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
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Three students from AMIT Bar Ilan Gush Dan High School recently found themselves facing a challenge.
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Kfar Batya Campus
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Get a sneak peek at the ongoing progress at the Gabel & Straus Family Campus at AMIT Kfar Batya.
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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
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Hevruta Students Complete 50-Day Trek At Mount Hermon
May 24, 2018
Students from AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva’s scouting track achieved an incredible feat this week when they completed a 50-day trek along the Israel National Trail.
AMIT Wasserman Girls Pay Tribute To Their Classmate Ella Or, z”l
May 22, 2018
The girls at AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences take part in an annual race, and this year they dedicated it to the memory of Ella Or, z”l, who was killed in the flash flood that struck southern Israel last month.
U.S. Embassy English Enrichment Visit
May 18, 2018
By Danelle Rubin
Last week, we had the privilege of welcoming representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Israel at two AMIT schools in Petach Tikvah: Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School and AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track.
AMIT Sderot Students Take Bagrut Amid Escalated Tensions
May 18, 2018
More than 1,000 students in Sderot and other Israeli towns bordering the Gaza Strip had to take the English bagrut exam this week, just as tensions were flaring up in the area.
Education Minister Applauds AMIT Acco Students On Winning International Competition
May 18, 2018
Students from AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School won second place in the international Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and received a special message from Education Minister Naftali Bennett congratulating them on their achievement.
Yom AMIT Celebrates The Ties Between Israel And Diaspora Jews
May 17, 2018
Continuing an annual tradition, AMIT’s young leadership council completed a yearlong educational process with “Yom AMIT” (AMIT Day), a day when hundreds of AMIT students and staff come together and turn their attention to a specific theme. This year’s theme was the connection between Jewish communities in Israel and the Diaspora.
AMIT Kennedy Students Win Prize For Research on “Green” Electricity
May 16, 2018
Students from the AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School in Acco won first place at the international science and education program called GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment).
AMIT Student Wins Gold At International Wrestling Tournament
May 13, 2018
Yitzhak Fatana, a 14-year-old AMIT student, won first place at an international wrestling championship held recently in Russia.
AMIT Students Get Revved Up At Mercedes And Porsche Plants In Germany
May 9, 2018
Students from the Lewis and Wolkoff Preparatory Army Program at the Gloria and Henry I. Zeisel and Family Junior College at Kfar Blatt recently returned from a seminar in Germany where they studied at some of the most advanced automotive colleges and toured the factories of some of the most impressive manufacturers.
Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel Is No. 1!
May 9, 2018
Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel was ranked the No. 1 school in that city, according to a recent list published by Madlan, an urban insight company that compiles data including standardized test scores and student reviews of schools across Israel.
2 AMIT Teams Headed To National Robotics Competition!
May 7, 2018
The robotics team at AMIT Yud Ashdod just achieved another impressive success, winning the regional Arduino competition and advancing to the national stage. They will be joined in the nationals by eighth-grade students from AMIT Daisy Berman Yeshiva in Beersheva.
AMIT Atidim Film Students Reel In Another Success!
May 4, 2018
Lights! Camera! And most importantly, action! Students from AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School took first place at a national competition for creative youth with their film “Gog and Magog.”
Unique Interfaith Program Unites AMIT Students with Arab Peers
May 3, 2018
In June 2015, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin made a remarkable speech, in which he warned that Israeli society is divided into four “tribes”—ultra-Orthodox, national religious, secular, and Arab—that are increasingly growing apart.
AMIT Wasserman Girls Embrace the Wonders of Technology
May 3, 2018
At AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior High School for Girls, things are about to change. The school is taking a leap into the future propelling the school into the 21st century.
Meet the AMIT Student Saving Seniors from Loneliness
May 3, 2018
Yael Fischer may be only 17, but she is already the founder of a project whose aim is to improve the quality of life for lonely senior citizens across Israel and to bridge generational gaps.
AMIT Hammer Wins National Prize For Educational Excellence
May 3, 2018
AMIT Hammer Junior and Senior High School for Boys won the Education Ministry’s national prize for educational excellence, beating out dozens of other schools across Israel being considered for the prestigious award.
