
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.

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.

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.

Three students from AMIT Bar Ilan Gush Dan High School recently found themselves facing a challenge.

Get a sneak peek at the ongoing progress at the Gabel & Straus Family Campus at AMIT Kfar Batya.

AMIT Israel Spotlight Session #2: AMIT’s Community of Co-Ed and Secular Schools – Bridging Divides, Building Community

I spent my last day in Israel visiting two programs in one of the most incredible places, Frisch Beit Hayeled and Midreshet AMIT.

At an awards ceremony held last week, AMIT Ulpanit (religious high school for girls) Or Akiva received the Ministry of Education’s prestigious religious education award.

How do you go from a school once known as the Red Jail now called the White House in just two years? Sometimes, it only takes one dynamic person who won’t take no for an answer.

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.

Our first stop in Rehovot was at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai an all-boys school with 425 kids in grades 7-12. There are now 300 kindergartens, up from 78 a few years ago.

As part of the science program at AMIT Wasserman Maaleh Adumim High School for girls, the students spent a day devoted to women’s empowerment at the Technion in Haifa.

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.

Ofra Pe’er, the principal at AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls, believes that the next Prime Minister of Israel will come from her school.

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.

Last week, the 10th grade students from AMIT Yeshivat Netivot Dror in Or Akiva went on an educational hike, following the footsteps of King Saul on Mt. Gilboa.

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.

At AMIT Gwen Straus Society and Law track in Kfar Batya, Ra’anana, Mishloach Manot will be sent to every graduate serving in the army.

The administration of the AMIT Gould Rehovot girl’s school was informed that 100% of the school’s students have full entitlement to a matriculation certificate for the school year of 5776.

Last week, three students from AMIT Bar Ilan Netanya won an innovative technology award granted by the Ness Technology leadership program for high school students.

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.

I can hardly contain my excitement. After working at AMIT as Director of Marketing & Communication, I am going to Israel to see first-hand of the amazing schools.

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.

I started the day at the Elaine Silver Vocational High School in Beersheva. There is something so magical about this place

Congratulations to David Lev Ran, a Yeshivat AMIT Amichai 8th grade student, who won the Rotary Club sponsored young orators competition in Rehovot.

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.

AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga, Beit Shemesh, has been chosen to participate in the Model United Nations project, along with 60 schools throughout Israel.

Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod students spend hours on the computer – along with the elderly residents of the retirement home adjacent to the Yeshiva.

The science excellence class at Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz, Petach Tikva, embarked on a unique study tour to investigate the connection between Torah, science and contemporary life.

In the last decade, there has been a big push globally to innovate our education systems.

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.

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.

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.

Women’s health is neglected. A gap in medical care and research exists, with gender stereotypes affecting how women are received, diagnosed and treated by doctors.

The Peres Center for Peace & Innovation recently hosted a virtual ceremony to commemorate the fourth anniversary since the passing of the ninth President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Batsheva Zigdon, z”l, beloved AMIT teacher, wife, mother and friend, tragically passed away on October 9, 2020, the eve of Simchat Torah. A victim of COVID-19, she was 55 years old.