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AMIT Reshet Guide

A Guide to all 110 AMIT Schools and Educational Programs

Hatzor Haglilit

Tzfat Acco

Or Akiva

Netanya Kedumim Giv’at Shmuel Ra’anana Petach Tikva Modi’in Ramle Ma’ale Kiryat Malachi Adumim Mateh Beit Yehuda Shemesh

Sderot

Beersheva

Yerucham

Table of Contents

ACCO 6–7

AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School 6 AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School 6-7

AFULA 7–8

AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School and 7 AMIT Yeshivat 7-8

ASHDOD 8–9

Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod 8 AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod 8-9 AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod 9

ASHKELON 9–10

AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School 9-10 AMIT Bet Ashkelon Junior and Senior High School 10

BEERSHEVA 10–15 AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School 10-11 Dina and Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT 11 AMIT Daisy Berman Yeshiva 11-12 AMIT Elaine Silver Technological High School 12 AMIT Rambam Elementary School 12 AMIT Gwen & Joseph Straus B’ Elementary School 13 AMIT Torani Madai Netivei Am Elementary School 13 AMIT Hazon Ovadiah Elementary School 13-14 AMIT Or Hammer Elementary School 14 Neot Avraham Elementary School 15

BEIT SHEMESH 15–16 AMIT Schachar Junior and Senior High School for Girls 15 AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School for Boys 16 AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga 16

GIVAT SHMUEL 17 Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel 17

HAIFA 18 AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa 18 HAGLILIT 19-20

AMIT Hatzor Haglilit Junior and Senior High School 19 AMIT Honi HaMe’agel Elementary School for Girls 19 AMIT Shevet Sofer Elementary School for Boys 20

JERUSALEM 20-22

AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled 20 AMIT Hedvat HaTorah Haredi Yeshiva 20 Midreshet AMIT 20-21 AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological High School 21-22 AMIT State Technological High School 22 Reishit Yerushalyim Elementary School 22

KARMIEL 23

AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School 23 KEDUMIM 23

AMIT Ulpanat Kedumim Junior and Senior High School 23

KIRYAT MALACHI 24-25

AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School 24 AMIT Harel Elementary School 24-25 AMIT Netzach Elementary School 25

MA’ALE ADUMIM 25-26

AMIT Junior and Senior High School for Boys 25 AMIT Wasserman , Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls 25 AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School 26 AMIT Sde Hemed Elementary School 26 AMIT Yaffe Nof Elementary School 27

MATEH YEHUDA 27-30

AMIT Even HaEzer Elementary School 27 AMIT HaElah Elementary School 28 AMIT Elementary School 28 AMIT Matityahu Elementary School 29 Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon 29 MEITAR 30

AMIT Chemdat Elementary School 30

MODI’IN 30-31

AMIT Modi’in 31 31–32

AMIT Bar Ilan High School 31 AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School 31-32

OR AKIVA 32-35

AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School 33 AMIT Ofek Technological High School 33-34 AMIT Rothschild Elementary School 34 AMIT Etzion Religious Elementary School 34 AMIT Akiva Religious Elementary School 34-35 AMIT Nechemia Tamari Elementary School 35 AMIT Hannah Senesh Elementary School 35

PETACH TIKVA 36-39

AMIT Kfar Blatt 36 AMIT Wurzweiler Agricultural and Technological High School 37 Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School 37 Yeshivat AMIT Kfar Ganim 37 AMIT Junior College 38 Yeshivat HaHesder Shaul Petach Tikva 38-39 AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track 39

RA’ANANA 39-42

AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls 39-40 AMIT Kfar Batya Youth Village 40 AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva and 40-41 AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School for Boys and Yeshiva Track 41 AMIT School of Society and Law 41-42 AMIT 42

RAMAT GAN 42-43

AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Junior and Senior High School for Boys 42-43

RAMLE 43-44

AMIT Ramle Technological High School 43-44

REHOVOT 44-45

AMIT Gould Junior and Senior High School for Girls 44 AMIT Hammer Junior and Senior High School for Boys 44-45 Yeshivat AMIT Amichai 45 45-48

AMIT Sderot Gutwirth Junior and Senior High School 46 AMIT Sderot Religious Junior and Senior High School 46-47 Ulpanat AMIT Shirat 47 AMIT HaRoeh Elementary School 47 AMIT Torani Mada’i Elementary School 47-48 AMIT Torani Chadash Elementary School 48

SHOHAM 48

AMIT Beatrice and Irving Stone Meysharim School 48

TEL AVIV 49

AMIT Eisenberg Junior and Senior High School for Girls 49

TZFAT 49-51

AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys 49-50 AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior Yeshiva Track 50 AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Girls 50 AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior High School Track 50-51

YERUCHAM 51-52

Kamah School 51 AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School 51-52 Midreshet Be’er 52 Yeshivat AMIT B’levav Shalem 52 Tehila Azurbal

“AMIT gives its students more than just a good education... It taught me values and what is truly important.”

Tehila Azurbal is the youngest of eight children. Her parents both emigrated from to Israel in 1956. Tehila was born in Tzfat and graduated from the AMIT Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior Ulpana High School with a full bagrut (matriculation) certificate. She is currently performing National Service, working with children with autism. Tehila is interested in studying therapy for children with special needs after completion of her National Service.

4 The AMIT Reshet

We are pleased to make available this comprehensive listing of all schools and programs in the AMIT Reshet (network) in Israel, and wish to thank Dr. Amnon Eldar, director general of AMIT, his assistant Cheryl Shanaan, and his outstanding staff for providing this information.

The AMIT Network now includes 110 schools and programs serving more than 30,000 students in 29 , towns, and communities throughout Israel. Our students come from every strata of Israeli society. Significant percentages are new immigrants from the former and as well as , Argentina, Great Britain and other countries. As this directory indicates, AMIT educates children from kindergarten through junior college in a wide range of subjects and courses of study. Our student body encompasses potential high achievers as well as drop-outs; children with serious physical and emotional problems as well as young people fighting drug abuse and the effects of domestic violence. Today AMIT also must counter not only the immediate, but also the long-term effects of terrorism and an unstable political environment.

For many of our students AMIT is their last chance – their best chance – to turn their lives around. AMIT instills confidence, knowledge, values and pride that enable each student to become a valued member of Israeli society.

For 90 years, AMIT has assured Israel’s future by nurturing and educating its most precious resource, its children. In schools, youth villages and child havens throughout the country, AMIT has turned hope into reality. Your partnership in this endeavor is a lasting contribution to the future of the State of Israel.

Debbie Isaac President

Chana Shields Vice President Marketing and Communications

5 Acco

School Name: AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School Address: Yehuda HaLevy 18 Telephone: 04-991-2424 Principal: Sigalit Barzilai

School Description: AMIT Rambam Elementary School in Acco was founded 65 years ago. The school has more than 220 students in grades 1 to 6. The garin Torani community in Acco supports and sends its children to the school. In 2010-2011 the school won the National Education Prize awarded by the Ministry of Education.

The school strives to give students, faculty and parents a sense of belonging, safety, and security. It nurtures a love of the and the keeping of mitzvot. AMIT Rambam believes in recognizing the strengths and differences of each child and in giving each child an opportunity for self expression and accomplishment, while nurturing partnership and mutual responsibility.

One goal of the school is to develop its arts program. A comprehensive arts curriculum has been created and includes music, theater, communications, visual art, dance and robotics. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, the school focused on music and every student learned to play an instrument.

School Name: AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School Address: Shikun Amidar, P.O. Box 1600, Acco 24104 Telephone: 04-981-1547 Fax: 04-981-3436 Email Address: ako@.org.il Principal: Rabbi Michael Liberman

School Description: AMIT Kennedy serves the Acco and Western area and has more than 355 students. AMIT Kennedy prepares students for full matriculation at the highest level - 5 points - in academic subjects, including physics, biology, computers and literature. The school also offers a bagrut track in technological sciences and a technological certificate in electronics. Girls and boys study in separate tracks so as to facilitate personal development and higher achievement. Contributing to the community is emphasized, and students engage in a wide range of communal activities. 6 Afula

School Name: AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School and Yeshiva Address: Rehov Yehoshua 20, P.O. Box 39, Afula 18254 Telephone: 04-642-1587 Fax: 04-659-4523 Principal: Principal Boaz Giladi

School Description: The AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School was established in 1944 in Afula. In 1950, the school’s permanent building was built by the World Mizrachi Movement. The school’s students come from Afula as well as from neighboring communities such as Migdal HaEmek, Elite and moshavim. The school, with a total of more than 440 students in grades 7 through 12, has a heterogeneous population including Ethiopian immigrants, native , children from more affluent homes and children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The school is made up of three tracks: a boys’ track, a yeshiva high school track and an ulpana track. In 2006 the ulpana received an award from the Israel Teachers Union for its violence prevention program. The school’s motto is Derech Eretz Kadma l’Torah, and it strives to both instill values in students and to enable students to succeed academically.

School Name: AMIT Yeshivat Hesder Address: Rehov Yerushalyim 28, P.O. Box 2217, Afula Telephone: 04-659-1431 Principal: Rabbi Yitzhak Ben-Pazi

School Description: The AMIT Yeshiva Hesder in Afula opened its doors to approximately 20 graduates of religious high schools on September 1, 2008. Today, the yeshiva has 90 students, 50 of whom are currently serving in the IDF. The yeshiva is not only an institution of Torah learning and Zionist values, but also works to strengthen the ’s religious schools and the entire community.

The AMIT Yeshivat Hesder in Afula is unique in a number of ways. This is a yeshivat hesder for graduates of religious high schools and not yeshiva high schools. Students come from cities, towns and villages in the North and will be relatively close to home. It also is the first yeshivat hesder that has a partnership with a municipality, which is part of its being a community yeshiva. The yeshiva strives to be an integral part of the community, and there is full cooperation between the garin Torani in the city and the AMIT Yeshivat Hesder. Activities planned and run by the yeshiva for the community include evening classes and special programs for the holidays. 7 Ashdod

School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod Address: Hativat HaNegev 7, Ashdod Telephone: 08-802-0175 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Eli Eidelberg

School Description: Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod welcomed its first class of 25 7th graders in September 2012. The yeshiva will add a grade every year until it is a full junior and senior high school. Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod strives for excellence in all aspects of school life. The yeshiva serves a diverse student body, gifted students as well as challenged students, who are united by their common bonds and commitment to Torah learning. Chesed and involvement in the community are an integral part of life at the yeshiva.

School Name: AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod Address: Rehov Mofdei HaGetaot 16, Ashdod Telephone: 08-852-1802 Principal: Boaz Chen

School Description: AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod serves close to 500 students in grades 7 to 12 in a coeducational setting. The school is run according to the philosophy of the whole child, with an emphasis on nurturing and encouraging the development of the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, creative and spiritual potential of each student. Faculty members believe that students have an intrinsic desire to learn and create, and see parents as partners in the teaching and learning process.

