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AMIT Amichai and the Final Frontier

AMIT Amichai and the Final Frontier

Yeshivat AMIT Amichai Rehovot students were selected to participate in the flagship project of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries and the Tasiida Organization.

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Anne Golombeck Blog

“I’m coming home” is truly the way I feel each time I enter Yerushalayim. Just set me loose to walk and wander for hours and nothing makes me happier.

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AMIT Students Inspire Other AMIT Students to Help

AMIT Students Inspire Other AMIT Students to Help

Students at Ulpanat AMIT Dyckman in Beersheva read about the fundraising efforts of students from another AMIT school, AMIT Society and Law track, of AMIT Gwen Straus High School in Kfar Batya, Raanana, on the AMIT Network’s Facebook page and decided to join in and raise funds as well.

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Doughnuts for Soldiers

Homemade Doughnuts for Soldiers Down South

Students of the AMIT Sderot Religious High School Ulpana track, in cooperation with the mothers of the city, prepared homemade sfenj, a North African doughnut cooked in oil, during Hanukkah for soldiers serving in southern Israel.

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From Or Akiva to Hollywood

From Or Akiva to Hollywood

AMIT Atidim Or Akiva students are again on their way to the red carpet! A film made by the film and communications track students was selected for the international competition of student films, which will be held in Hollywood this month.

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A Mitzvah on Wheels at AMIT Kfar Batya

Gil Caplan, a seventh grader at AMIT Gwen Straus Science Jr. and Sr. High School, Kfar Batya, and his sister Noa, who is a year younger and a sixth grader at AMIT Noam Elementary School, Kfar Batya, recently celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs together.

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AMIT Rallies to Help Fire Victims

AMIT Rallies to Help Fire Victims

Upon realizing the scope of the damage caused by wildfires raging throughout Israel, AMIT Network students, faculty and administration set out to offer relief and assistance in a numerous ways.

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Bringing Good Cheer & Treats to Home-Bound Students

Now that the lockdown is over and Israelis can move about outside of their homes, but schools are not yet open for in-person learning, the administration of AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls in Maaleh Adumim decided to get creative in their outreach to their home-bound students. They rented an ice cream cart and walked around the city’s neighborhoods, handing out ice cream treats to students, teachers and teachers’ children. They also distributed Parashat HaShavua worksheets for students to discuss around their families’ Shabbat tables, and kits for a mother-daughter activity centered on the upcoming yartzheit of Rachel Emanu (Rachel the Matriarch).

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A New Way of Educating- חינוך מחדש

This article about AMIT was recently published in the Israeli newspaper Mekor Rishon.

Among all the difficulties that the coronavirus has brought, there is one area where it forces us to make a change that maybe for the better. The virus is forcing the education system—and others—to connect to the 21st century and adapt to the contemporary world. All at once, teachers and students were separated from the desks and chairs, the blackboards and chalk, and were required to produce alternatives.

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Midreshet AMIT Student Reflects on the AMIT Staff (Part 4)

Like all things that were abruptly interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the year in Israel for Midreshet AMIT students ended in March. The students left Israel and went back home. But their learning didn’t stop. The students continued studying with their rabbis and teachers via Zoom from thousands of miles away. The distance didn’t shake the warm connection they developed for one another or the profound impact Midreshet AMIT had on their lives.

In this four-part blog series, Midreshet AMIT student Ariella Berman shares her Reflections on the AMIT Staff.  

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