Kim Kushner’s Mediterranean-Style Sea Bass
May 3, 2018
The assertive flavors of capers, garlic, and sun-dried tomatoes make this 15-minute dish an ideal choice if you’re craving the sunny flavors of the Mediterranean.
AMIT Students Remember Israel’s Missing Soldiers On Lag B’Omer
May 3, 2018
To mark Lag B’Omer, AMIT students across the country held a special study session and dialogue on the subject of the public’s responsibility to retrieve missing soldiers Hadar Goldin, z”l, and Oron Shaul, z”l, for proper burial in Israel.
4 AMIT Students + 4 AMIT Teachers = 8 Educational Excellence Awards!
May 3, 2018
Four teachers and four students from AMIT schools across the country were recently awarded certificates of excellence at an event marking 70 years of education in Israel.
Budding Scientists Meet A Chief Scientist
May 2, 2018
Dr. Bracha Halaf, chief scientist at Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, met with some 9th-graders from the school in Kedumim. She described her personal journey through the ranks of the scientific world, from high school through her current research.
Watch Inspiring Video of Miriam Peretz, Israel Prize Laureate
May 1, 2018
Miriam Peretz, whose two sons Uriel and Eliraz died in combat 12 years apart while serving in the Israeli army, recently won the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement for “strengthening the Jewish-Israeli spirit.”
The Educational Revolution Takes Over AMIT Fred Kahane Technological H.S.
April 30, 2018
The senior management of the AMIT network and officials from the Education Ministry visited AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon to learn about the innovative changes taking place at the vocational school.
Chess Champ Headed To International Competition
April 27, 2018
Asif Solomon, an 8th-grader at AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, won first place at the national chess championship for youth under the age of 14.
Escaping Into Israeli history at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai
April 25, 2018
As part of their celebration of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, students at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai designed a special escape room in the form of the Prime Minister’s Office.
AMIT congratulates the new AZM president, Deborah Lewis Isaac
June 23, 2021
On behalf of AMIT, our Board, and all our supporters, we congratulate AMIT past president Debbie Isaac on her appointment as President of the American Zionist Movement (AZM). Debbie is the first woman to lead this organization in over 40 years.
AMIT Hatzor Haglilit Increases Bagrut Eligibility From 74% To 95.4% In Just Four Years
June 23, 2021
A few years ago, Hatzor Haglilit’s regional council in the north announced a system-wide revolution which included educational plans, staffing changes, upgrades to infrastructure, increasing budgets, and a general emphasis in all of the municipality’s resources to provide whatever is needed so that students in Hatzor Haglilit would be on par with those in schools in the center of the country.
AMIT Be’er Tuvia Student Chosen As Israel’s Representative For UN Climate Conference
June 17, 2021
Tomer Gertel, a student from Amit Be’er Tuvia, has been chosen as Israel’s representative at the UN International Climate Conference. Tomer, a sophomore, will participate in the conference in three months’ time, in Milan, Italy. Approximately 9,000 candidates from all over the world applied to take part, and only 400 youth were chosen to attend.
Highlights from Solidarity Trip by AMIT President Audrey Trachtman
June 10, 2021
In a show of solidarity and support, AMIT President Audrey Trachtman came to Israel at the first possible moment. She came to see, to meet, and to speak to AMIT students and staff around the country. In a packed schedule of less than a week, Trachtman also made sure to visit with people and cities that were most affected by the recent rockets from Gaza.
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz, Petach Tikva, Takes First Place In Math Competition
June 10, 2021
The Tangram program is a program for excellence in math for middle school students run by the Davidson Institute of Science Education of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot. Once a year they have a one-day competition with the participation of all the schools across Israel that are in the Tangram program. This year’s 7th-grade competition was held via zoom. After two hours of competition, the team from Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz in Petach Tikva, led by their teacher Tzvika Leibovitch, won first place!
Shlomi Dahan
June 3, 2021
Eighth-grade Educator and Head of the Yeshiva Path and Middle School Principal, AMIT Eitan Ma’ale Adumim