Tech
December 27, 2018
by Sam Sokol
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Sitting side by side in an open office in the tech giant Cisco’s headquarters here, Roni Ashkenazi and Ayelet Ganot sat staring at lines of code on a flat screen monitor checking their work before launching a demo of their latest project — a tablet app they are calling “What Should I Do.”
Watch How AMIT Is Transforming Israeli Education!
December 18, 2018
AMIT, which was recently named the #1 educational network in Israel, is leading an educational revolution. Here’s how AMIT got to where it is today and why it’s so successful.
AMIT Students Join Peers Worldwide For An Hour Of Code
December 16, 2018
Students from the AMIT Gwen Straus school for boys took part in one of the biggest educational events across the globe recently, joining students in hundreds of other countries for a one-hour computer programming tutorial.
For AMIT students and senior citizens, the sky’s the limit
December 11, 2018
Throughout the year, AMIT students across Israel take part in various activities with senior citizens from their communities, but that bond reached new heights—literally—as young women from the AMIT high school in Tel Aviv and their elder counterparts assembled and flew drones together.
A Hanukkah Hackathon Aims To Thwart Deadly Menorah Fires
December 9, 2018
AMIT students in Modi’in held a Hanukkah-related hackathon this week in an effort to prevent house fires caused by menorahs.
AMIT Students Learning To Become Cyber Warriors
December 5, 2018
Students from AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod are taking part in a new cyber security class, which got underway last week with a special meeting with the CEO of Kernelios, a firm that helps train the future leaders of Israel’s cyber security front lines.
An Inspiring Mission To Israel For AMIT’s New Associate Regional Directors
December 5, 2018
What sets AMIT apart from other educational networks in Israel? That question was the driving force behind a whirlwind mission to Israel that Joel Silberman and Liron Yadin, AMIT’s new associate regional directors for Florida and Los Angeles, and their staffs took part in over four jam-packed days in October.
AMIT Opens Entrepreneurship Incubator To Expose Students To High-Tech World
December 5, 2018
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. Now it has gone a step further in its goal of preparing AMIT students for the 21st century by opening an on-site “academy of entrepreneurship and innovation.”
AMIT Students Light The Way To Poland For Their Friends
December 2, 2018
The annual heritage trip to Poland is a powerful rite of passage for Israeli teenagers, and the 11th-grade students at the Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sutker AMIT Modi’in School for Boys want to make sure that all of their classmates attend this year.
Farmers and Students Working Together for Needy Families
September 24, 2021
In preparation for the Jewish High Holidays, 10th and 12th grade students attending AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School, Beer Sheva, volunteered to organize food packages for 500 families spanning the city.
AMIT Builds Sukkot
September 19, 2021
As the Sukkot holiday draws near, AMIT Network’s “AMIT Builds Sukkot” project is once again underway. Using social media, AMIT students invite those in their communities in need of assistance putting up a sukkah to contact them. Teams of student volunteers are then dispatched to build sukkot for those that have requested help. Their goal is to ensure that throughout the city everyone experiences a joyous Sukkot holiday.
Officers’ School: In Both Education and the Military, People make the Difference
September 13, 2021
A major part of an AMIT education is the values that our schools instill, and serving one’s country is one of our core values. It
Sixteen AMIT schools are on the Ministry of Education
September 2, 2021
The Ministry of Education’s list of outstanding schools was published August 19, 2021, and sixteen AMIT schools “made the grade.” The ratings are based on the schools’ academic and values-based achievements. Academic accomplishments examined include bagrut eligibility rates, percentage of excellence on bagrut exams, percentage of eligibility for high level bagrut certificates, and degree of improvement compared to achievements in the previous year. The social values on which schools were rated include enlistment rates in the IDF or national service, dropout prevention, and inclusion of special education students.
Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon
August 31, 2021
AMIT’s Technological High Schools are “the last stop” for many students. The kids attending have not managed to create a path to success for themselves anywhere else, and they arrive after bouncing around from school to school. Along those lines, you might think they would be the last students who would assume leadership positions, taking on more responsibility than necessary. At AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon, you can see this is precisely what starts happening.
Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Florin Taman Tzfat
August 30, 2021
Neoray Kaholy, a rising 9th grader at AMIT Florin Taman High School for Boys in Tzfat, has been a counselor with Krembo Wings for the past two years. When asked who inspired him at AMIT, he replied: “Rav Eldad, who is my homeroom teacher, really inspires me. I grew up with the idea that serving God was all about learning, learning, learning. Rav Eldad, with all his energy, taught me that you can also serve God through doing, and always being happy. To be happy from nothing and everything.”