AMIT Reshet Guide

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AMIT Reshet Guide

AMIT Reshet Guide
A Guide to all 110 AMIT Schools
and Educational Programs
Hatzor Haglilit
Tzfat
Acco
Karmiel
Haifa
Afula
Or Akiva
Netanya
Giv’at Shmuel
Ramat Gan
Kedumim
Ra’anana
Petach Tikva
Tel Aviv
Shoham
Modi’in
Rehovot
Ramle
Ashdod
Kiryat
Malachi
Ashkelon
Mateh
Yehuda
Sderot
Jerusalem
Ma’ale
Adumim
Beit
Shemesh
Meitar
Beersheva
Yerucham
Table of Contents
ACCO6–7
AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School
AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School
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6-7
AFULA7–8
AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School and Yeshiva
AMIT Yeshivat Hesder
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7-8
ASHDOD8–9
Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod
AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod
AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod
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8-9
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ASHKELON9–10
AMIT Fred Kahane Technological High School
AMIT Bet Ashkelon Junior and Senior High School
9-10
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BEERSHEVA10–15
AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School
Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT
AMIT Daisy Berman Yeshiva
AMIT Elaine Silver Technological High School
AMIT Rambam Elementary School
AMIT Gwen & Joseph Straus Afikim B’Negev Elementary School
AMIT Torani Madai Netivei Am Elementary School
AMIT Hazon Ovadiah Elementary School
AMIT Or Hammer Elementary School
Neot Avraham Elementary School
BEIT SHEMESH
AMIT Schachar Junior and Senior High School for Girls
AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School for Boys
AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga
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11-12
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15
15–16
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16
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GIVAT SHMUEL
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Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel
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HAIFA18
AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa
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HATZOR HAGLILIT19-20
AMIT Hatzor Haglilit Junior and Senior High School
AMIT Honi HaMe’agel Elementary School for Girls
AMIT Shevet Sofer Elementary School for Boys
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JERUSALEM20-22
AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled
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AMIT Hedvat HaTorah Haredi Yeshiva20
Midreshet AMIT
20-21
AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological High School
21-22
AMIT State Technological High School
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Reishit Yerushalyim Elementary School
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KARMIEL23
AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School
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KEDUMIM23
AMIT Ulpanat Kedumim Junior and Senior High School
KIRYAT MALACHI
AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School
AMIT Harel Elementary School
AMIT Netzach Israel Elementary School
MA’ALE ADUMIM
AMIT Junior and Senior High School for Boys
AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts and Sciences Junior and Senior High School for Girls
AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School
AMIT Sde Hemed Elementary School
AMIT Yaffe Nof Elementary School
MATEH YEHUDA
AMIT Even HaEzer Elementary School
AMIT HaElah Elementary School
AMIT Lavi Elementary School
AMIT Matityahu Elementary School
Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon
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24-25
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24-25
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25-26
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27
27-30
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28
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MEITAR30
AMIT Chemdat Elementary School
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MODI’IN30-31
AMIT Modi’in
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NETANYA31–32
AMIT Bar Ilan High School
AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School
OR AKIVA
AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School
AMIT Ofek Technological High School
AMIT Rothschild Elementary School
AMIT Etzion Religious Elementary School
AMIT Rabbi Akiva Religious Elementary School
AMIT Nechemia Tamari Elementary School
AMIT Hannah Senesh Elementary School
PETACH TIKVA
AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village
AMIT Wurzweiler Agricultural and Technological High School
Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School
Yeshivat AMIT Kfar Ganim
AMIT Junior College
Yeshivat HaHesder Orot Shaul Petach Tikva
AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track 31
31-32
32-35
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33-34
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36-39
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38-39
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RA’ANANA39-42
AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls
AMIT Kfar Batya Youth Village
AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva and Kollel
AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School for Boys and Yeshiva Track
AMIT School of Society and Law
AMIT Noam
RAMAT GAN
AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys
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40-41
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41-42
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42-43
42-43
RAMLE43-44
AMIT Ramle Technological High School
43-44
REHOVOT44-45
AMIT Gould Junior and Senior High School for Girls
AMIT Hammer Junior and Senior High School for Boys
Yeshivat AMIT Amichai
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44-45
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SDEROT45-48
AMIT Sderot Gutwirth Junior and Senior High School AMIT Sderot Religious Junior and Senior High School
Ulpanat AMIT Shirat
AMIT HaRoeh Elementary School
AMIT Torani Mada’i Elementary School
AMIT Torani Chadash Elementary School 46
46-47
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47-48
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SHOHAM48
AMIT Beatrice and Irving Stone Meysharim School
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TEL AVIV
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AMIT Eisenberg Junior and Senior High School for Girls
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TZFAT49-51
AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys
AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior Yeshiva Track
AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Girls
AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior Ulpana High School Track
49-50
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50-51
YERUCHAM51-52
Kamah School
AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School
Midreshet Be’er
Yeshivat AMIT B’levav Shalem
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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 Morocco 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.
