Hundreds of AMIT students participated in a special AMIT Day (Yom AMIT). The AMIT Day was the conclusion of a year-long focus throughout the AMIT network on creating connections and unity within Israeli society. In order to strengthen the students’ connection to Jerusalem, AMIT students from all over the country came to the city and participated in unique educational activities.
The day was organized by the members of the AMIT Young Leadership Council. Throughout the day, the AMIT students met with Jerusalem figures representing different faces in society, including members of the ultra-Orthodox, secular, religious and Arab communities who told them about their views. They also participated in joint activities with other schools from different sectors of Israeli society.
The students of AMIT Sutker Modi’in, for example, arrived at the Boyar High School and discussed the subject of stigmas together with the secular students there. Each student had to write a post on Facebook about various subjects and then compare them. Surprisingly, their positions were similar on many issues. Tzachi Green, principal of the Jr. High at AMIT Sutker Modi’in, said that despite the stigmas, “things like values or one’s view on hedonism, do not divide according to one’s head covering, but according to what is in the heart”.
The students participated in a festive concluding ceremony held at Ammunition Hill, where they were welcomed by the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar. They were also greeted by Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who told then that he felt a special connection with Ammunition Hill because “here for the first time I met my wife”. Bennett called on the young people to take personal responsibility and asked them to announce to the U.S. president that “in any situation and under any circumstances, regardless of any political settlement, Jerusalem will forever remain united under Israeli sovereignty for all eternity.”
Dr. Amnon Eldar, Director General of the AMIT network, congratulated the hundreds of students who came to Jerusalem and the members of the young leadership for leading the unique day: “The AMIT network believes in creating connections in Israeli society and in offering education to the entire spectrum of the Jewish people. We work all year long to create connections – between the religious and the secular, and between the center and the periphery. This is a significant educational challenge, and it is most appropriate to celebrate this on the 50th anniversary of the unification of Jerusalem. “