The school offers an ulpana track for girls in 7th to 10th grades. A grade will be added to the ulpana each year until it serves grades 7 to 12. This track offers girls enriched Judaic studies in addition to their regular subjects.

8 School Name: AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod Address: Rehov Nachal Snir 1, Ashdod Telephone: 08-867-5958 Principal: Ido Aharonovitz

School Description: AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod serves 750 students in grades 7 to 12 in a coeducational setting. The cornerstones of education at AMIT Mekif Yud are individual attention and the belief in each student’s potential. Faculty members set personal examples by their dedication to students, to the school’s mission and to a religious way of life. The school strives to motivate its students to become active and contributing members of the community and the State of Israel, and gives them the tools and skills they need to succeed in their personal lives.

The school offers a yeshiva track that provides enriched Judaic studies in addition to regular subjects. There are also plans to develop a science excellence track. Many strong students, among them the children of French immigrants who live in Ashdod, consider Mekif Yud their second home.

Ashkelon

School Name: AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School Address: Shchunat Gan HaVeredim, P.O. Box 9061, Ashkelon Telephone: 08-676-2977 Fax: 08-676-4331 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Yitzhak Abarjel

School Description: This technological high school is for students who have not met academic requirements or who have been expelled from their regular, academic schools. The student population is composed of over 220 students in grades 9 to 12. The school gives students a chance to accumulate technology bagrut credits, each student according to his/her ability. The school integrates a holistic educational intervention program that assists the educational staff in developing ways to help each student reach his/her potential. Vocational majors are automotive electricity and electronics, hotel management, computerized office management and hair styling. The school offers a hot lunch, personal attention, small classes, a dedicated teaching staff and a unique curriculum.

9 School Name: AMIT Bet Ashkelon Jr. and Sr. High School Address: Derech Ben Tzvi 6, Ashkelon Telephone: 08-6723213 Principal: Yehuda Cohen

School Description: AMIT Bet Ashkelon Jr. and Sr. High School joined the AMIT Network at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. The school has a school enrollment of approximately 650 students in grades 7-12. Established in 1960, Ashkelon Bet has a long history in the city and has seen its thousands of graduates integrate into all aspects of the Israeli economy, leadership and society. In the past decade, however, the school has been struggling in terms of reputation, test scores and student enrollment. The AMIT Network was called in to offer its support and expertise in school management, increasing Bagrut scores and teacher development. One of AMIT’s goals is to turn this school, the only religious junior and senior high school in Ashkelon, into a viable and attractive option for post-primary religious students. Students’ needs are the focus of the school. The size and diversity of the school enable it to offer students a wide range of study tracks, so that each student can tailor a study program most suited to his/ her needs, strengths and interests. Study tracks offered at the school include bio-technology, communication engineering, physics, biology, chemistry, and Amharic. As a religious high school, Ashkelon Bet combines Judaic studies with Derech Eretz, and strives to bring students closer to Torah and .

Beersheva

School Name: AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School Address: Rehov Yehuda HaLevi 2, Beersheva Telephone: 08-641-4407; 08-641-4403 Fax: 08-08-644-0199 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Drora Gopas

School Description: The AMIT Junior and Senior High School in Beersheva has a school population of over 1300 students, grades 7 to 12, and is working at maximum capacity. Students include native Israelis, immigrants from the former Soviet Union and immigrants from Ethiopia. The school accepts any student in Beersheva who wants a religious education. The school continues to strive for academic excellence by means of opening new study tracks and emphasizing research projects in subjects such as physics, computers and life sciences. At the same time, the school makes every possible effort to improve the academic performance of its weaker populations and facilitate their scholastic success, in keeping with the belief that education is the key to their social advancement.

The school invests extensively in the religious-values-social aspects of each and every student. The Beit Midrash Program for the school’s teachers has resulted in impressive results in the investment in values issues at school. Today, all students are involved in communal activities, and the school climate is nurtured in the spirit of Jewish values.

10 The special Science Program is a selective program at the school that offers high level science and mathematics courses of study to capable students. Students in this program regularly win prizes in national and international science competitions, thus earning publicity and honor for the school itself and for the entire AMIT Network.

School Name: Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT Address: Wingate Street, P.O. Box 234, Beersheva 84101 Telephone: 08-623-9031; 08-627-7769 Fax: 08-627-7703 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Noa HaCohen

School Description: The Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT Beersheva has a school population of about 460 girls. The ulpana offers high level studies in academic majors, including biotechnology, computer sciences, literature and communications, and an intensive Judaic studies program. In addition, the ulpana offers many extracurricular and enrichment programs and activities, including a twinning program with a Jewish high school in Montreal, Canada, and university studies alongside regular studies. A few years ago, an Ulpanat AMIT Beersheva student won the International Bible Competition.

School Name: AMIT Daisy Berman Yeshiva Address: Rehov Mivtza Yoav 5, P.O. Box 798, Beersheva 84106 Telephone: 08-627-8171; 08-627-3985 Fax: 08-628-1869 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi David Hatuel

School Description: Yeshivat AMIT Daisy Berman has approximately 370 students in 7th to 12th grades. The yeshiva was created to satisfy the need in Beersheva for a Torani yeshiva for boys who are not interested in boarding school. The school accepts good students who pass entrance exams and a personal interview. The yeshiva aims for excellence in academics, behavior and religious observance. Courses of study include Judaic studies, English, mathematics, physics, computer science, biology, program engineering and Israel studies.

School Name: AMIT Elaine Silver Technological High School Address: Rehov Mishol Rabbi Bar-Yochai 44, P.O. Box 700, Beersheva 84594 Telephone: 08-649-4604 Fax: 08-649-5098 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Haim Edri

School Description: This school has a student population of about 140 students, grades 9 to 12, including Ethiopian immigrants. AMIT Elaine Silver is for students who have not met academic requirements or who have

11 been expelled from their regular, academic schools. The school gives them a chance to accumulate technology bagrut credits, each student according to his/her ability. Courses of study include electricity and electronics, PC technician, computer graphics, hair styling and carpentry. The school prepares every student to take a minimum of 14 units of bagrut, which are required if a student wishes to continue his/her education or to join a specialized army unit.

School Name: AMIT Rambam Elementary School Address: Rehov Kodshei Bagdad 1, Beersheva 84725 Telephone: 08-643-6131; 08-642-3310 Fax: 08-642-4287 Principal: Sharona Maimon

School Description: AMIT Rambam has a student population of approximately 270 students. The heterogeneous student body includes native Israelis and new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia.

The school emphasizes individual attention and encourages each and every student to reach his/her potential. The school’s goal is to strengthen students’ roots and feelings of belonging to the People, Torah and Land of Israel. It provides students with a stable and supportive environment in order to ensure that education is an empowering experience.

The school’s educational focus includes values, life skills, improved achievement in mathematics and language arts, violence prevention, respect for parents and teachers, helping others, good deeds, and modesty. In addition, the school offers students a special hevruta study program and sponsors extensive social activities. Students volunteer regularly in the community and score above average on national standardized tests.

School Name: AMIT Gwen & Joseph Straus Afikim B’Negev Elementary School Address: HaDa’at Street 89, Ramot Neighborhood, Beersheva Telephone: 08-648-2961 Fax: 08-648-2961 Principal: Hiller

School Description: AMIT Gwen & Joseph Straus Afikim B’Negev Elementary School has over 210 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school population is very diverse. There are students from affluent neighborhoods, children from small communities outside of Beersheva and children who are recent immigrants.

The school educates toward a feeling of belonging to the People of Israel, Zionist values and the love of Israel, and stresses respect for others, tolerance and patience. It also strives to instill Torah values and the importance of mitzvot.

The school has many diverse activities and endeavors. The student council works with two chesed organizations in an effort to make students more aware of the importance of volunteering and anonymous giving. There is also a program called “Little Sanhedrin,” in which students act as judges to solve problems between students that arise during recess. The goal of this activity is to mediate between students before adults must intervene. In the framework of strengthening and deepening the students’ connection to the Land of Israel, the school has joint activities with the municipal Environmental Protection Agency. 12 School Name: AMIT Torani Madai Netivei Am Elementary School Address: Sderot Yerushalaim, P.O. Box 470, Beersheva Telephone: 08-643-0771 Fax: 08-610-3112 Principal: Orli Oshri

School Description: AMIT Netivei Am has a student body of more than 150 students. There are two classes for children with learning disabilities. The student body includes both native Israelis and new immigrants.

The teaching staff encourages students to strive for excellence, and is prepared to help students with school- related and personal issues. Mutual assistance, chesed, success with daily challenges, personal example, happiness and good will are all part of the daily school experience.

The school stresses learning values through Torah study, mitzvot and implementation of social ethics. The school sponsors activities that demonstrate belonging and commitment to the People of Israel in the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora.

School Name: AMIT Hazon Ovadiah Elementary School Address: 13 Street, P.O. Box 1128, Beersheva Telephone: 08-627-7198 Fax: 08-628-0532 Principal: Ram Hadad

School Description: AMIT Hazon Ovadiah has approximately 150 students. It has regular classes, special education classes and an (intensive instruction for immigrants) class. Approximately 40% of the students are FSU and Ethiopian immigrants. The school is located near an absorption center, and the school’s immigrant population is very fluid. Students attend Hazon Ovadiah when they are living at the absorption center and often leave the school when their families find permanent housing in a different school district.

The school stresses values and the arts. It has a well developed arts program, and has a dance group, a choir and a mandolin orchestra. These groups perform in official municipal ceremonies. According to the principal, one of the important features of the arts program is that it gives immigrant children an alternate mode of expression before they have mastered the Hebrew language and can express themselves verbally.

The school has individual learning programs. Each child is taught according to his/her ability. The curriculum is based on the Gardner Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students start learning English in the first grade, providing a two-year head start in English instruction. The school has won an Excellence in Education Award for immigrant absorption.

13 School Name: AMIT Or Hammer Elementary School Address: Rehov Meir Yeari 50, Beersheva Telephone: 08-610-9758 Fax: 08-642-2699 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi David Danan

School Description: AMIT Or Hammer has a population of over 320 students in grades 1 to 6, as well as a kindergarten class. The student body is truly heterogeneous, and includes native Israeli children as well as immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia.

The school strives to instill in each child a sense of his/her own competence and ability, as well as a sense of belonging to the State of Israel. Community involvement is also encouraged.

Special projects include a program to infuse and strengthen the children’s Jewish and Zionist identities, and excellence programs in mathematics and music. As part of the regular curriculum, every child at the school learns to play a musical instrument. The school has won awards for excellence in mathematics, encouraging reading, dance, choir and community involvement.

School Name: Neot Avraham Elementary School Address: Neve Ze’ev neighborhood Principal: Eli Huta

School Description: Neot Avraham is a new elementary school located in the Neve Ze’ev neighborhood of Beersheva. Neve Ze’ev is a new neighborhood in the southwestern corner of the city. The neighborhood has religious, traditional and secular residents, and mainly religious and traditional families send their children to this school.

