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AMIT Nachshon Yeshiva A Moment of Kindness

At AMIT Nachshon Yeshiva in the Mateh Yehuda region, students are accustomed to a demanding schedule filled with Gemara, mathematics, and preparation for matriculation exams. But the most important lesson does not appear on any schedule.

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AMIT Final War Update

We all hope and pray this will be the last war report sent by our office. This message from Dr. Amnon Eldar is being sent to all AMIT students, staff, parents in Israel and our supporters worldwide.

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Bringing Good Cheer & Treats to Home-Bound Students

Now that the lockdown is over and Israelis can move about outside of their homes, but schools are not yet open for in-person learning, the administration of AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls in Maaleh Adumim decided to get creative in their outreach to their home-bound students. They rented an ice cream cart and walked around the city’s neighborhoods, handing out ice cream treats to students, teachers and teachers’ children. They also distributed Parashat HaShavua worksheets for students to discuss around their families’ Shabbat tables, and kits for a mother-daughter activity centered on the upcoming yartzheit of Rachel Emanu (Rachel the Matriarch).

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A New Way of Educating- חינוך מחדש

This article about AMIT was recently published in the Israeli newspaper Mekor Rishon.

Among all the difficulties that the coronavirus has brought, there is one area where it forces us to make a change that maybe for the better. The virus is forcing the education system—and others—to connect to the 21st century and adapt to the contemporary world. All at once, teachers and students were separated from the desks and chairs, the blackboards and chalk, and were required to produce alternatives.

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Ariella Berman

Midreshet AMIT Student Reflects on the AMIT Staff (Part 4)

Like all things that were abruptly interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the year in Israel for Midreshet AMIT students ended in March. The students left Israel and went back home. But their learning didn’t stop. The students continued studying with their rabbis and teachers via Zoom from thousands of miles away. The distance didn’t shake the warm connection they developed for one another or the profound impact Midreshet AMIT had on their lives.

In this four-part blog series, Midreshet AMIT student Ariella Berman shares her Reflections on the AMIT Staff.  

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