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.
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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
Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track Achieves Highest Matriculation Rate
September 12, 2018
AMIT Menorat HaMaor, a special school catering to Haredi boys who chose not to pursue full-time yeshiva studies, achieved the highest matriculation rate out of 16 similar Haredi high schools, according to data recently released by the Education Ministry.
5 Strategies For Kids Anxious About Going Back to School
September 12, 2018
by Adina Soclof, MS. CCC-SLP
Summer is coming to an end. The stores are stocked with fresh school supplies and that back to school excitement is in the air. But there are many children who aren’t so excited. The complaints, the stomachaches, and the sad faces are starting up again.
The Secret to AMIT’s Success? Shared Leadership
September 6, 2018
In this blog, we explore a key ingredient to AMIT’s pedagogic success: shared leadership, which refers to distributing leadership in a shared culture. AMIT accomplishes this shared leadership through the methods developed at its GOGYA teacher-training center.
AMIT Students Kick Off New School Year With Cross-Country Festivities
September 5, 2018
More than 34,000 AMIT students across Israel kicked off the new school year this week, with some coming back to discover modernized classrooms, new teachers and principals, and some even starting fresh at an entirely new school.
The Jerusalem Post: Farewell, Bagrut System?
September 4, 2018
By Amnon Eldar, director general of the AMIT network
The Education Ministry recently published its various measures for evaluating schools in Israel and it is to be commended for its policy of transparency. However, in 2018, Israeli society’s view of bagrut (matriculation exam) scores should be the subject of in-depth discussion.
AMIT Ranked No. 1 Educational Network in Israel
August 29, 2018
Hot off the press! AMIT has been named the No. 1 educational network in Israel by the Education Ministry, which cited its graduation rate and most students studying highest level math and English!
Ulpanat AMIT Lehava Makes The Summer Special For Others
August 28, 2018
Ulpanat AMIT Lehava in Kedumim opened its doors last week and hosted a unique summer camp for children with special needs, making it an unforgettable summer for those children and giving their parents a much-needed break from the constant care they provide them.
21 AMIT Schools Make Education Ministry’s “Outstanding” List
August 16, 2018
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.
“Survivor” AMIT: 3 Ma’ale Adumim Students Complete Youth Guide Course
August 14, 2018
Three boys from AMIT Ma’ale Adumim recently completed a “Survivor”-style course to become youth guides for the Education Ministry’s Shelach program. They are the first students from Ma’ale Adumim to successfully finish the course.
Preparing Students For The Future, Not The Past
August 8, 2018
By Amnon Eldar, director general of the AMIT network
The Industrial Revolution began in 1760 and transformed predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America into industrial, urban ones. Schoolchildren sat in long rows and teachers emphasized discipline and rote learning. Since then, the world has changed dramatically. The internet introduced an “information revolution” that affects our economy, society, and technology. Knowledge has gone from the hands of the elite into those of everyone, yet schools have not adapted to this change and still prepare graduates for the old world.
AMIT Kiryat Malachi Is Now Home To Young Entrepreneurs
August 2, 2018
AMIT Kiryat Malachi Jr. and Sr. High School recently welcomed a new addition to its grounds—an “entrepreneurship center” run by the nonprofit Unistream, which was founded by businessman Rony Zarom in 2001 to teach underprivileged Israeli children entrepreneurial skills.
AMIT Creates “Math Community” To Boost Achievement In The Field
August 1, 2018
Dozens of teachers from the AMIT network recently joined forces to create a math teacher “community” at a conference hosted by AMIT and the Trump Foundation, which was established in 2011 by Jewish-American philanthropists Jules and Eddie Trump to improve academic achievements in math and science in Israel.
International Jewish Educators Unite To Develop Israel Studies
July 29, 2018
Jewish educators from around the world recently took a weeklong trip to Israel, where they met with colleagues from the AMIT network and began developing an Israel studies curriculum to be taught in their schools.
AMIT Elaine Silver Students Find Work—At school
July 25, 2018
Students from the AMIT Elaine Silver Technological High School in Beersheva bring new meaning to the term “summer school.” They come to school every day, but not to study—instead they are getting paid to paint the classrooms, touch up the building, take care of the gardening, and fix whatever else needs fixing before school resumes in September.
Learning To Cry For The Right Reasons
July 25, 2018
Long Island Herald
By Dena Gershkovich
“Meaningful tears” and enhancing a relationship with God were the focus of keynote speaker Rebbetzin Yael Axelrod’s talk at AMIT’s 19th annual Yom Iyun — “Day of Learning” — for more than 100 Jewish woman — at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst July 18.