Neot Avraham opened its doors on September 1, 2008, to fewer than 100 students and today enrolls more than 515 children in grades 1 to 6. The school is co-ed, but classes for boys and girls are separate. Academic excellence, community involvement and partnership with parents are emphasized.

Beit Shemesh

14 School Name: AMIT Shachar Junior and Senior High School for Girls Address: Rehov Aliyat HaNoar, P.O. Box 41, Beit Shemesh 99000 Telephone: 02-991-1735 Principal: Rabbi Eran Daum

School Description: AMIT Shachar has approximately 400 students who come mostly from middle and lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The school provides religious Zionist education for students from Beit Shemesh and moshavim in the area. The school is divided into an ulpana track and a regular high school track. The ulpana track offers girls a program that integrates intensive Judaic studies and high level secular studies. The high school track offers a science major for strong students as well as special classes for challenged students. Recently, the school’s bagrut scores have improved dramatically, due to AMIT Project 80, a special program implemented with the goal of ensuring that at least 80 percent of all high school students graduate with a bagrut diploma. AMIT Shachar offers the following majors: biology, computers, social sciences (psychology and sociology), business administration and history.

School Name: AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School for Boys Address: Rehov Aliyat HaNoar, P.O. Box 41, Beit Shemesh 99000 Telephone: 02-991-1735 Fax: 02-991-9617 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Dr. Yitzhak Levran

School Description: AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School for Boys has over 370 students in grades 7 to 12, including native Israelis and new immigrants. The school provides religious Zionist education for students from Beit Shemesh and the surrounding areas. Study majors include computers, electronics and electricity.

A science track was established last year at AMIT Dvir. Students in these classes take part in special science projects. One such project, called Encounters at the Forefront of Science, a program in conjunction with the Weizmann Institute of Science, gives students the opportunity to participate in diverse laboratory experiments. Learning at the Weizmann Institute’s laboratories – among the most advanced in the world – excites students about science and prepares them for future university science studies.

The school also offers a yeshiva track which caters to high achieving students who are interested in more intensive Torah and Judaic studies. The school operates a special program called Ma’agalim whose goal is to direct graduates to hesder , and a program called Atidim, which directs students to pre-army academic science studies.

School Name: AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga Address: 19 Nahal Refaim Street, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Beit Shemesh Telephone: 02-992-0858 Fax: 02-992-0854 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Naama Etzion

15 School Description: AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga is located in Beit Shemesh and has over 410 students. The ulpana was established to serve parents who want to send their daughters to a school with high level Torah studies and that provides a curriculum based on creative and interdisciplinary learning in both Judaic and general academic studies. The ulpana has a heterogeneous school body, made up of new immigrants, native Israeli girls, high achieving students and students with special learning needs. AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga believes in active learning, development of critical thinking and creativity, and student involvement in every aspect of school life.

The Bet Midrash Lehava program at the school encourages students to learn both Tanach and independently and in chavrutas. Students are also encouraged to participate in volunteer work in the city. Several bagrut majors are offered, including: biology, physics, Arabic, art, communications, and Hebrew literature. Girls come from the greater Beit Shemesh area and Gush Etzion.

Givat Shmuel

Givat Shmuel is located in the eastern part of the Metropolitan Area and is surrounded by the larger cities of Ramat Gan and to the West, to the South and Petach Tikva to the East and North. Givat Shmuel has a population of about 23,000 people.

The city is named after the Romanian Zionist leader Pineles, the founder and president of the Zionist Congress in Focsani and the vice president of the First Zionist Congress in Basel. It has recently undergone a major expansion and doubled its population from 1998 to 2005. On November 5, 2007, the Israeli Minister of Interior accepted a committee recommendation to change the municipal status of Givat Shmuel to a city.

16 School Name: Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel Address: 2 Telephone: 03-641-3559 Principal: Rabbi Lior Halperin

School Description: Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel opened its doors in September 2011, beginning with three 7th grade classes. The Ulpana will add a new grade every year until it is a full junior and senior high school. This year the ulpana has 175 students in grades 7 and 8. A priority goal for Ulpanat AMIT is to produce graduates who are academically strong while also committed to Torah and mitzvot. Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel motivates its students to be independent learners and encourages study in the Beit Midrash style. The ulpana is planning several joint programs with Bar Ilan University, giving its graduates an opportunity to earn college credits.

In addition to its well-rounded general and Judaic studies curricula, Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel offers a challenging curriculum in the areas of math, science and technology. Ulpana students have access to the latest technological equipment and tools to enrich and re-enforce scholastic understanding and achievement. In fact, it is the first fully computerized ulpana in Israel and was the first pilot school to participate in the AMIT TopTech Initiative. Graduates will have a competitive edge in the global marketplace and a wide range of opportunities.

Haifa

School Name: AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa Address: Derech Yad L’Banim 97, P.O. Box 45162, Haifa 31451 Telephone: 04-832-1859 Fax: 04-832-1859 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Yaron Ben-Chaim

17 School Description: AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa has 280 students, including many students of Ethiopian descent. The ulpana serves students from Haifa and the surrounding areas and accepts all students who wish to attend the school. Ulpanat Haifa offers an intellectually challenging curriculum, including a number of excellence programs and the opportunity for high achieving students to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in computers or chemistry at the Technion. The school offers majors in physics, computers, biology, literature, art, communications, science and technology, and administration and economics.

There are many social and communal initiatives in the school in order to strengthen the bonds of girls who come from different background, foster a positive atmosphere, and encourage community involvement and volunteering. The school strives to facilitate character development and expose its students to as many areas of interest as possible by offering leadership courses, music enrichment, including a choir and orchestra, a young entrepreneur program, and more.

In 2010 AMIT Anna Teich received special recognition from the AMIT Network for significantly improving bagrut scores at the school in general and for facilitating 100% bagrut success among the school’s new immigrant students in particular.

Hatzor HaGlilit

School Name: AMIT Hatzor HaGlilit Junior and Senior High School Address: Rehov Shlomo Ben-Yosef, P.O. Box 84, Hatzor HaGlilit 10300 Telephone: 04-693-0762 Fax: 04-680-0997 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Avichai Golan

18 School Description: The Hatzor HaGlilit Junior and Senior High School is for students who are interested in receiving a religious, Zionist education close to home and has over 300 students in grades 7 to 12. The school has two tracks, a yeshiva track and an ulpana track. The school offers majors in the following subjects: physics, computers, biology, Israel studies and economics/business administration. This year a new leadership track was established for boys starting in 9th grade. The track, currently enrolling 20 students, includes academic studies, leading to a 5-pt. bagrut, and special extra-curricular activities such as meetings with leaders, leadership workshops and projects in conjunction with the IDF.

AMIT Hatzor HaGlilit emphasizes character building, midot tovot, and mutual respect. Students are involved in a wide range of communal activities and volunteering. The school creates an environment in which each child is accepted and thrives. In the past four years, the school’s bagrut success has been dramatic, improving from 40% to over 70%.

School Name: AMIT Honi HaMe’agel Elementary School for Girls Address: Rehov Shlomo Ben-Yosef, P.O. Box 84, Hatzor HaGlilit 10300 Telephone: 04-693-6163 Fax: 04-693-1298 Principal: Avi Chapnik

School Description: AMIT Hatzor HaGlilit Elementary School is located on the Hatzor HaGlilit Education Center campus. The school has approximately 175 students from Hatzor and the surrounding communities, and conducts educational and values activities in order to improve the academic atmosphere. Graduating 6th graders are encouraged to continue their studies at the Hatzor Junior and Senior High School.

School Name: AMIT Shevet Sofer Elementary School for Boys Address: P.O. Box 32, Hatzor HaGlilit Telephone: 04-693-7210 Fax: 04-693-0769 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: David Cohen

School Description: AMIT Shevet Sofer Elementary School has over 200 students. Adopting this school was part of the plan to separate boys and girls in Hatzor schools. Shevet Sofer serves a lower socioeconomic student population. The school emphasizes an excellence program called Personal Values and Academic Excellence.

19 Jerusalem

School Name: AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled Address: Rehov HaShayish 9, Gilo, Jerusalem 93841 Telephone: 02-676-5866 Fax: 02-676-8675 Email Address: [email protected] Director: Moti Asraf School Description: AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to over 110 children, age 5 to 15. It is a place for these children, who have been removed from their biological homes due to neglect, dysfunction and abuse, to find much needed warmth and love. Beit Hayeled is responsible for all the children’s daily and long-term needs - physical, educational and emotional. AMIT Beit Hayeled is run with the cooperation and supervision of the Child and Teen Services Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Children are placed with normative young families at Beit Hayeled, where they are provided with a warm, nurturing and structured environment. By living with these surrogate families – young, married couples who very often have their own children - these children begin to develop positive, loving relationships, learn responsibility, independence, and cooperation, and are able to experience “normal” family life that they lacked with their biological parents. Being emotionally stable will enable them to break out of the cycle of poverty and dysfunction and will allow them to be independent, functioning and happy adults.

School Name: AMIT Hedvat HaTorah Haredi Yeshiva, Jerusalem Address: Rehov Am V’Olamo 8, Jerusalem Principal: Aharon Brandvine

School Description: The AMIT Hedvat HaTorah Haredi Yeshiva in Jerusalem opened its doors to one class of approximately 20 ninth grade students in the fall of 2013. A grade level will be added to the yeshiva each year until it serves grades 9-12, with two classes in each grade. The yeshiva is an elite institution that caters to Haredi students whose families are interested in a yeshiva education for their children that also includes the Ministry of Education core curriculum, general studies and matriculation.

The desire and need for this type of yeshiva came from the community and the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education, together with a committee of interested parents, approached AMIT about founding and operating such a yeshiva. The yeshiva offers a full schedule of limudi kodesh and secular studies. This curriculum will enable students to both maintain their Haredi lifestyle and continue on to university and a career.

20 School Name: Midreshet AMIT Address: Rehov HaShayish 9, Gilo, Jerusalem 93841 Telephone: 02-645-0435 Fax: 02-676-7822 Email Address: [email protected] Director: Ilana Gottlieb

School Description: Midreshet AMIT is for young women from abroad who have just completed their high school studies. Midreshet AMIT provides our students with a unique program that combines learning Torah, engaging in chesed, and connecting to Eretz Yisrael. We encourage our students to deepen their connection to Torah and contribute to Am Yisrael through an intense learning experience combined with volunteering at Beit Hayeled. It is through maintaining a very delicate balance between Torah and chesed that our students achieve great heights and become the leaders of tomorrow.

Unique to Midreshet AMIT is the combination of learning, chesed, and interaction with Israeli families. Students serve as big sisters/mentors to the children residing at Beit Hayeled, thus contributing to the betterment of Israeli society “one child at a time.” Students also are able to develop relationships with Sheirut Leumi girls of the same age, who share the same commitment to the children at Beit Hayeled. Since we are part of the larger AMIT international organization, our students have the privilege of visiting AMIT institutions and meeting personnel from Tzfat to Beersheva. The program has been steadily growing in popularity among young women, and this year Midreshet AMT has the highest enrollment since its establishment: 47 students.

