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Is there a Doctor in the Class?

In the teachers’ room of AMIT Atidim in Or Akiva, you will find something very unique – 15 teachers who left their previous high-ranking and lucrative professions in order to educate the next generation.

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Huge Win for Team AMIT at Jerusalem Marathon!

With tremendous enthusiasm, energy and in high spirits nearly 300 AMIT students, teachers, principals, staff, and supporters joined together at Friday’s Jerusalem Marathon in support of AMIT’s Frisch Beit Hayeled, a foster home which serves 120 children ages 4-14 who need a warm and loving safe refuge.

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The Jerusalem Post: Running for Daniella

In January of last year, Daniella Moffson, a 21-year-old Manhattan native and Barnard College student who spent her high-school gap-year in 2013 volunteering at a Jerusalem shelter for severely neglected children, died as she lived: giving.

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It All Comes Full Circle

While visiting AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village and AMIT Petach Tikvah Pre-Army Junior College, I met Moshe Uziel, who as a child lived in the youth village with his sister because their mother could not care for them properly.

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2 Teenagers, 2 Towns

Today I met Yonatan and Amir at two different AMIT programs. While each young man has his own unique story, both shared similar challenges in school.

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A Lesson in Humanity

Last week, an elderly Holocaust survivor was found dead in her apartment in Yerucham. Maria Schechtman was the sole survivor from her family and lived on her own for many years in Yerucham.

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Being Driven to History

The taxi driver. Ask any seasoned business traveler for the latest and best information anywhere—what to do, where to go, where to get it (anything), how to get there—and he’ll tell you, hail a cab.

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The Shofar Still Sounds Despite Coronavirus Lockdown

Despite Israel’s third coronavirus lockdown, the sounds of the shofar still echoed throughout the land. That’s thanks to an enterprising and dedicated group of young women organized by Hilma, a non-profit tech organization which focuses on social good and which is supported by AMIT.

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AMIT Students Serve Community During COVID Lockdown

Continuing the AMIT tradition of caring for those in the community, the 12th grade students at Yeshivat AMIT B’Levav Shalem in Yerucham are helping out during these dire times. This past Rosh Hashana marked the second coronavirus lockdown in Israel. Nearly all 60 12th graders answered the call to provide aid and comfort by volunteering; in this case, they packaged about 500 food baskets for the Yerucham elderly in need.

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Ha’Kalmar – The Pencil Case

AMIT recently launched a podcast to discuss many topics within the educational landscape. In this first podcast the discussion focusses on the ever-changing world of education.

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