Summer of Volunteering
July 23, 2018
Students at Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon kicked off their summer vacation with a volunteering fair, in which more than 300 teens learned about different ways they can contribute their time and make a difference to Israeli society.
Kiryat Malachi Students Complete Special Program With HP Engineers
July 19, 2018
Toward the end of the school year, tenth-grade students at AMIT Kiryat Malachi Jr. and Sr. High School completed a special course that led by engineers at HP (Hewlett Packard). For their final meeting, the students visited HP Israel’s Indigo division in Kiryat Gat, which focuses on digital printing solutions.
AMIT Student Is No. 1 In New National Cyber Program
July 17, 2018
Zehava Defrasha,, a student at AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod, was among the Israeli teens who recently completed a course on cyber protection and information security—and she was recognized as the No. 1 cyber student in the country.
AMIT Afula Students Become Certified Kashrut Supervision Aides
July 11, 2018
Thirteen students from AMIT Yehuda in Afula became assistants to kashrut supervisors thanks to a special program they participated in and recently completed.
AMIT Graduate Earns Pilot’s Wings After Completing Course Taught By Another AMIT Alum
July 9, 2018
A., a graduate of AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan, recently completed his pilot’s course, which happened to be taught by another alum of the school, Capt. D.
Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod Bids Farewell To Its First Graduating Class
June 29, 2018
Rabbi Shalom Malool, the head of Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod, said that his heart was “filled with pride and prayer—pride in the first graduating class that will serve as a guidepost for those that follow, and prayer for the success of the graduates in whatever they choose to do.”
Caring For Those In Need
June 27, 2018
Yair Ben Yishai attended Yeshivat AMIT B’Levav Shalem. When he became a full-fledged volunteer for Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s emergency services, he arrived at the home of Maria Schechtman, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who had died alone one night. Then Yair made sure she received a proper burial.
Helping Their Friends
June 27, 2018
Chananel Vaknin, a 7th grader at the AMIT High School in Maale Adumim, suffers from a rare lung disease. His classmates decided to buy him an electric mobility scooter as part of a school project. The students raised more than NIS 15,000. They used the extra funds to install a special mode so that he could use the scooter on Shabbat.
Improving Their Communities
June 27, 2018
A group of students from the AMIT Yehuda Jr. and Sr. High School in Afula received the “President’s Award for Volunteerism” in a special ceremony at the President’s Residence. The 11th-graders organized many successful chesed projects over the last three years.
Creative Torah Competition In The Shadow Of Covid
August 8, 2021
Nine students from all over the country won the national Creative Torah competition run by the National Religious Education system, in which students are required to write research articles combining some aspect of Jewish law with a modern issue. Three of those nine students came from AMIT schools.
Students From Two AMIT Schools Build Working Satellites
August 5, 2021
After three years of hard work, a project in software engineering in both AMIT B’levav Shalem Yeshiva High School, Yerucham, and Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel, has successfully produced two nanosatellites. Project TEVEL allows students to build working satellites that are then launched into space. An exciting graduation ceremony was held this week in Netanya in the presence of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen, and the director of the Israeli Space Agency, Avi Blasberger.
AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological High School Student Wins First Place In Tae Kwon Do Competition
August 4, 2021
In the Youth Tae Kwon Do competition held in Yavne this past Friday, July 9th, Yosef Chaim Rabuh, a student at AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological High School, Jerusalem, won first place in his weight class.
Future Olympian? AMIT Student Wins Silver Medal At The Youth National Swimming Championships
August 2, 2021
Itai Handler, a ninth-grade student at AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Ramat Gan, came in second place in the country this week, in the 400-meter freestyle race at the Youth National Swimming Championships at the Wingate Institute.
Rare Achievement – Two AMIT Students Win Medals At The International Physics Olympiad
July 28, 2021
Two AMIT students, who were part of the five-member Israel national team at the 51st International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) held this week in Lithuania, won medals and brought a great deal of honor to the State of Israel.
Tamir Shapiro, from AMIT Mr. & Mrs. Lester Sutker Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Modiin, won a silver medal in the competition, and Reut Goldberg from AMIT Anna Teich Ulpana, Haifa, won a bronze medal.
AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Students Are Among The Winners Of The Bebras National Algorithm Competition
July 27, 2021
Eli Samuelson and Alon Freundlich, eighth-grade students at AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Ramat Gan, were winners of the Bebras Israel competition held last week. These AMIT students excelled in a competition in which there were hundreds of participants from all over the country.