School Name: AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological High School Address: Rehov Costa Rica 15, P.O. Box 26107, Jerusalem Telephone: 02-641-8402 Fax: 02-643-5606 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Shlomo Rachmani

School Description: Approximately 240 youngsters attend this technological high school for students who have not met academic requirements or who have been expelled from their regular, academic schools. The school gives them a chance to accumulate technology bagrut credits, each student according to his/her ability. Courses of study include electronics and computers, administration, hair styling, and auto mechanics. The school offers a hot lunch, personal attention, small classes, a dedicated teaching staff and a unique curriculum.

New Junior College Program

AMIT Nordlicht now offers a two-year junior college program, open to the school’s graduates as well as students from around Israel. The college is situated in a new floor built above the dining room. Students who enroll at the junior college are able to defer their IDF or national service until after they earn a valuable technician’s diploma. This diploma enables students to carry out meaningful roles during their army/national service in line with their expertise. This experience is empowering for students, as it enriches their personal experiences as well as their social value and future employability. Studies at the college are coordinated with the IDF’s Ordnance Corps and the . The program is operated under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.

21 There are currently 53 students in three classes in the college. There is one class of 10 girls who are learning how to be medical administrators. A second class is comprised of boys who are graduates of AMIT Nordlicht or similar schools. They are studying toward their diploma in electricity. A third class is comprised of young Haredi men who, for a variety of reasons, have opted out of the traditional Haredi path for young adults. In addition to studying toward a vocational diploma in electricity, these students are studying general academic subjects that they are lacking due to their ultra-orthodox schooling. This means that in addition to acquiring a vocation, they will also gain a more well-rounded education.

School Name: AMIT State Technological High School Address: Rehov Costa Rica 15, P.O. Box 26107, Jerusalem Telephone: 02-642-4655 Fax: 02-643-5731 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Moshe Sidis

School Description: Over 130 youngsters attend this technological high school for students who have not met academic requirements or who have been expelled from their regular, academic schools. The school gives them a chance to accumulate technology bagrut credits, each student according to his/her ability. Courses of study include cosmetology and hair styling, auto mechanics, electricity and electronics. The school offers a hot lunch, personal attention, small classes, a dedicated teaching staff and a unique curriculum.

School Name: Reishit Yerushalyim Elementary School Address: Rehov Dehomei Telephone: 02-643-5071 Fax: 02-644-9507 Principal: Tammy Ben-Shalom

School Description: Reishit Yerushalyim Elementary School, with over 420 students, is located in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem, one of the poorest and most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. The school was founded by an urban , whose members chose to live in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood, support education and contribute to the community.

Reishit Yerushalyim is committed to accepting students from the neighborhood in which it is located. All local children who want to attend the school are accepted. There is great demand among parents in Jerusalem’s better neighborhoods, and about 50% of students come from middle to upper middle socioeconomic families. The school has successfully integrated these two groups of children, due to its educational philosophy and its emphasis on parental involvement.

22 Karmiel

School Name: AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School Address: Rehov , Hadar Neighborhood, P.O. Box 13980, Karmiel 20100 Telephone: 04-988-0388 Fax: 04-958-0089 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Yuval Elimelech

School Description: Over 335 students attend AMIT Karmiel. The school is a community school and acts as a religious Zionist community center in Karmiel. Students who attend the school come from Karmiel and nearby towns and moshavim. The student population is an amazing mix of veteran Israelis and new immigrants. Science subjects at the school include physics, biology and programming engineering. Students matriculate fully in all areas of study. AMIT Karmiel is the recipient of the 2005-2006 Religious Education Award.

Kedumim

School Name: Ulpanat AMIT Kedumim Jr. and Sr. High School Address: Givat Shalem, P.O. Box 251, Kedumim Telephone: 09-7928128 Principal: Einat Vallach School Description: Ulpanat Lehava in Kedumim was established 30 years ago. The name Lehava is an acronym which stands for L’ B’Derech HaTorah, which means “Settling Israel in the Way of Torah.” The Ulpana, a regional school that serves approximately 900 girls from the Shomron region, joined the AMIT Network at the beginning of the 2014 school year. The principal, Einat Vallach, graduated from the first class of the Ulpana.

The Ulpana strives to raise a generation of religiously observant women who are well educated and involved in all aspects of life in Israel. Its vision is threefold: • A religious worldview expressed in all areas: academic, social, and moral. • Heterogeneous student body: Lehava accepts students from the entire region, including a large number of Ethiopian immigrants. • Belonging: The Ulpana faculty believes in individual attention to each student, along with the values of dedication and giving. The teamwork and cooperation among teachers serve as a role model for other schools.

23 Kiryat Malachi

School Name: AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School Address: HaNarkisim Neighborhood, P.O. Box 211, Kiryat Malachi 70900 Telephone: 08-858-1315 Fax: 08-850-2330 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Eli Cohen School Description: AMIT Kiryat Malachi is attended by almost 500 students in grades 7 to 12. The school has a very heterogeneous, multi-cultural student body; some 50% of the students are of Ethiopian descent. Extensive programming is in place to integrate the different groups in the school.

The school has three tracks: a general, academic track, a yeshiva track and an ulpana track. Majors are offered in computers, science, administration and communications and film. The communications and film track, opened only a few years ago, has already earned national acclaim.

School Name: AMIT Etzion Elementary School Address: Rehov HaNarkisim, P.O. Box 1238, Kiryat Malachi Telephone: 08-850-5087 Fax: 08-850-5087 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Tamir Shrim

School Description: AMIT Etzion Elementary School has more than 255 students in grades 1 to 6. The school has a heterogeneous student body, including many students of Ethiopian descent. AMIT Etzion specializes in music, and each and every student learns to play a musical instrument. The school strives to instill the values of love of Torah and Eretz Yisrael, together with encouraging personal academic excellence. This school serves as a feeder school to AMIT Kiryat Malachi High School.

School Name: AMIT Harel Elementary School Address: Shechunat HaVeradim, P.O. Box 103, Kiryat Malachi Telephone: 08-858-1310 Fax: 08-850-4823 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Avi Hadad

School Description: AMIT Harel Elementary School has over 320 students in grades 1 to 6. The school is an arts and sciences school, with the emphasis placed on the sciences. Twenty percent of the school’s students are immigrants, mainly from Ethiopia. The school believes in each and every student’s ability to achieve, and teachers strive to bring out the special talents inherent in each student. The faculty also works actively to nurture interpersonal communication in the school. The school implements a program called Ma’avarim (Transitions) that aims to close learning gaps in the basic subjects of English, mathematics, science and Hebrew and to better prepare students for junior high school.

24 School Name: AMIT Netzach Israel Elementary School Address: Rehov HaGoshen, Kiryat Malachi Telephone: 08-858-2171 Fax: 08-860-0151 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Ayala Hajbi

School Description: AMIT Netzach Israel Elementary School has approximately 300 students in regular and special education classes. The school has a large immigrant population and features communications studies, instruction in musical instruments, choir, a special project in English, and a unique Beit Midrash, as well as offering the children a great deal of individual attention. The school won the National Religious School Award in 2005.

Ma’ale Adumim

School Name: AMIT Junior and Senior High School for Boys Address: 40 Derech Kedem Street Telephone: 02-590-2910 Principal: Rabbi Weizman

School Description: In September 2003, AMIT Ma’ale Adumim Junior and Senior High School opened its doors to receive its first 80 students. Since then student enrollment has increased to more than 190 students and the school has “grown” into a full junior and senior high school, with grades 7 to 12. Students come from a variety of backgrounds and together foster a love of learning and commitment to Judaism. The school emphasizes both academic excellence and values education, and students are active participants in the Ma’ale Adumim community.

In the past three years, bagrut success rates have averaged 90%, a significant achievement for any school and particularly for a school that does not have selective admissions. The administration and faculty work actively to improve the school climate, and students respond by enthusiastically participating in school-sponsored informal activities. This year the school has a beautiful new wing, built by the Ministry of Education and the Ma’ale Adumim Municipality.

School Name: AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls Address: 40 Derech Kedem Street Telephone: 02-535-2104 Principal: Brenda Horwitz-Prawer School Description: AMIT Ma’ale Adumim High School for Girls enrolls approximately 240 students in grades 7 through 12. The student body is characterized by a broad spectrum of ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Run on the principles of egalitarianism and integration, diversity in the students’ backgrounds is considered a key value. The school’s educational philosophy is based on a dynamic vision of Jewish women’s leadership, with an aspiration of instilling community values in all students while equipping them with leadership capabilities. The school strongly encourages women’s leadership within a Modern Orthodox context in every aspect of Israeli society. Students are expected to be actively involved in their communities through engagement in volunteer work, which covers a wide variety of community programs and projects. Matriculation tracks offered include biology, biotechnology, art, theater and geography. 25 School Name: AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School Address: HaTzaftzafa 10, Ma’ale Adumim Telephone: 02-590-0820 Fax: 02-590-1365 Principal: Yoel Virtzberger

School Description: AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School has over 370 students. The school believes in helping each and every student reach his/her potential. The school runs special programs in prayer and in bettering the school atmosphere, an achievement assessment program designed to challenge students academically and spiritually, and a special program in Judaism, and democracy. The school also has a unique science program.

AMIT Tzemach HaSade won the National Religious Education Award for the 2011-2012 school year.

School Name: AMIT Sde Hemed Elementary School Address: Kikar HaKeren, Ma’ale Adumim 98350 Telephone: 02-535-2545 Fax: 02-535-6441 Principal: Shosh Reynitz

School Description: AMIT Sde Hemed Elementary School, with over 330 students in grades 1 to 6, has a varied and heterogeneous student body. The school is committed to using different and varied teaching styles in order to accommodate different learning styles (according to Gardener’s Multiple Intelligence Model). The school runs special programs to improve math achievement, to provide challenges for talented students, to better the school atmosphere, to nurture students’ oral and written abilities by reading many different kinds of texts and to involve students in school and communal activities. Girls and boys learn in separate classes.

School Name: AMIT Yaffe Nof Elementary School Address: Rehov HaAlmog 2, Nofei Sela Neighborhood Telephone: 02-561-7183 Fax: 02-563-470 Principal: Sigalit Amar

School Description: Yaffe Nof is a new school in the new Nofei Sela neighborhood of Ma’ale Adumim. It joined the AMIT Network in 2011 and is the third elementary school in Ma’ale Adumim to join AMIT. It now has 305 students in grades 1 to 5. The school has been adding a grade each year and next year will serve grades 1 to 6. The school’s population is heterogeneous and students come from traditional homes. The focus of AMIT Yaffe Nof is instilling the values of and promoting academic excellence. The school aims to raise a generation of children who feel a connection to Judaism, to Am Yisrael and to Eretz Yisrael.

26 Mateh Yehuda

Mateh Yehuda is a regional council in the Judean Mountains in Israel. The name of the regional council stems from the fact that its territory was part of the land allotted to the , according to the Bible. The regional council administers moshavim, kibbutzim, Arab villages and other rural settlements that lie to the north and south of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, from Jerusalem to Latrun and up to the area of Beit Shemesh (Ha’ela Valley) in the South.

