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 Students Return from Jewish Heritage Trip to Poland
January 27, 2020
Students from two AMIT schools who returned recently from their heritage trip to Poland held special ceremonies to reflect on their experience and process what they witnessed and learned.
AMIT Students Honor Wounded IDF Soldiers
January 23, 2020
AMIT students around the country recently marked the 5th annual day of recognition for wounded IDF soldiers and victims of terror attacks. Two schools held especially meaningful ceremonies, hearing from some of the soldiers about their experiences defending the country.
AMIT President Tells Girls: You Are Leading an Education Revolution
January 21, 2020
Students at the AMIT Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior. High School for Girls in Tzvat welcomed AMIT President Audrey Axelrod Trachtman and other dignitaries recently for a tour of the school’s cutting-edge new campus.
MLK Jr. and Anne Frank More Same Than Different
January 20, 2020
A beautiful new children’s book, “Martin & Anne, The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank” (Creston Books), written by award-winning children’s author Nancy Churnin and illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg, weaves together the parallels between the American civil rights icon and the teenage girl whose autobiography may be the most well-known book on the Holocaust.
Boot Camp and Bar Mitzvah Programs: AMIT Dvir Helps Boys Become Men
January 16, 2020
AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School in Beit Shemesh offers its students innovative programs to help them move smoothly and confidently as they grow into the next stage of their lives. Through these programs – a boot camp training program for upper classmen and a bar mitzvah program for middle schoolers – AMIT Dvir is helping take their students from boys to men.
8 AMIT Educators Among Education Ministry’s “Teachers of the Century”
January 13, 2020
Eight AMIT educators are among the Education Ministry’s religious education administration list of this year’s “teachers of the century.” All of the teachers and principals selected for this distinction were recognized for their groundbreaking values-based leadership and educational innovation.
AMIT’s Young Leaders Learn About Mutual Responsibility
January 10, 2020
AMIT students from the southern and central regions in Israel recently attended leadership conferences at two AMIT schools: AMIT Ramle Technological High School in Ashdod and the AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village in Petach Tikvah.
Former IAF Commander Offers Leadership Tips to AMIT Students
January 7, 2020
AMIT students in Modi’in recently hosted students from Midreshet AMIT and another local school for a fascinating discussion with retired Major General (retired) Eliezer Shkedy, formerly the commander of Israel’s air force and CEO of El Al airlines.
Women: ‘We Can Do It!’ Mayor and Beyond!
January 2, 2020
Eleventh-grade students at AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga High School helped organize a seminar on women’s empowerment at their school, which included workshops and lectures about identity, developing personal strengths and leadership skills, self-defense, and taking initiative.
Good Sports: AMIT Wasserman Honors its Champs
December 29, 2019
When it comes to AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School in Beer Sheva, which has been recognized for its academic achievements, add athletics championships to the list of accolades. During the last two years, students from the school won nine championships in different sports categories, and a least a dozen more students are recognized as outstanding athletes.
Beit Hayeled Hanukkah Chaggigah: A Fabulous Night of Fun, Food, and Fond Feelings
December 27, 2019
It was a night to remember for every child at Beit Hayeled and every Midreshet AMIT student as the first night of Hanukkah was celebrated in high style with a chaggigah that pulled out all the stops.
AMIT Alumnus Following in his Fighter Brother’s Footsteps
December 23, 2019
Theirs is a family of loyal and brave soldiers who love and serve Israel. Five years following the death of Ben Vanunu, z”l, an AMIT alumnus who was killed in Gaza in 2014 during his army service, his brother Moshiko has enlisted in the same unit, the elite Golani Brigade.
Young and Old Learn Together at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai
December 18, 2019
Dozens of students at Yeshivat AMIT Amichai Junior and Senior High School held a special inter-generational study session with their mothers and grandmothers at the Rehovot school’s beit midrash recently.
AMIT Students Spruce Up Beersheva Park
December 15, 2019
AMIT schools encourage their students to fulfill their potential in various ways, including contributing to their communities. The 11th-grade students from AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School in Beersheva, recently worked with the municipality to give one of the city’s parks a facelift.
AMIT’s Young Innovators Tackle Accessibility Issues
December 12, 2019
AMIT students from the Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation met recently with members of the nonprofit group Access Israel, which aims to better integrate people with disabilities into Israeli society.
