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
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
AMIT’s Holistic Educational Platform: Gogya
March 27, 2022
Gogya is AMIT’s renowned education platform, a holistic educational approach that includes academic excellence, values, socialization, emotional development, and exposure to the real world.
Purim of giving in AMIT Hillel Rehovot
March 16, 2022
11th-grade students at AMIT Hillel High School in Rehovot volunteered and gave out with real joy. The students prepared and produced a Purim happening for the children of the Sharet neighborhood in the city of Lod, which included play stations, art workshops and food stalls.
Purim in a salute to teachers and school staff AMIT Beer Tuvia
March 16, 2022
Reading the Purim celebrations at the Amit Beer Tuvia school, the school administration in collaboration with the teachers’ committee decided to salute the entire staff of the high school and organized a happy and enriching Purim party, especially for them, when the whole party was based on the staff’s talents.
AMIT Renanim students make the patients in Meir happy
March 16, 2022
The excited children were very happy, the parents were excited and also the nursing staff joined in with applause and great joy. It was a special and exciting experience, especially after a long period of Corona, where outsiders who were not close relatives could not be admitted to the wards.
Purim joy of connections and kindness in the real Acre
March 16, 2022
After a two-year period of living in the shadow of the Corona, at the Amit Kennedy Acre School in Acre, they chose to celebrate the Purim events as a sign of connection and love for the people. On Rosh Chodesh Adar, the students set out on the boys’ path, led by social education coordinator Ira Lahiani.
Dedication of a Sefer Torah to the AMIT Religious High School
December 17, 2021
Please join us in thanking the Friedman family, including AMIT’s very own Limor Friedman, for dedicating a Sefer Torah to the AMIT religious high school in Sderot.
AMIT Kiryat Malachi – Dedicating The New Gogya Building
November 15, 2021
The newly refurbished Gogya building of AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School was inaugurated with the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Kiryat Malachi Municipality, and the AMIT network.
Zionism On The Significant Journey — Hiking Near The Gaza Border
November 11, 2021
Students in grades 10 and 11 at AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga High School, Beit Shemesh, embarked on “Dream in the South,” an impressive four-day journey that began in the Ramon Crater.
We’ve Got This–Running in Memory of Avraham Lifshitz, z”l
November 7, 2021
One of the outstanding runners in last week’s Jerusalem Marathon was Rabbi Uriel Fish, a homeroom teacher at the AMIT Eitan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Maaleh Adumim.
AMIT Eitan in Ma’aleh Adumim Opens The Benaia Junior College
November 3, 2021
A celebration at the AMIT Eitan Junior and Senior High School for Boys, Ma’aleh Adumim, this week, to open the first class of the new AMIT Benaia Pre-Military Preparatory Mechina and Junior College. The mayor of Ma’aleh Adumim, Benny Kashriel, parents, and the students, all participated in the event.
AMIT Students Support An IDF Veteran
November 1, 2021
When the seventh-grade students at Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon learned that Nathaniel Werker, father of their classmate Itai, has been suffering from post-battle PTSD for 25 years and is still fighting for his rehabilitation, they decided to support him.
Third Year in Row: 100% Bagrut Rate for AMIT Ulpanit for Girls, Or Akiva
October 21, 2021
According to data that was recently published by the Ministry of Education, the 2020 graduating class of AMIT Ulpanit for Girls in Or Akiva hit a 100% bagrut success rate. This is a significant achievement for a high school that doesn’t have entrance exams and accepts a wide variety of students. Having accomplished this feat for the third year in a row is even more impressive, considering the 2020 school year was particularly challenging due in no small part to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gold Medal Winner in the 10th Grade Physics Olympics: Yan Movshowitz from AMIT Wasserman Beer Sheva
October 18, 2021
Yan Movshowitz, a student at the AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School, Beer Sheva, is the first place winner in the Ministry of Education’s Physics Olympics competition for 10th graders, Religious Division.
The Year Begins with Chessed (Good Deeds)
October 15, 2021
At the AMIT Elaine Silver Vocational School in Beer Sheva, the school year opened with a special chessed project for Rosh Hashana. Students at the school’s junior college spent many hours preparing 500 boxes of basic food products to help needy families with holiday preparations
Gmach Supplies in Memory of Student’s Father
October 12, 2021
With the beginning of the school year being so close to the High Holidays, Shirley Agiv of AMIT Sutker Renanim needed a creative way to guide her students. The goal was to encourage them to think about always helping those around them – including those in their very own classroom.
Student and Teacher Reunite in Israel
October 10, 2021
What are the chances that a student and teacher at the Fuchs Mizrachi School in Cleveland, Ohio, would meet again, years later, as student and teacher?