The settlements vary greatly in their character. There are religious, secular and mixed Jewish communities, two Arab communities, and the only mixed Arab-Jewish village in Israel, . Many of the Jewish communities in the Mateh Yehuda district were established by immigrants from India, , , and countries of Eastern .

School Name: AMIT Even HaEzer Elementary School Address: Nocham Telephone: 02-991-6315 Fax: 02-991-7628 Principal: Haim Levy

School Description: Even HaEzer is a veteran school with a heterogeneous population. The school is located in Moshav Nocham, which is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. The school has approximately 280 students in grades 1 to 6.

The school’s educational philosophy is to provide the children with a strong foundation in Torah learning and secular academic subjects, enabling students to integrate successfully into Israeli society. The school strives to build student character and to foster a deep connection to Judaism and the Land of Israel. The school has a well-developed music program, and every child learns to play a musical instrument. Music gives students the opportunity to develop and nurture talents beyond regular academic subjects.

27 School Name: AMIT HaElah Elementary School Address: Moshav Nechusha, D.N. HaElah Telephone: 052-720-3458 Fax: 08-660-2880 Principal: Sarah Demsky

School Description: HaElah Elementary School is a new school in the village of Nechusha, part of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. The school currently has 320 students in grades 1 to 6. It is a unique school that fosters openness, independent learning, creativity and environmental studies. Parents are very involved in the school and were active partners in choosing the name HaElah. The elah is one of the most beautiful, indigenous trees in Israel and is mentioned in Tanach. To the school, the elah signifies its connection to the community and local landscape. This school serves as a feeder school for AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga and Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon.

School Name: AMIT Lavi Elementary School, Address: Moshav , D.N. HaElah Telephone: 02-579-7281 Fax: 02-534-0660 Principal: Ravit Gedanken

School Description: AMIT Lavi Elementary School is located in Tzur Hadassah, a village in the Judean Hills, around 12 kilometers west of Jerusalem. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Lavi Elementary School is a new school with 70 students in grades 1 to 5. This year it will be a full elementary school serving grades 1 to 6. (In fall 2012, AMIT Lavi separated into two elementary schools, a religious school that will keep the Lavi name and a new school, yet to be named, that will enroll religious and secular students.)

AMIT, the school faculty and parents are partners in shaping the school’s character and mission. The school emphasizes a deep connection to Judaism and the Land of Israel, religious Zionist values, and mutual responsibility and social action. The school community believes that quality of life depends on a connection to and responsibility to nature. The school offers a number of activities for children to engage in to instill environmental awareness and responsibility.

The school also emphasizes the importance of parents as partners in education and has launched two projects that involve parents and children. The first project brings parents to school to students about their professions or hobbies. The goals of the project, beyond exposing children to their parents’ experiences, are to facilitate experiential learning, to vary teaching, and to enrich the children’s education as much as possible. The second project involves monthly field trips for students, teachers and parents. The goal of this project is to create quality time and shared experiences for children and their parents.

28 School Name: AMIT Matityahu Elementary School Address: Gizo Center, Tzalfon, D.N., Mateh Yehuda Telephone: 052-319-9669 Fax: 07-77-916-402 Principal: Yosef Sharabi

School Description: Matityahu Elementary School is a veteran school, established in 1958. The school is located in Moshav Tzalfon, which is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. The school has a heterogeneous population of 220 students in grades 1 to 6. Students come from Tzalfon as well as five other villages in the area. The school offers a pastoral setting, open spaces and specialized classrooms, including an English room, a science room and a math room.

The school’s dedicated faculty works closely with parents and considers parents partners in education. The school’s motto is Derech Eretz Kadma I’Torah, and it strives to both instill values in students and to enable students to succeed academically.

School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon Address: Even HaEzer Educational Center, D.N. Shimshon 99801 Telephone: 02-992-3156 Fax: 02-992-3157 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Eli Nisenholtz Rosh Yeshiva: Rabbi Tzvi Koren

School Description: Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon was established in 2003. The yeshiva started as a junior high school and “grew” as grades were added each year into a full 6-year yeshiva high school. There are currently approximately 240 students. AMIT Nachshon puts the interests, aspirations, and abilities of students at the center of the educational experience. The staff gets to know each and every student individually in order to help each student grow and achieve personal, religious and academic excellence. Bagrut majors offered include physics, biology, Land of Israel studies and communications.

In Judaic studies, as in regular academic studies and social activities, the yeshiva has an intensive and experiential program. Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon’s focus is on creating an atmosphere in which each student will grow and develop his unique excellence and talents through individual attention, active and authentic learning, creativity, independence and involvement in the yeshiva community.

29 Meitar

School Name: AMIT Chemdat Elementary School Address: 501 Sderot HaMeyasdim Telephone: 08-651-0328 Fax: 08-651-2454 Principal: Ahuva Yaacov School Description: Chemdat Elementary School has 310 students in grades 1 to 8. The majority of students live in Meitar, a small northeast of Beersheva. The town lies on the southern edge of Mount Hevron, alongside the . It is ranked very high on the Israeli socioeconomic scale. Some Chemdat students also come from Drom Har Hevron settlements. The school was established about 17 years ago.

The school nurtures individual and communal excellence, encourages involvement in the community and strives to instill Jewish and Zionist values. Chemdat students are high academic achievers and many continue on to AMIT schools in Beersheva and Yerucham.

Modi’in

Modi’in, called Israel’s city of the future, is located in a geographically strategic intersection in the center of the country. Modi’in reflects a new era in city-building, where considerable attention is given to the quality of life of the residents, including environmental considerations in construction and planning, together with the welfare of inhabitants. Modi’in, a longtime symbol of Jewish heroism and independence, is the revival of the ancient village bearing this name, where a local Hasmonean family dared lead the revolt against Greek rule and Hellenism, as related in the Chanukah story

School Name: AMIT Modi’in Principal: Rabbi Haikin Head of Girls’ School: Esther Hendler

School Description: AMIT Modi’in welcomed its first students, two 7th grade classes for boys and two 7th grade classes for girls, on September 1, 2011. Boys’ and girls’ classes are being temporarily housed in two elementary schools until a permanent school building is constructed. The school, which has more than 110 students in each of its two tracks, will add a new grade every year until it is a full junior and senior high school.

AMIT Modi’in integrates Judaic studies with the study of the arts and sciences. The school’s arts program includes music, communications, theater, dance and visual arts. Sciences offered are physics, chemistry, biology and research. The school is proud of its diverse program in Judaic studies as well as its leadership

30 program. AMIT Modi’in considers itself an integral part of the city and runs a Beit Midrash for the community as well as encouraging and facilitating student community involvement. The school’s motto is “Learn, Experience, Believe.” Netanya

School Name: AMIT Bar Ilan High School Address: Olei HaGardom 10 Telephone: 09-882-2245 Principal: Rabbi Shimon Goldman

School Description: AMIT Bar Ilan High School for Boys joined the AMIT Network in the fall of 2012 with a student enrollment of approximately 300. Before becoming principal in Netanya, Rabbi Shimon Goldman was a member of the teaching faculty at AMIT Gwen Straus in Kfar Batya.

AMIT Bar Ilan Netanya educates towards academic excellence, Jewish values, religious observance and community involvement. The school runs special enrichment programs in all of these areas. Bagrut study tracks include physics, computers, electronics, environmental sciences and biology.

School Name: AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School Address: Rehov Alnekaveh 10, Netanya Telephone: 09-835-1034 Principal: Tirtza Trebessi

School Description: Rambam Elementary School was established in 1977 and joined the AMIT Network in 2012. The school has approximately 270 students in grades 1 to 6, almost all of whom are of Ethiopian descent. The school is committed to nurturing the potential of all students, while taking into account the

31 unique needs and abilities of each and every child. The school faculty views students and parents as full partners and has implemented a student-peer mediation program and parent training, all with respect to the heritage of the Ethiopian community.

AMIT Rambam operates a special reading program, which emphasizes reading for pleasure, language skills and small group work. The school has a renovated library and hundreds of library books in each classroom.

Upon welcoming the school to the AMIT Network, AMIT established a science enrichment program for feeder kindergartens and first graders. In addition, under the leadership of Rabbi Shay Piron, the school is establishing three Batei Midrash, a virtual Beit Midrash, a community-wide Beit Midrash, and a Beit Midrash for the parents of students participating in the science program.

Or Akiva

Or Akiva is a city located in the of Israel, on the country’s Coastal Plain. It is located just inland from the ancient port city of and the , and to the north of the city of . Or Akiva was established as a settlement in 1951 and has grown into a small city with a population of over 16,000.

32 School Name: AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School Address: Orot Neighborhood Telephone: 04-626-2302 Fax: 04-610-0940 Principal: Etti Laredo

School Description: AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School in Or Akiva, with a school enrollment of more than 900 students, joined the AMIT Network in 2011. The school was founded in 2000 and serves students from Or Akiva and neighboring communities who seek a quality education and aspire to high achievement. The school has a range of projects that enrich and address the needs of all students, from those who excel to others who need remedial intervention. Study majors include social sciences, theater, television and film, communications, Arabic, Jewish law, physics, computer science, chemistry and biology.

The school aims to maximize the potential of each and every student and emphasizes teamwork among faculty and professional development as a means to success. The dedicated faculty members understand that students who feel accepted at school and feel a sense of belonging will excel academically. The school sees itself as a part of the larger community, and a central component of its educational outreach is cooperation with parents and the community.

The school has a wide range of projects designed to challenge and support students. Projects include support for new immigrants, scholastic enrichment and remediation, pre-bagrut study marathons, mentoring in mathematics and physics, and student participation in the Make a Wish project for sick children.

School Name: AMIT Ofek Technological High School Address: Rehov Jabotinsky, Or Akiva Telephone: 04-610-0434 Fax: 04-626-0029 Principal: Miriam Shabtai

School Description: AMIT Ofek Technological High School, with a current enrollment of 125 students, was established in 2001. The school is celebrating its first decade with unique courses, such as artistic photography, aesthetics, aviation, adventure sport and others. The school’s approach to education is holistic and each student is viewed as a whole person, with his/her capabilities and strengths, needs and realities of everyday life. Teaching subject matter is only one facet of the education provided to each student.

One of the main goals of AMIT Ofek is to be a welcoming and supportive environment for its students, most of whom come from disadvantaged homes and difficult family backgrounds. The faculty believes in the need to provide for youth who wish to combine general, academic studies with vocational-technological education. The school strives to contribute to the personal, emotional, social and intellectual development of each student, and to close learning gaps. The school provides a stimulating environment to encourage meaningful learning, ethical, and moral behavior, and a sense of Jewish and Zionist identity. Special emphasis is placed on health education, tolerance, self-empowerment, mutual respect, values, higher learning skills and contributing to the community and country.

