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.
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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.
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Do a Good Deed in the Merit of a Mother and Daughters
April 30, 2020
To mark the 16th yahrzeit of Tali Chatuel, z”l, and her daughters Hila, z”l, Hadar, z”l, Roni, z”l, and Merav, z”l, who were murdered by terrorists, you can do good deed in their merit.
AMIT Students Honor Israel’s Fallen During Yom Hazikaron
April 29, 2020
In a true display of mutual responsibility, AMIT’s young leadership stepped up during Yom Hazikaron to help families of fallen soldiers and terror victims honor their loved ones because they couldn’t visit their graves, as cemeteries were closed due to the pandemic.
AMIT Joins Nation, World for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 24, 2020
Yom HaShoah in Israel was marked on Tuesday with the traditional sounding of a two-minute long siren when all stop and remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, and honor those who survived the horror. Because of the current coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on gatherings, this year’s usual well-attended ceremonies, including those at the AMIT schools, took place virtually. While the memorials may have gone online, they were no less poignant and heartfelt.
AMIT Students Plan Special Birthday for Ramle seniors
April 23, 2020
Students from AMIT Ramle Technological High School who have been volunteering at a senior center recently held a festive birthday party for 10 of the center’s “regulars.”
Flowers for Seniors from Student Volunteers Speak Volumes
April 21, 2020
Students from AMIT Technological High School in Ashdod stepped up big-time to help local seniors and small business owners during the COVID-19 crisis. They bought flowers, food, and cards and delivered them outside the residences of the isolated seniors.
Corona and Hakarat Ha’Tov: The Lifelong Lesson of Embracing Holocaust Survivors
April 20, 2020
By Dr. Amnon Eldar
During the counting of the Omer, a period in which we work on ourselves and strive to improve our interpersonal skills and care for others, we would like to focus on hakarat ha’tov, being thankful for all that we have been blessed. The mourning of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students, who treated each other with disrespect, reminds us of the words of their teacher, “Love your neighbor as yourself. This is an important principle in the Torah.” Loving and caring for others teaches us that gratitude is a basic trait of utmost importance that should be carried out for all of our lives.
AMIT Sutker Modi’in Boys Rank Nation’s #1 Athletes
April 19, 2020
AMIT’s focus on excellence and teamwork recently resulted in students from one of the networks’ boys’ schools in Modi’in taking first place at a national physical fitness competition organized by the Education Ministry and the Israeli School Sports Association.
AMIT Acts of Chesed Make Passover Sweeter
April 17, 2020
As the nation locked down even more vigorously during the Passover holiday, AMIT teachers and students did many acts of chesed to help vulnerable people celebrate the holiday.
‘Armchair Traveler’ with AMIT Alum Ilan Rogers
April 13, 2020
We may not be able to hop a plane and travel right now, but we can take an “armchair” trip with AMIT alum Ilan Rogers, who traveled to 52 countries in 52 weeks. Rogers took more than 100,000 photographs documenting his adventure. Check out the gallery of locales he visited.
Home to Fifty-Two Children
April 13, 2020
Entering the doors of the modest building of AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, one immediately feels as if he entered into a parallel little world with its own sense of time, language, energy, and its own set of rules.
Everything about this residential home for Israel’s at-risk youth is designed to offer a familial therapeutic setting, in order to encourage children who have suffered greatly a chance to heal.
AMIT Student Ambassador Shares Thoughts on Eve of Passover
April 7, 2020
AMIT student ambassador Roni Ashkenazi, currently doing her national service Carmel 6000 (but at home), reflects on what it’s like to be living through the health crisis in Israel.
AMIT Student Springs into Chesed Action to Help Others
April 6, 2020
In classic AMIT-style, Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod 9th grader Dannel M. turned the health “crisis into an opportunity,” corralling students and friends into a nationwide chesed effort to help quarantined seniors and others.
Beit Hayeled Awarded Jerusalem Prize for Education
April 6, 2020
AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled was recently honored for its decades-long work with some of Israel’s most vulnerable children: The surrogate-family home was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for education at the 17th Jerusalem Conference.
Teaching in the Time of Corona
April 5, 2020
How are members of the AMIT family coping with Corona Virus? Find out Pesha Fischer’s take on Teaching in the Time of Corona.
