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A Man of Words and Action BUILDING ISRAEL. ONE CHILD AT A TIME. A MAN OF WORDS AND ACTION spring 2012 :: aviv 5772 :: Vol. LXXXIV No. 2 IN THIS ISSUE: HALUTZOT: RAHEL YANAIT BEN-ZVI LEADERSHIP MISSION TO ISRAEL ESHET CHAYIL AMIT HIGHLIGHTS AND SUCCESSES SPRING12_cvr_v4.indd 1 3/14/12 6:33 PM 2011 WALL OF REMEMBRANCE BEQUESTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING IN 2011. WE MOURN THE LOSS OF THESE PHILANTHROPIC INDIVIDUALS AND WE HONOR THEM FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND FORESIGHT IN PROVIDING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ISRAELI CHILDREN. SOPHIE BANKHALTER, BOYNTON BEACH, FL KALMA KAHAN, BRONX, NY MARY Y. BERMAN, DURHAM, NC SARA KEISER, TEANECK, NJ CELIA CARSON, SAN DIEGO, CA RENA KENT, FOREST HILLS, NY BENJAMIN COHEN, NEW HAVEN, CT HILDE KUTTEN, LOS ANGELES, CA HELEN CORWIN, MA EMMA MARK, KEW GARDENS, NY LILA DENKER, FL SHIRLEY MESIROW, CHICAGO, IL CLARA FRIEDMAN, BRONX, NY CAROLYN OSHER, CHICAGO, IL SYLVIA GENAUER, RIVERDALE, NY LILI SCHACHTER, CHICAGO, IL JENNIE GLICK, MIAMI, FL WILLIAM SOLOMON, NEW YORK, NY HILDA GREENBERG IRENE WOLF, NEW YORK, NY DORIS HARRIS, BALTIMORE, MD A BEQUEST OF ANY SIZE IS WELCOME AND IMPORTANT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE AMIT IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OUR WORK PLEASE CONTACT ROBIN ROTHBORT AT 212-477-4725 OR 1-800-989-AMIT OR [email protected]. MEMORIALS ARE FOR THE LIVING! At your time of loss, AMIT will be there to provide: • Daily Kaddish for the first eleven months including memorial plaque, annual Kaddish and notification of Yahrzeit – $650 • Memorial Plaque and annual Kaddish recited, plus notification of the Yahrzeit– $500 • Daily Kaddish for the first eleven months, annual Kaddish and yearly Yahrzeit notification – $300 For more information please contact us at 212-477-4725, PLEASE CONSIDER AMIT AS YOU or [email protected] or visit us online at www.amitchildren.org. DO YOUR ESTATE PLANNING. SPRNG12_wall_p2_v4.indd 1 3/12/12 10:21 PM PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE spring2012 By Debbie Isaac THE DICTIONARY DEFINES A PIONEER AS with wireless internet connections, smart boards, “a person or group that originates or helps projectors and other technological tools. Girls who wish open up a new line of thought or activity or a to begin their BA studies at nearby Bar Ilan University new method or technical development.” While eventually will be enrolled in special joint courses, and I don’t think that our founder, Bessie Gotsfeld, preparatory courses for this program have started this and the other original leaders of AMIT thought year for the seventh grade class. of themselves as pioneers, they certainly were wonderfully original in their thinking and Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel is the benefi ciary of the pioneered any number of new ideas in the AMIT Top Tech Initiative, a new program which aims care and education of children. Their vision and their to bring the highest level of technology to all aspects of courage remain the guiding spirit of AMIT today. education. Other AMIT programs which have received national and international attention are our As Micha’el Tanchum points out in mishpachtonim, in which children in foster this issue of AMIT Magazine, Bessie and care live together with a married couple and the other early haluzot put in place a their children as a family unit, receiving love, foundation that would contribute, for years warmth and a sense of stability; and our to come, to the development of a strong Project 80 which has resulted in more than 70 Jewish nation. While it is doubtful that she percent of all AMIT students graduating high envisioned Israel as the technological leader school with a full bagrut diploma, a percentage and powerhouse it is today – who possibly well above the average in Israel despite our could! – Bessie undoubtedly chartered disadvantaged population. an approach for AMIT that was bold, entrepreneurial and ahead of its time. Is it any wonder that Dr. Amnon Eldar, director general of the AMIT Network, was named Person of Bessie’s approach to education and programs the Year in education by Matzav HaRuah, a newspaper designed to nurture Israel’s youth lives on in our distributed in synagogues throughout Israel! Dr. programs today and informs the work of AMIT on a Eldar was cited for the signifi cant rise in Bagrut daily basis. Each year, as our network continues to grow, (matriculation) scores under his directorship, as well adding more schools and increasing our enrollment by as student successes in national and international hundreds, if not thousands, of children, we also continue science competitions. to add unique and exciting programs that expand the frontier of educational innovation. In praising our pioneers, I must mention our “pioneering” donors who have come forward as This fall, for example, we opened the new Ulpanat leaders of our fundraising efforts and who have AMIT Givat Shmuel. It is the fi rst fully computerized allowed innovative programs and projects such as junior and senior high school for girls in Israel that the Top Tech Initiative and our extremely successful offers both high level Judaic studies and advanced Project 80 to develop and fl ourish. Our ability to courses in science and computer technology. Every bring our vision of education to reality is due in large ulpana student has been provided with a personal part to their generosity. tablet to use throughout the school year. I wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday, The students save assignments, projects and and thank you for your support of AMIT. homework on the school’s online network, so that these materials are accessible from home or just about A happy and kosher Pesach! anywhere. Additionally, the ulpana has been equipped Spring 2012 :: AMIT MAGAZINE :: 3 SPRING12_pres_p3_v5.indd 1 3/12/12 10:17 PM Spring :: 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS aviv :: 5772 BUILDING ISRAEL. ONE CHILD AT A TIME. Vol. LXXXIV No. 2 8 :: A MAN OF WORDS AND ACTION Profi le of Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Rosh Yeshiva of the Hesder Yeshiva in Petach Tikva 17 Michele Chabin 12 :: THE HALUTZOT: RAHEL YANAIT BEN-ZVI A series of articles of the women who were members of Israel’s founding generation. Micha’el Tanchum 20 :: HIGHLIGHTS AND SUCCESSES 26 A review of the schools, students and faculty of AMIT Cheryl Shaanan and Robert E. Sutton 24 :: LEADERSHIP MISSION TO ISRAEL Snapshot of AMIT members on a special visit to Israel and AMIT schools BUILDING ISRAEL. ONE CHILD AT A TIME. Leora Gurevich A MAN OF features WORDS On The Cover: AND ACTION spring 2012 :: aviv 5772 :: Vol. LXXXIV No. 2 IN THIS ISSUE: Rabbi Yuval Cherlow HALUTZOT: RAHEL YANAIT BEN-ZVI LEADERSHIP MISSION TO ISRAEL ESHET CHAYIL AMIT HIGHLIGHTS AND SUCCESSES SPRING12_cvr_v4.indd 1 3/14/12 6:33 PM AMIT NATIONAL COUNCIL OFFICES National Offi ce Boston Cleveland Los Angeles 817 Broadway 7 Brady Road 2195 South Green Road 1122 S. 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