Upon completion of their studies, students receive either a high school completion certificate, a technological diploma or a full bagrut diploma. AMIT Ofek also offers one year of junior college in medical administration 33 for Ofek graduates and graduates from other schools. Another unique aspect of the school is the high number of social support faculty members, including a counselor, social workers, a drama therapist and a psychologist. The school offers the following majors: business management, artistic photography, PC technician, and electrical systems. A new major is rescue dog training. Students study theoretical and practical aspects and take a bagrut in this subject. They then can use these skills to obtain a position in the army or police force.

School Name: AMIT Rothschild Elementary School Address: Rehov Balfour Telephone: 04-636-1277 Principal: Aviva Nili

School Description: AMIT Rothschild Elementary School has approximately 185 students in seven classes, one class in each grade, 1 to 6, and a special education class. The school is located in a thriving northern neighborhood of Or Akiva, and successfully integrates children from the city’s older neighborhood with children from the more affluent new neighborhood.

The school’s goals include: nurturing the school climate, raising student achievement, and computerization. The school currently has three “smart” classrooms: an English room, a science room and a 5th grade classroom.

AMIT Rothschild also works with the Ministry of Education’s New Horizons Project, and teachers are assisted by an interface program that includes a pool of online lesson plans for various subjects and grade levels.

School Name: AMIT Etzion Religious Elementary School Address: Rehov Kennedy Telephone: 04-636-2413 Principal: Shlomi Vazana

School Description: AMIT Etzion Religious Elementary School has approximately 285 students in 13 classes, two classes in each grade and a special education class. The principal himself was once a student at the school and moved back to Or Akiva to contribute to the community. The school accepts secular and traditional students and aims to instill a connection to mitzvot in a pluralistic and supportive environment. Approximately 70% of the students come from families who have immigrated from Kavkaz in the former Soviet Union.

The school’s goals include raising student achievement, especially the language skills of immigrant students, and the continuation of the “green” school agenda. The school teaches and promotes the ideas of sustainability and environmental protection.

School Name: AMIT Rabbi Akiva Religious Elementary School Address: Menachem Tzioni Telephone: 04-636-1220 Principal: Devorah Elimelech

34 School Description: AMIT Rabbi Akiva Religious Elementary School was established in 1951 and is the oldest school in Or Akiva. The school has approximately 310 students in 14 classes, two classes in each grade and two special education classes. The principal herself was once a student at the school and is a resident of Or Akiva. Most of the school’s students are not religious, and the school has started a process of enrolling the children of the garin Torani in the school. These children receive extra after-school hours in Judaic studies. Starting in 4th grade, boys and girls study separately.

The school’s goals include raising student achievement and a Beit Hinuch program that includes life skills, instilling Jewish values and family involvement.

School Name: AMIT Nechemia Tamari Elementary School Address: HaTe’ena 1, Orot Neighborhood Telephone: 04-626-3996 Principal: Tamar Lev

School Description: AMIT Nechemia Tamari Elementary School is the largest elementary school in Or Akiva and has approximately 300 students in 14 classes, two classes in each grade and two special education classes. The student population is heterogeneous, with 50% from traditional families and 50% from Russian and Kavkaz immigrant families. All students learn Judaic studies and Zionism, including special learning sessions before Jewish holidays. The school’s goals include the implementation of a healthy life-style program and computerization. At present four homeroom classrooms are “smart” classrooms. The school is part of the Ministry of Education’s New Horizons Project and teachers are provided with online tools and assistance.

School Name: AMIT Hannah Senesh Elementary School Address: Rehov HaEla 100, Orot Neighborhood, Or Akiva Telephone: 04-626-1242 Principal: Anat Zafren School Description: AMIT Hannah Senesh Elementary School was founded in 1993 and named after the Hungarian Jew who parachuted into Yugoslavia during WWII in order to help save the of Hungary. The school has approximately 180 students in eight classes, one class in each grade and two special education classes.

The school strives to maintain a school climate in which each child feels safe, secure and supported, and instills values of mutual respect, non-violence, personal responsibility and caring for one another and the environment. Within a school climate that is pleasant and respectful, each child can realize his academic potential and acquire essential skills and knowledge. AMIT Hannah Senesh strongly encourages cooperation between home and school as a basis for providing the best possible education for students.

35 Petach Tikva

School Name: AMIT Blatt Youth Village Address: Rehov Rabbi Herzog 16, Petach Tikva 49270 Telephone: 03-931-1737; 03-931-1257; 03-931-4436 Fax: 03-931-7657 Email Address: [email protected] Director: Amiram Cohen

School Description: Over 500 students, 50% of whom are Ethiopian, attend school at AMIT Blatt Youth Village. The youth village is situated in a quiet, grassy area surrounded by trees. There is a unique dormitory set-up called mishpachtonim for students in grade 9 to 12. The mishpachton encompasses a married couple and 16 to 18 boys or girls who live together in separate living quarters. There is also a pnimiat yom program at the AMIT Blatt Youth Village. This program is for students who do not live on campus but receive all the services throughout the day that on-campus students receive. There are special rooms for these “external” students, where they eat breakfast before school, go to after-school to do their homework, eat dinner, etc. The pnimiat yom is staffed by madrichim who assist and support these students throughout the day.

The village teaches Torah, religious Zionism and mutual respect, and aims to help each student reach his/ her potential. In addition to the mishpachton staff, the village has a support staff, including social workers, a psychologist and an adviser who all assist the “big family.”

The administration of AMIT Kfar Blatt places great importance on its informal activities. Students are involved in planning and determining the way of life in the village. The student council is elected in a democratic election and is active in various areas. There are also various student committees. Students have a wide range of electives to choose from: music, sports, drama, dance, electronics, computers, hair styling, choir and performing instrumental and drama groups.

36 School Name: AMIT Wurzweiler Agricultural and Technological High School Address: Rehov Rabbi Herzog 16, Petach Tikva 49270 Telephone: 03-934-0029 Fax: 03-931-7657 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Ilan Hamami

School Description: The school is on the grounds of AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village. The school offers various courses of study, and thus enables students of different levels to study in one school. Students can study toward a full bagrut or toward a technology or vocational diploma and can also integrate these two courses. The school provides an extended school day and offers a hot lunch. Upon graduation, students can choose to attend the AMIT Junior College in order to earn a vocational certificate that they can put to use in the army and later in life. Courses of study include life sciences, electricity, electronics and auto mechanics and administration.

School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School Address: Rehov Netzach Yisrael 7, Petach Tikva Telephone: 03-930-7598 Fax: 03-535-8294 Principal: Rabbi Shimon Shushan

School Description: The AMIT Yeshiva High School in Petach Tikva welcomed its first students on September 1, 2009. Each year the school added a grade, and this year the yeshiva has “grown” into a junior and senior high school that serves 250 students in grades 7 to 12.

The yeshiva places emphasis on personal excellence and scholastic achievement. Each student has a personal goal plan, based on individual needs and the general school curriculum, to ensure scholastic success. The yeshiva offers students a choice between a regular, academic bagrut track and a high-tech bagrut track.

The yeshiva sees itself as an active member of the Petach Tikva community. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the community on a regular basis. In addition, community involvement is part of the social education curriculum.

School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Kfar Ganim, Petach Tikva Address: Yad HaBanim 30, Petach Tivka Telephone: 03-909-5045 Principal: Rabbi Hagai Gross

School Description: The elite Kfar Ganim Yeshiva High School in Petach Tikva joined the AMIT Network in 2010. The yeshiva was established ten years ago and has approximately 570 students. The yeshiva caters to a diverse student body, and students who attend the school come from Petach Tikva and nearby cities, including Shoham and Modi’in. In addition, there are special education students in each grade. The addition of this school gives AMIT the opportunity to provide education for all types of populations in Petach Tikva.

37 School Name: AMIT Junior College Address: Rehov Rabbi Herzog 16, Petach Tikva 49270 Telephone: 03-934-5008 Fax: 03-931-7657 Principal: Rachel Hever

School Description: AMIT Junior College has over 110 students, many of whom come from disadvantaged families. The student population is comprised of alumni of AMIT Beit Hayeled, Kfar Blatt, AMIT technological schools and other vocational schools.

Students who earn a 14-pt. matriculation diploma in high school are able to defer their IDF or National Service and enroll at AMIT Petach Tikva Junior College where they will acquire a prestigious technician’s diploma. Thus, during their army/National Service they will carry out meaningful roles in line with their expertise, thereby enriching their personal experience as well as their social value. Studies at the college are coordinated with the IDF and under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.

The majors offered are: • Specialization in mechanical engineering in two tracks: automotive mechanics and computerized automotive systems • Medical secretary • Legal secretary • Industrial and management practical engineering

A relatively new program at the junior college is a pre-army preparatory leadership program. In addition to the regular, vocational studies at the college, students have the opportunity to engage in more intensive Jewish and Israel studies. This program also prepares participants for serving in the IDF by implementing a physical fitness program, imparting essential information about service, and building character through leadership training and group dynamics.

Junior college students also participate in a program called L’Chaim (Preparation for Life) that offers studies about Jewish tradition and Jewish values, as well as Torah study, together with inculcating life skills to ease their inclusion in the job market, improve interpersonal communications, prepare them for married life, etc. Activities are experiential and include many opportunities these students would not ordinarily have encountered.

It is an iron law of the college that it remains at the graduates’ service until they succeed in full – a student who fails an exam can study for it again at the college, and then re-take the exam.

School Name: Yeshivat HaHesder AMIT Orot Shaul Petach Tikva Address: Rehov Yad HaBanim 30, Petach Tikva Telephone: 03-909-5045 Principal: Rabbi

School Description: Yeshivat HaHesder AMIT Orot Shaul Petach Tikva is a hesder yeshiva established in 1998. It currently enrolls more than 70 students, including those who are actively serving in the IDF. The goal of locating the yeshiva in Petach Tikva was to bring the spirit of Torah to cities in the center of Israel.

38 Yeshivat HaHesder AMIT Orot Shaul was established by Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Rabbi and Rabbi , founders of the Tzohar Foundation, a Modern Orthodox organization that promotes ties between religious and secular Jews in Israel. The yeshiva, which embraces a Modern Orthodox educational philosophy, combines Torah study with military service in a 5-year program. Historically, it has reserved a handful of spots for overseas students, who participate in its program for 1 to 2 years, with the option of joining their classmates in both IDF service and full program completion. The yeshiva’s students have served in some of the ’ most elite units, ranging from intelligence to combat.

School Name: AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track Address: Rehov Rabbi Herzog 16, Petach Tikva 49270 Principal: Yosef Badichi

School Description: This track for Haredi youth at AMIT Kfar Blatt was established in 2011 with 50 students. Currently, enrollment has doubled to 100 students in 10th and 11th grades. The track caters to students who, while remaining in the Haredi community, did not find that full-time yeshiva studies suited their needs. The goal is for these students to complete a full bagrut, in addition to a 14-pt. technician’s diploma in machines or IT (information technology), although some will only complete the technician’s diploma. All will be encouraged to continue on to the AMIT Junior College to further their studies.