AMIT Student Entrepreneurs Get ProTips for Their Startup Ideas
April 1, 2020
Students at AMIT’s Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently worked to develop a marketing plan for their startup ideas with an expert in the field — Shimrit Nisenbaum, the spokesperson and public relations manager for Neopharm, who has more that 20 years of marketing and PR experience.
Midreshet AMIT Doesn’t Miss a Beat Teaching Students
March 27, 2020
When the students at Midreshet AMIT had to leave abruptly weeks before their Passover break due to growing concern over coronavirus, what did the seminary do?
The faculty decided to teach their classes via Zoom on a U.S. schedule to make sure that the learning was uninterrupted and that students wouldn’t miss a beat.
Outstanding AMIT Physics Students Visit CERN
March 26, 2020
A delegation of 30 outstanding physics students from the AMIT network traveled to Geneva this week to visit the world’s chief physics research center: the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, which is home to the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world.
AMIT Students Host Famous NASA Members for Space Week
March 22, 2020
To mark Israeli Space Week, Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel students hosted astronaut and pilot Eric Boe, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden and hundreds of students from around the country who are taking part in a special satellite-building program.
AMIT Responds to Students’ Needs During COVID-19
March 20, 2020
As many of you are aware, Israel is on semi-lockdown and has closed all schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this swift and necessary national measure, AMIT has also responded quickly to help our children keep learning uninterrupted by setting up online distance learning so they can continue their studies in the safety of their homes.
AMIT Students Energized by Haifa Oil Tour
March 19, 2020
Students from AMIT HaOfek Technological High School’s electricity track recently got a lesson outside of their classroom as they toured a Haifa oil refinery and learned about its infrastructure and operation.
Inspiration Goes Hand in Hand with Creation at AMIT International Women’s Day Conference
March 18, 2020
“Nothing is too small or too big for you to achieve,” exhorted Galia Kedmi Fragman, director of AMIT’s Entrepreneurship Academy to the more than 100
Haifa Students Combine Good Grades and Good Deeds
March 15, 2020
The students at AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa celebrated getting their midterm report cards with an act of chesed: They gathered at the local gemach to prepare hundreds of packages of food for the needy. Once they finished packing, their teachers handed out their report cards.
AMIT Director General Amnon Eldar Addresses the Closure of Israel’s Schools and Tells Principals: “A Crisis is Also an Opportunity”
March 13, 2020
In a swift letter to the AMIT network’s principals, AMIT Director General Amnon Eldar, sent a message of strength and inspiration to his “troops,” the educators who care every day for the more than 37,000 children in AMIT network.
Eldar explains how they are preparing for students to continue learning in the face of what is hoped to be temporary school closures as he reminds everyone of their obligation to personal responsibility to help thwart the spread of the coronavirus.
AMIT Ashkelon Students Pay Tribute to Fallen Alumni
March 11, 2020
Students at AMIT Ashkelon Bet Junior and Senior high school decided to undertake a double mitzvah recently: Raising funds to renovate the synagogue located on their school grounds and dedicating it to the memory of fallen Israel Defense Forces soldiers who attended the school.
Update #12 From AMIT
November 8, 2023
Yesterday marked the one-month anniversary since the massacre on October 7. Amir Kalangel, AMIT’s Director of Gogya, and his platoon sang Ha’Tikvah at Kibbutz Beeri, where so much tragedy took place just 30 days ago. Please see a short video of the tribute.
Update from the Sderot War Command Center
November 1, 2023
Dr. Amnon Eldar, Director General, Andy Goldsmith, Executive Vice President, and AMIT professional/lay leaders are traveling across Israel this week to show support the Sderot community and its children – in both spirit and in action.
A Special Shabbat Message from AMIT Principal Nurit Davidi
October 27, 2023
The video was taken on the day of Nurit’s daughter’s bat mitzvah, which took place in a Jerusalem hotel lobby.
Update #9 From AMIT
October 26, 2023
During this very unsettling time, AMIT knows that building resilience and arming our children with skills and coping mechanisms is of key importance.
Update #8 From AMIT
October 24, 2023
This weekend, AMIT’s Director General, Amnon Eldar and his executive team traveled around Israel to visit with Sderot evacuees, hear their stories, and activate plans to address the ever-changing needs of Israel and its children.
Update #7 From AMIT
October 19, 2023
We are so grateful to everyone who has responded generously to our Sderot emergency campaign. To date, we have raised $820,922.