Winner of the 2020/2021 Education Prize: Ulpanat AMIT Alei Zahav
October 6, 2021
Ulpanat AMIT Alei Zahav is the winner of the 2020/2021 AMIT Network Education Prize this year.
The nominating committee explained that the school was chosen because it fully implements AMIT’s values of Torat Chaim, academic excellence, and commitment to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Furthermore, it is undergoing an in-depth cultural change that touches upon academics, social, emotional and values-based issues.
Farmers and Students Working Together for Needy Families
September 24, 2021
In preparation for the Jewish High Holidays, 10th and 12th grade students attending AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School, Beer Sheva, volunteered to organize food packages for 500 families spanning the city.
AMIT Builds Sukkot
September 19, 2021
As the Sukkot holiday draws near, AMIT Network’s “AMIT Builds Sukkot” project is once again underway. Using social media, AMIT students invite those in their communities in need of assistance putting up a sukkah to contact them. Teams of student volunteers are then dispatched to build sukkot for those that have requested help. Their goal is to ensure that throughout the city everyone experiences a joyous Sukkot holiday.
Officers’ School: In Both Education and the Military, People make the Difference
September 13, 2021
A major part of an AMIT education is the values that our schools instill, and serving one’s country is one of our core values. It
Sixteen AMIT schools are on the Ministry of Education
September 2, 2021
The Ministry of Education’s list of outstanding schools was published August 19, 2021, and sixteen AMIT schools “made the grade.” The ratings are based on the schools’ academic and values-based achievements. Academic accomplishments examined include bagrut eligibility rates, percentage of excellence on bagrut exams, percentage of eligibility for high level bagrut certificates, and degree of improvement compared to achievements in the previous year. The social values on which schools were rated include enlistment rates in the IDF or national service, dropout prevention, and inclusion of special education students.
Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon
August 31, 2021
AMIT’s Technological High Schools are “the last stop” for many students. The kids attending have not managed to create a path to success for themselves anywhere else, and they arrive after bouncing around from school to school. Along those lines, you might think they would be the last students who would assume leadership positions, taking on more responsibility than necessary. At AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School in Ashkelon, you can see this is precisely what starts happening.
Summer Student Spotlight: AMIT Florin Taman Tzfat
August 30, 2021
Neoray Kaholy, a rising 9th grader at AMIT Florin Taman High School for Boys in Tzfat, has been a counselor with Krembo Wings for the past two years. When asked who inspired him at AMIT, he replied: “Rav Eldad, who is my homeroom teacher, really inspires me. I grew up with the idea that serving God was all about learning, learning, learning. Rav Eldad, with all his energy, taught me that you can also serve God through doing, and always being happy. To be happy from nothing and everything.”
Teacher Summer Spotlight: AMIT Belevav Shalem Yeshiva
August 26, 2021
How does a schoolteacher convey a values-based education? Subjects such as math are governed by indisputable numbers, equations, and figures, whereas a lesson in values requires a different approach. We have been focusing on students and how they implement AMIT’s idea of chessed and community during their summer vacations, by volunteering in many different capacities. But where are they learning their values? One answer is by watching their teachers act as role models, in and out of the classroom.
The Difference AMIT Makes
April 9, 2025
Ariel* was alone at his home in Sderot the morning of October 7, 2023. Shira is back at Mekif Klali Sderot as well, telling her story of October 7—in English!
This Passover, A Call to Action to Strengthen Israel’s Future as ‘Education Nation’
April 4, 2025
Passover is the most observed holiday putting Jewish education at the forefront. It gives us a deeper appreciation of educational visionaries – starting with our People’s master teacher, Moses, who continuously tried to teach the Israelites about the importance of building a stronger, more united community.
Thrilled and Thankful: The Israeli AMIT Team at Sarachek
April 1, 2025
The AMIT school network in Israel is proud to have been chosen as the first international team to attend Yeshiva University’s famed Red Sarachek Tournament.
Sneak Peek: AMIT’s Kfar Batya Campus
March 26, 2025
Get a sneak peek at the ongoing progress at the Gabel & Straus Family Campus at AMIT Kfar Batya.
Israeli AMIT Basketball Team Joins YU Sarachek Tournament
March 19, 2025
The annual Yeshiva University Red Sarachek tournament is the highlight of the year for yeshiva high school basketball teams across the USA and Canada.
Update from Israel #37
January 2, 2025
Hanukkah symbolizes bringing light into the world, to honor our outstanding teachers — the individuals who dedicate themselves year-round to illuminating the lives of our children and spreading light throughout.