Ra’anana

School Name: AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls Address: Rehov HaPalmach, P.O. Box 823, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-748-5742 Fax: 09-741-6948 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Orit Shamir

School Description: AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls has approximately 615 students in grades 7 to 12 and serves the Ra’anana area. The school integrates science and art studies in a unique religious atmosphere. Renanim’s diverse array of majors includes physics, biology, chemistry, computer science, technology sciences, communications, art, social sciences, French and general technology.

39 Students are leaders in community involvement, excel academically and strive to realize derech eretz and chesed each and every day. Graduates serve their country and society in National Service and the IDF, and continue their Judaic studies in midrashot for girls.

School Name: AMIT Kfar Batya Youth Village Address: Rehov Yerushalayim 1, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-774-7111 Fax: 09-774-1357 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Dr. Tzvi Yarblum School Description: AMIT Kfar Batya Youth Village has over 1275 students, ages 6 to 18 (grades 1 to 12) in the schools described below. It was named for AMIT founder Bessie Gotsfeld. The village has beautiful, spacious grounds and students enjoy its natural setting on a daily basis. There are students who live on campus and students who live in the surrounding communities.

School Name: AMIT Gruss Agricultural and Technological High School, Kfar Batya AMIT Schiff Junior High School, Kfar Batya Address: Rehov Yerushalayim, P.O. Box 17, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-771-6516 Fax: 09-774-1357 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Yossi Jerafi School Description: The school has one remaining class of 12th graders due to graduate in 2013. The school population is very heterogeneous and is made up of immigrants from the FSU and Ethiopia, children of immigrants and native Israelis from different economic and cultural backgrounds. The school offers a regular academic program, and students are encouraged to complete a full bagrut.

School Name: AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva and Kollel, Kfar Batya Address: Rehov Yerushalayim, P.O. Box 17, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-771-8341 Fax: 09-771-8341 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Avinoam Almagor

School Description: AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva and Kollel at Kfar Batya has more than 140 students in grades 9 to 12. It is a yeshiva boarding school and is a last chance for boys who would end up dropping out of the Israeli school system. The school applies Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and thus its educational approach involves offering majors in music, environmental studies, sports and animal therapy, subjects that in other schools are considered optional. At Hevruta, the staff reinforces the boys’ strong points and builds positive self image. Almost all Hevruta graduates continue on to pre-army preparatory programs, elite IDF units and hesder yeshivas. 40 School Name: AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School for Boys and Yeshiva Track, Kfar Batya Address: Rehov Yerushalayim, P.O. Box 17, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-771-2658 Fax: 09-771-2658 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Eran Straus

School Description: Over 445 students attend AMIT Gwen Straus. AMIT Straus is based on the following ideals: Belief and mitzvot, love of Eretz Yisrael, mutual caring and respect, academic excellence in a wide range of subjects, realizing intellectual potential, and the development of curiosity, creativity and research skills in the sciences. The school runs a special program that integrates Jewish studies, society and democracy. It offers high level studies in a wide range of science and technology subjects, including biotechnology, computer programming, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, and in addition to achieving academically, students are encouraged to become fully involved in the social and cultural aspects of school.

The relatively new Excellence Program at Kfar Batya, where students are integrated into the Gwen Straus science track, or the Society and Law Program, is for boys from Israel’s peripheral areas. These students, from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, would not otherwise have the chance to attend such prestigious programs.

For the second year in a row, AMIT Gwen Straus ranked first nationally in the computer science bagrut exams. “For us, the added value of excellence in computer science is that our students are able to serve in elite technology units in the IDF and thus serve their country,” said Principal Rabbi Eran Straus. The overall bagrut success rate at the school is over 95% and a third of the students make it onto the Minister of Education Director’s List of Excellence.

School Name: AMIT School of Society and Law Address: Rehov Yerushalayim, P.O. Box 17, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-772-2210 Fax: 09-772-2212 Principal: Rabbi Eliezer Kurtzweil

School Description: The School of Society and Law, a track in the Gwen Straus School, opened its doors in September 2007 to its first class of 7th graders. Each year a grade has been added, and the track currently has over 145 students. The School of Society and Law is a high level program for students who excel in the social sciences, and it is housed in the yeshiva building on the Kfar Batya campus.

School Name: AMIT Noam, Kfar Batya Address: Rehov Yerushalayim, P.O. Box 17, Ra’anana Telephone: 09-771-3014 Fax: 09-771-8791 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Tali Fisher

41 School Description: AMIT Noam was established a decade ago and has over 490 students in 12 classes, grades 1 to 6. The school educates toward the love of Torah, and educational excellence in all areas. The quality of education is apparent in the unique curriculum and in the teaching staff that serves as a personal example to students.

Ramat Gan

School Name: AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys Address: Rehov Jabotinsky 99, Givat Shmuel Telephone: 03-532-5822 Fax: 03-532-5712 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Yoni Berlin

School Description: AMIT Bar Ilan Gush Dan, a Torah, science and technology junior and senior high school, is unique in Israel’s school system. The school was founded in 1978 and currently has approximately 540 students in grades 7 to 12. The school’s vision is to nurture the next generation of leaders in Israel, while strengthening students’ religious and Zionist identities and deepening students’ involvement in the community and society.

The school offers high level science and technology majors, including electronics, biotechnology, information technologies and communications, as well as advanced physics, chemistry, biology, computers, mathematics and English. The faculty encourages students to do final research projects that count towards the bagrut diploma and are considered a bonus by universities. A special partnership with Bar Ilan University makes it possible for exceptional students to study toward a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics while still in high school, starting in the ninth grade. Eleventh and twelfth graders who excel academically also have the opportunity to take a range of courses at the university.

42 Ramle

School Name: AMIT Ramle Technological High School Address: Rehov Abba Achimeir, P.O. Box 300, Ramle 72102 Telephone: 08-922-7952 Fax: 08-923-6322 Email Address: @amit.org.il Principal: Dr. Yizhar Afgan

School Description: Over 165 students attend this technological high school for students who have not met academic requirements or who have been expelled from their regular, academic schools. The school gives them a chance to accumulate technology bagrut credits, each student according to his/her ability. Courses of study include administration and secretarial skills, cosmetology and hair styling, auto mechanics, electricity and electronics, and hotel management (food prep). The school offers a hot lunch, personal attention, small classes, a dedicated teaching staff and a unique curriculum.

At the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, AMIT Ramle launched a military cadet program, in cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces Logistics Corps. Upon graduation from high school, the cadets enlist in the IDF Logistics Corp. This special track, which requires students to dress in full IDF uniform at school and engage in an in-depth study of logistics, motivates students and keeps them focused on a goal. This is particularly important for AMIT Ramle students, who have not met academic requirements at regular high schools, and have instead enrolled at a vocational high school. The program also ensures that students will do meaningful and fulfilling service in the IDF, and even reach senior and officer positions.

43 Rehovot

School Name: AMIT Gould Junior and Senior High School for Girls Address: Rehov HaLechi 36, Danya Neighborhood, Rehovot 76217 Telephone: 08-945-1733; 08-945-7796 Fax: 08-945-2386 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Miri Gil

School Description: AMIT Gould High School in Rehovot serves students from Rehovot and the surrounding areas and has over 435 7th to 12th graders, including immigrants from Ethiopia. The academic level in the school is high. Students have the opportunity to specialize in the sciences - biology, physics and computers – and in other subjects, including literature and communications. All students do a 5-pt. bagrut in Oral Law.

The school’s goal is to create an atmosphere that is open and supportive of academic achievement, personal growth and social enrichment. Each student is encouraged to fulfill her potential, while also contributing to the community and society. Graduates of the school integrate into all walks of life in Israel: National Service, the army, academia, high-tech, education, business, etc.

A new Beit Midrash at the school, called Bina Yitera, serves students as well as the community. Students attend the Beit Midrash on a regular basis, and community members are invited to participate in morning and evening programs and special events.

School Name: AMIT Hammer Junior and Senior High School for Boys Address: Ahim Kibovitz Street, Rehovot 76120 Telephone: 08-946-7272; 08-946-7397 Fax: 08-936-4984 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rafi Maimon

School Description: AMIT Hammer was established in 1971. The school has more than 385 students in grades 7 to 12. The student body is heterogeneous and comprised of students from affluent families, as well as Ethiopian immigrants and students from disadvantaged families. The school’s emphasis is on turning the school into a center for values education. Students are involved in a variety of chesed projects in order to develop their humanitarian values and internalize a sense of social solidarity.

The school offers all academic subjects as well as bagrut tracks in electronics, electricity, computer science and literature. All students do a 5-pt. bagrut in Oral Law.

44 School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Amichai Address: Rehov HaLechi 36, Danya Neighborhood, Rehovot 76217 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Rabbi Avi Rokach

School Description: Yeshivat AMIT Amichai opened its doors in September 2007 to its first 7th grade class. The yeshiva started as a junior high school and added a grade each year. It currently has approximately 340 students in grades 7 to 12.

Yeshivat AMIT Amichai educates towards the love of Torah, Israel and one’s fellow man; commitment to mitzvot and building a religious Zionist identity. The yeshiva encourages intellectual curiosity and recognizes the importance of spirituality, the arts and the sciences in the lives of its students.

The yeshiva also recognizes the importance of contributing to both the local and wider community and promotes chesed and active community involvement, as well as service in the IDF. Students are encouraged to accept personal challenges and are prepared for leadership roles in the religious community in particular and Israeli society in general.

Sderot

School Name: AMIT Sderot Gutwirth Jr. and Sr. High School Address: Shar HaYeshuv Street Telephone: 08-689-8044 Principal: Eddie Dagan

School Description: AMIT Sderot Gutwirth Junior and Senior High School is the only secular junior and senior high school in the city and joined the AMIT Network in the fall of 2005. It has over 750 students and caters to a varied population of new immigrants and children whose families have lived in Israel for several generations; students from both well-established and poverty-stricken homes; and representatives of a diverse array of ethnic backgrounds. The school’s motto is Derech Eretz Kadma L‘Torah, meaning good manners, politeness and treating others with kindness and consideration. Democratic values, love of country, and Jewish tradition are emphasized.

Programs range from those for highly gifted students to those intended to prevent youngsters from dropping out of school. Emphasis is based on the sciences, computer education and, for those in need, the

45 development of basic academic skills in Hebrew, math and English studies. In the 7th grade the students research their family history in preparation for bar and bat mitzvah. At the high school level, subjects such as biotechnology, economics, social studies, media and communications, mathematics, English, computers, and Russian are offered at different academic levels. Since the school has joined the AMIT Network, it has had a dramatic improvement in bagrut scores. The school has recently added a two-year junior college at which graduates can study industrial and management practical engineering. There are currently about 30 students at the college, and the aim is to expand the program’s reach every year.

