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 Carried On, Pandemic and All
June 4, 2020
Here’s a wrap up of all the amazing things that happened while AMIT schools were closed and our students sheltered at home.
AMIT Students “Escape” to Celebrate Yom Yerushalayim
May 21, 2020
AMIT students celebrated Yom Yerushalayim, which commemorates the unification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War, in fun, moving, and creative ways.
Coming Out of Corona
May 13, 2020
Naomi Baum, Ph.D recently led a virtual program for AMIT on how to cope during these challenging times. We’re pleased to share her recent blog that we hope you’ll find helpful during this difficult period.
AMIT Welcomes Students Back to School, Slowly, Safely
May 6, 2020
Going back to school never has been so sweet! As AMIT schools opened in a very limited way this week, returning students were met with warmth, candy, and signage welcoming them back into the classrooms – the first time in two months since the Education Ministry closed schools because of the pandemic.
AMIT Teen Initiates Chesed Caravan for Seniors
May 6, 2020
Daniel M., 15, a student at AMIT Ashdod Yeshiva, has been heading a nationwide effort to bring seniors food and medicines, a tremendous service for the country’s most vulnerable citizens, and an example of a student living AMIT values.
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.
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