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 Be’er Tuvia Student Chosen As Israel’s Representative For UN Climate Conference
June 17, 2021
Tomer Gertel, a student from Amit Be’er Tuvia, has been chosen as Israel’s representative at the UN International Climate Conference. Tomer, a sophomore, will participate in the conference in three months’ time, in Milan, Italy. Approximately 9,000 candidates from all over the world applied to take part, and only 400 youth were chosen to attend.
Highlights from Solidarity Trip by AMIT President Audrey Trachtman
June 10, 2021
In a show of solidarity and support, AMIT President Audrey Trachtman came to Israel at the first possible moment. She came to see, to meet, and to speak to AMIT students and staff around the country. In a packed schedule of less than a week, Trachtman also made sure to visit with people and cities that were most affected by the recent rockets from Gaza.
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz, Petach Tikva, Takes First Place In Math Competition
June 10, 2021
The Tangram program is a program for excellence in math for middle school students run by the Davidson Institute of Science Education of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot. Once a year they have a one-day competition with the participation of all the schools across Israel that are in the Tangram program. This year’s 7th-grade competition was held via zoom. After two hours of competition, the team from Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz in Petach Tikva, led by their teacher Tzvika Leibovitch, won first place!
Shlomi Dahan
June 3, 2021
Eighth-grade Educator and Head of the Yeshiva Path and Middle School Principal, AMIT Eitan Ma’ale Adumim
Rabbi Mordechai Greenblatt
May 31, 2021
Bible Teacher at AMIT Fred Kahane Technological School in Ashkelon
Imagine if they would’ve been at home when the rocket hit
May 31, 2021
AMIT delegation visits home in southern Israel destroyed by rocket attack, meets with family who were miraculously saved not once but twice.
Andy Goldsmith, AMIT Executive VP, speaks on Kan English News from Sderot
May 27, 2021
Andy Goldsmith, AMIT Executive VP, speaks on Kan English News from Sderot, Israel about how AMIT responded to help AMIT families adversely affected by the recent conflict. Many AMIT students’ families live in areas that were under rocket attack and experienced enormous trauma.
The Student Who Became the Principal of the School and Won the National Religious Education Prize
May 26, 2021
Once again, an AMIT school has been recognized for excellence. Yona Kanino, principal of AMIT Kol Yaakov in Yerucham, was awarded the National Religious Education Prize this week. This is a double win for AMIT as Yona was also a student in Kol Yaakov and is herself a product of its success.
Miri Westreich
May 26, 2021
Literature Teacher at Yeshivat AMIT Kfar Ganim, Petach Tikva
Why Experiential Learning Matters
May 24, 2021
What do high school students do in a hospital lab, and how do students in the classroom develop an app together that testifies to the
AMIT Eitan in Ma’ale Adumim Wins National Education Award
May 24, 2021
AMIT Eitan in Ma’ale Adumim won the National Education Award from the Ministry of Education. The award was given to the school for promoting education towards values and social excellence, social and civic involvement, and giving back to the community.
AMIT Continues To Dominate Spacelab Competition
May 23, 2021
AMIT keeps taking space by storm. First Yeshivat AMIT in Tzfat won first place in the national SpaceLab competition. Then two other students from Midreshet
A Message from Dr. Amnon Eldar on the Current Crisis
May 20, 2021
We are living in dark days, difficult times. Images we never believed would see in our country occur on the streets of cities nightly. Violence,
AMIT Family in Sderot Saved from Rocket During Miracle Stay in Hotel
May 20, 2021
They say that a good teacher is a teacher for life – and in this case, it seems that a good teacher saves lives. The house of the Elgazar family of Sderot was destroyed at the end of last week from a direct missile hit, but at that time the family was in a hotel in Jerusalem, thanks to their son’s teacher.
Hannah Yantov
May 20, 2021
Physics Teacher and Coordinator, Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT
Names Rather Than Numbers
May 19, 2021
As part of the international project ‘Names and Numbers’, students from the 10th and 11th grades of the Amit Nachshon Yeshiva traveled this week to interview four Holocaust survivors, in order to create a documentary about the students and their survivors and encounters.
AMIT Responds to the Current Crisis
May 13, 2021
MADA (Magen David Edom – Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross) put out an announcement that there is a blood shortage in the country, so our beloved principal at AMIT Elaine Silver, Zippi Harpenes, as a true role model, was the first in line this morning in Beersheva to donate blood.
The Students From AMIT Hamer Rehovot Are Fighting Malaria In Nigeria
May 13, 2021
Fasting the mosquito population by sowing carnivorous plants in malaria-infested areas and subsequently establishing solar farms to increase the ability to sow carnivorous plants. This is how Yarin Bekoor Glam, Gabriel Schuster, Omer Rumi and Nissan Okashi – students of the Amit Hamer School in Rehovot – offer a solution to the malaria problem in Nigeria.
Avener Maselton
May 13, 2021
Teacher at The Gloria & Henry I. Zeisel and Family Jr. College at Kfar Blatt in Petach Tikva
Sarit Samuel
May 11, 2021
Twelfth-grade Educator and Math Coordinator, AMIT Gutwirth High School, Sderot
Yoav Rosenblatt, a graduate of Amit Bar-Ilan – Outstanding President of the State
May 10, 2021
On the 73rd Independence Day of the State of Israel, Yoav Rosenblatt, a graduate of the Amit Bar-Ilan Gush Dan School, received the “Outstanding Presidential Medal” from the President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin.
Israeli Pearl
May 6, 2021
Citizenship and History Teacher and Social Coordinator, AMIT Kfar Batya
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