School Name: AMIT Sderot Religious Junior and Senior High School Address: Nir-Am Neighborhood, P.O. Box 40, Sderot Telephone: 08-689-7077; 08-689-9277 Fax: 08-689-7077 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Moti

School Description: AMIT Sderot Religious Junior and Senior High School has a student population of 460 students, including students from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia, in grades 7 to 12. This school includes a yeshiva track and an ulpana track for students who are interested in more intensive Judaic studies. In AMIT’s first five years in this school, the bagrut success rate went from less than 20% to 70% and enrollment has greatly increased. Families who sent their children out of Sderot for high school are now keeping them in Sderot. AMIT is the sole provider in Sderot of religious, Zionist education on both elementary and secondary levels. The school won the Religious Education Prize for the 2009-2010 school year, as well as a prize for excellence in environmental studies, awarded by the Minister of Education and the Minister of the Environment. AMIT Sderot was lauded for its initiative and creativity in its environmental studies track, the first of its kind in Israel, which has been running successfully for more than 13 years. A unique Rescue Dog Training track is offered at AMIT Sderot. After years of living under the threat of Kassam rockets, students have a way to be proactive in protecting and assisting themselves and others. Studies in this track give students the knowledge and skills to be able to join the volunteer force that uses rescue dogs to save lives and search for missing persons. Upon enlisting in the IDF, these students will be able to join the Air Force’s rescue and recovery unit. This new track is a joint effort on the part of AMIT, the IDF Air Force rescue dog unit, the Zaka organization and the Sderot Municipality.

School Name: Ulpanat AMIT Shirat Rosh Ulpana: Moti Arbel

School Description: This ulpana opened its doors in September 2007 to one class of 20 7th grade girls. The school currently serves over 117 students in grades 7 to 12. The ulpana was created for girls who in the past left Sderot in order to receive a serious Torani education.

The ulpana strives to instill girls with a sense of competence and belonging. One of the ways the ulpana does this is through its emphasis on involvement in the community. Students volunteer on a regular basis at Barzilai Hospital’s children’s ward, in senior homes and as leaders in the Oz youth movement. Students also plan and run special events for the holidays. 46 School Name: AMIT HaRoeh Elementary School Address: Rehov Sinai, P.O. Box 120, Sderot 80100 Telephone: 08-689-7285 Fax: 08-689-0291 Principal: Eric Azulai

School Description: AMIT HaRoeh has a student population of approximately 110 students, including students from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in grades 1 to 6. The school accepts all applicants regardless of Jewish religious observance or educational ability.

The school offers a special literacy program of one-on-one and group tutoring for weaker students and new immigrants, and a special program starting in second grade called Tafnit (turning point) for extra hours of instruction in math and reading to bring students up to grade level.

School Name: AMIT Torani Mada’i Elementary School Address: Rehov HaDekel, P.O. Box 640, Sderot 80100 Telephone: 08-661-1133 Fax: 08-689-1643 Principal: Dina Houri

School Description: AMIT Torani Mada’i has a student population of over 185 students, many from the former Soviet Union in grades 1 to 6. Registration is limited to children testing with above average intelligence.

The school offers enrichment in science, including astronomy and chemistry; English beginning in first grade, plus music and art, and extracurricular activities to develop reasoning and thinking; and a special program in entrepreneurship for fifth and sixth graders in which pupils design, produce and try to market a new product.

School Name: AMIT Torani Chadash Elementary School Address: Mishol HaPaamonit 15, Sderot Telephone: 08-689-7163 Fax: 08-689-7163 Principal: Ya’acov Shitrit

School Description: AMIT Torani Chadash has a student population of over 370 students in grades 1 to 6, mostly Israeli-born with a few new immigrants from Ethiopia. The school is coed, but classes are separated by gender.

AMIT Torani Chadash offers a full curriculum, and the school day includes two extra hours per day of Judaic studies. Students from weaker backgrounds are tutored one-on-one by students in the AMIT ulpana and yeshiva tracks, and the school provides extra hours of instruction in reading and math to bring them up to grade level.

47 Shoham

School Name: The AMIT Beatrice and Irving Stone Meysharim School Address: Rehov HaLapid 16, Shoham Principal: Michal Klil HaHoresh

School Description: The AMIT Beatrice and Irving Stone Meysharim School in Shoham is a special education school for teenagers and young adults (ages 12 to 21) who are behaviorally and emotionally challenged. The school’s 95 students are divided into 11 classes according to age and level. Each class has a teacher and an aide. The school emphasizes three main areas: 1) scholastic achievement and closing learning gaps; 2) life skills in order to facilitate future independence and employability; and 3) emotional therapy which includes movement therapy, music therapy, art therapy, and horticulture (gardening) therapy in the school’s new hothouse.

Tel Aviv

School Name: AMIT Eisenberg Junior and Senior High School for Girls Address: Rehov Shoshana Parsitz 7, P.O. Box 48081, Tel Aviv 61480 Telephone: 03-699-5821 Fax: 03-699-0932 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Yosef Badichi

School Description: The AMIT Eisenberg Junior and Senior High School for Girls has approximately 80 students in grades 11 and 12. The school educates toward Zionist values, religious belief, and love of Israel. There is an active student council that, together with the staff, makes decisions on issues relevant to students and faculty alike. Students are offered a general curriculum, along with majors in biology, administration and art.

48 Tzfat

School Name: AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys Address: Rehov HaKaf Bet, P.O. Box 123, Tzfat 13101 Telephone: 04-697-1272 Principal: Meir Yoshai

School Description: AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys is comprised of two main tracks: the yeshiva track and the regular academic track for boys. The school has a total of over 255 students. The school is run jointly by the AMIT Network and the Tzfat Municipality. The student population is heterogeneous and is made up of youngsters from Tzfat and the neighboring communities of Marom HaGalil and Hatzor HaGlilit. The school aims to give each student an equal opportunity to realize his potential, and mutual respect, love of Torah, love of Israel and love of the City of Tzfat are emphasized. The school offers majors in the sciences, electronic systems and general technology. A number of students at AMIT Tzfat participate in a medical track in conjunction with the new Bar Ilan University Medical School in Tzfat.

School Name: AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior Yeshiva Track Address: Rehov HaKaf Bet, P.O. Box 123, Tzfat 13101 Telephone: 04-697-1272 Fax: 04-692-1823 Rosh Yeshiva: Rabbi Yoram Rosenbaum

School Description: The AMIT Tzfat Yeshiva, with about 140 students, is operated as an autonomous entity within the AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior High School. It offers a wide range of Judaic studies as well as general academic subjects. In addition to the academic program, students are also involved in a rich and varied values education program and in enrichment electives. There is an active student council that participates in all aspects of yeshiva life. The school staff is very dedicated, and the students receive individual attention.

School Name: AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Girls Address: Rehov HaKaf Bet, P.O. Box 123, Tzfat 13101 Telephone: 04-697-1272 Principal: Yaffa Farjun School Description: AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Girls offers two tracks: a regular academic track for girls and an intensive Jewish studies ulpana track. There are a total of over 400 students in the school who come from Tzfat and the neighboring communities of Marom HaGalil and Hatzor HaGlilit. The school’s philosophy is that all students can succeed, with learning facilitated by teachers who believe in their students and are committed to their achievement. Each student has a personal scholastic profile that assists teachers in individualizing teaching and learning. The school emphasizes dialogue among students, teachers and administrators and has implemented practices to encourage this dialogue, such as an “open door” policy of approachable faculty members, conversation corners and personal mentoring. A number of students participate in a medical track in conjunction with the new Bar Ilan University Medical School in Tzfat.School 49 Name: AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior Ulpana High School Track Address: Rehov HaKaf Bet, P.O. Box 123, Tzfat 13101 Telephone: 04-697-1272 Fax: 04-692-1823 Principal: Rabbi Yehuda Peles

School Description: The AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Ulpana is operated as an autonomous track within the AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior High School. Ulpana students are also involved in a rich and varied values education program. The ulpana offers a wide range of Torah and Judaic studies, general studies and art and enrichment electives.

Yerucham

School Name: Kamah School Address: Rehov Nahal Chatira 478 Principal: Shula Levy

School Description: The Kamah School for girls was established in 2006. Kamah is an Orthodox school run in accordance with Halacha and it belongs to the State Religious School system. The school is more open regarding its emphasis on empowering the girls to integrate into all walks of life, such as combining family and career and openness to serving in the army and not only National Service. Gemarah, Torah, history, and secular subjects, such as art and music, are taught in an interdisciplinary manner. The school has more than 110 students and serves local Yerucham girls as well as girls from , from nearby communities and even from Beersheva.

School Name: AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School Address: P.O. Box 23, Yerucham 80500 Telephone: 08-658-0325 Fax: 08-658-3020 Email Address: [email protected] Principal: Yona Kanino

50 School Description: AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School has over 465 students in grades 1 to 6. The school’s mission is to be a Beit Hinuch for the school community and to educate students toward Judaism, values and responsibility to oneself and toward society. The school faculty nurtures a positive climate at school, in which each student feels a sense of belonging and safety. Each year the school chooses a values theme that acts as the central theme around which studies and activities revolve. The school serves a diverse population and provides an array of resources to ensure that each student receives the tools necessary to succeed and realize his/her potential.

School Name: Midreshet Be’er Address: Rehov Nahal Chatira 478 Principal: Tammy Biton

School Description: Midreshet Be’er is a special kind of hesder yeshiva for girls and attracts religious girls from all over Israel. Midreshet Be’er integrates intensive Judaic studies, community involvement, engagement in social issues, and full service in the IDF. The three-year Midreshet Be’er program was established in 2001 and currently has 30 students, 56 active soldiers and 100 graduates who are educated religious women who study Torah and are involved in the community.

Midreshet Be’er educates young women to feel at home in the world of Torah as well as in Israeli society at large, and to be involved, creative and productive members of the community. It aims to empower women as leaders in Modern Orthodox society, encouraging girls to take part in the “Beit Midrash” world in a committed and intensive manner. Midreshet Be’er also aims to help develop the Negev by encouraging graduates to settle in Yerucham and surrounding areas, in a gradual process of bringing educated and involved religious people from the center of the country to the Negev and integrating them in education and achievement in the South.

Midreshet Be’er is located on the same campus as AMIT Kamah (see page 52). The older girls who attend Midreshet Be’er act as madrichim, Judaic studies chevrutot, mentors and tutors for the younger girls of Kamah.

School Name: Yeshivat AMIT B’levav Shalem Principal: Tzuriel Rubin

School Description: Yeshivat AMIT B’levav Shalem in Yerucham joined the AMIT Network in 2010. The yeshiva has grades 9 to 12 and a student enrollment of approximately 170. Students who attend the school come from Yerucham and nearby cities, including Dimona and Beersheva, and enrollment is expanding rapidly. The school’s philosophy is community oriented. In addition to their studies, students are very involved in volunteering, and a bagrut track is offered in community service.

In 2012, Elhanan Bloch, a 17-year-old student in 11th grade at the yeshiva, won the International Bible Contest in Jerusalem. Avshalom Adler, a 12th grader at the time, won first place in Israel. They were the first students from Yerucham to achieve such success in the International Bible Contest.

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