Microsoft and AMIT, Perfect Together!
December 10, 2019
AMIT students from across Israel, including the periphery, recently were chosen to participate in Microsoft Israel’s prestigious leadership program, Teams Leaders, where they learn about using Microsoft’s platform to create more collaborative learning environments.
AMIT Renanim Students Donate Hair in Memory of Terror Victim
December 7, 2019
Dozens of students from AMIT Renanim Science and Technology Junior and Senior High School donated their hair for cancer patients as a tribute to an Israeli teenager who was killed by a bomb during the summer.
AMIT Students Hit Social Media Denouncing Domestic Violence
December 4, 2019
Students from AMIT HaOfek Technological High School joined activists around the world to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a campaign aimed at raising awareness about gender-based violence.
AMIT Students Join ADL Conference on Social Cohesion
December 2, 2019
Recently, some AMIT students got to put that philosophy into action by attending the Israel Conference on Social Cohesion, a daylong summit aimed at fostering greater inclusion for all sectors and groups in Israeli society.
A Heroine Among Us: Avital Sharansky Visits AMIT Students
November 29, 2019
Students at AMIT Ulpana High School for Girls got a chance to learn exactly what makes a heroine when they welcomed Avital Sharansky for a visit and discussion about women’s empowerment, a subject that Sharansky, a leading figure in the movement to free Jews, including her husband Natan Sharansky, from Soviet imprisonment, knows quite a bit about.
Message to AMIT Girls: The Sky’s the Limit!
November 24, 2019
How high can you fly? As high as your dreams take you. That was the message that students at AMIT Shachar Junior and Senior High School recently got from Aisha Bowe, the American aeronautical engineer and the founder and CEO of technology company, STEMBoard, who told them to reach for the stars.
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz Alum: An Officer and a Gentleman
November 20, 2019
V., who is currently serving in the IDF’s elite Duvdevan commando unit, credits his recently becoming an officer in the army to a meeting he had in 12th grade while at Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz in Petach Tikva.
AMIT Students Get Physics-cal!
November 18, 2019
About 200 of the top physics students from AMIT schools took part recently in a reshet-wide physics Olympiad held at the Gogya teacher-trainer in center in Ra’anana.
New Faces at AMIT: Men on Board
November 14, 2019
For the first time in its 95-year, storied, all-female board history, AMIT has voted to appoint five new men to its board of directors, a change that is heralded as one that was long in coming. Leaders hope the new gender diversity will widen the organization’s tent and bring in new vision and perspectives, aligning itself with 21st century dynamism in the continuation to build the future of children in Israel.
Expanding the Tent: A Turning Point for AMIT
July 29, 2026
Around the year 2000, AMIT found itself at a crossroads. The leadership of the school network, known to be synonymous with religious Zionist education, was faced with a bold question: Should AMIT expand to include secular schools?
A Recipe for Life at Ulpanat AMIT Wasserman
May 5, 2026
Students at AMIT Wasserman High School for girls in Ma’ale Adumim, prepared for life after graduation in a unique and meaningful way – by inviting their grandmothers into the school kitchen.
Ulpanat AMIT Haifa Students Share Joy
April 29, 2026
A meaningful evening of hafrashat challah at a Haifa hotel recently took an unexpected turn.
AMIT Nordlicht Student Runs Toward Responsibility
April 22, 2026
When sirens sound, most people move toward shelter. Elroi Dadon does the opposite.
From AMIT Rehovot to the World Stage
April 15, 2026
Seven students from AMIT Ron Arad in Rehovot are heading to the international finals of the Ramon Space Olympiad this May, after earning second place in the national competition.
Building the Future, One Line of Code at a Time
April 9, 2026
Students at Yeshivat AMIT Eitan in Ma’aleh Adumim presented their Al-powered educational application to the National Education Prize Committee.
Teacher Spotlight
Shlomi Dahan
Eighth-grade Educator and Head of the Yeshiva Path and Middle School Principal, AMIT Eitan Ma’ale Adumim
Rabbi Mordechai Greenblatt
Bible Teacher at AMIT Fred Kahane Technological School in Ashkelon
Avener Maselton
Teacher at The Gloria & Henry I. Zeisel and Family Jr. College at Kfar Blatt in Petach Tikva