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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
cities, towns, and communities throughout Israel. Our students come from every strata of Israeli society.
Significant percentages are new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia as well as France,
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
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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 Land of Israel 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
Fax: 04-981-3436
Email Address: ako@amit.org.il
Principal: Rabbi Michael Liberman
School Description: AMIT Kennedy serves the Acco and Western Galilee 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.
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Afula
School Name: AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School and Yeshiva
Address: Rehov Yehoshua 20, P.O. Box 39, Afula 18254
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, Nazareth 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 Israelis, 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
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 city’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 Torah study classes and special
programs for the holidays.
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Ashdod
School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod
Address: Hativat HaNegev 7, Ashdod
Email Address: Ashdod.yr@gmail.com
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
Principal: Boaz Chen Zion
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.
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School Name: AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod
Address: Rehov Nachal Snir 1, Ashdod
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
Fax: 08-676-4331
Email Address: ashkelon@amit.org.il
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.
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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, Arabic and Amharic. As a religious high school, Ashkelon Bet combines
Judaic studies with Derech Eretz, and strives to bring students closer to Torah and Judaism.
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: amit_h@amit.org.il
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.
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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: ulpana_bs@amit.org.il
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: yafap@amit.org.il
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
Fax: 08-649-5098
Email Address: tech_bs@amit.org.il
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
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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
Fax: 08-648-2961
Principal: Hiller Maor
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.
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School Name: AMIT Torani Madai Netivei Am Elementary School
Address: Sderot Yerushalaim, P.O. Box 470, Beersheva
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 schoolrelated 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 Gush Etzion Street, P.O. Box 1128, Beersheva
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 ulpan (intensive Hebrew language 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.
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School Name: AMIT Or Hammer Elementary School
Address: Rehov Meir Yeari 50, Beersheva
Fax: 08-642-2699
Email Address: orzvulon1999@walla.co.il
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
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School Name: AMIT Shachar Junior and Senior High School for Girls
Address: Rehov Aliyat HaNoar, P.O. Box 41, Beit Shemesh 99000
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
Fax: 02-991-9617
Email Address: bsit_shemesh@amit.org.il
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 yeshivas, 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
Fax: 02-992-0854
Email Address: noga@amit.org.il
Principal: Naama Etzion
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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 Talmud 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 Gush Dan Metropolitan Area and is surrounded by the
larger cities of Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak to the West, Kiryat Ono 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 Samuel 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.
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School Name: Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel
Address: Menachem Begin 2
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
Fax: 04-832-1859
Email Address: haifa@amit.org.il
Principal: Rabbi Yaron Ben-Chaim
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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
Fax: 04-680-0997
Email Address: hatzor@amit.org.il
Principal: Avichai Golan
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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
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
Fax: 04-693-0769
Email Address: giladib@netvision.net.il
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.
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Jerusalem
School Name: AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled
Address: Rehov HaShayish 9, Gilo, Jerusalem 93841
Fax: 02-676-8675
Email Address: beit_hayeled@amit.org.il
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.
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School Name: Midreshet AMIT
Address: Rehov HaShayish 9, Gilo, Jerusalem 93841
Fax: 02-676-7822
Email Address: denab@amit.org.il
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
Fax: 02-643-5606
Email Address: amit_mmd@amit.org.il
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 Israeli Air Force. The program is operated under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.
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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
Fax: 02-643-5731
Email Address: amit_m@amit.org.il
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
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 kibbutz, 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.
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Karmiel
School Name: AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School
Address: Rehov Yodfat, Hadar Neighborhood, P.O. Box 13980, Karmiel 20100
Fax: 04-958-0089
Email Address: karmiel@amit.org.il
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’Yishuv HaAretz 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.
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Kiryat Malachi
School Name: AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School
Address: HaNarkisim Neighborhood, P.O. Box 211, Kiryat Malachi 70900
Fax: 08-850-2330
Email Address: amitkiryatmalachi@amit.org.il
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
Fax: 08-850-5087
Email Address: Etsion_r@walla.co.il
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
Fax: 08-850-4823
Email Address: harelschool@walla.com
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.
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School Name: AMIT Netzach Israel Elementary School
Address: Rehov HaGoshen, Kiryat Malachi
Fax: 08-860-0151
Email Address: n-israel1@walla.com
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
Principal: Rabbi Avigdor 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
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.
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School Name: AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School
Address: HaTzaftzafa 10, Ma’ale Adumim
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, Zionism 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
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
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 religious Zionism 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.
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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 Tribe of Judah, 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, Neve Shalom. Many of the Jewish
communities in the Mateh Yehuda district were established by immigrants from India, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and
countries of Eastern Europe.
School Name: AMIT Even HaEzer Elementary School
Address: Moshav Nocham
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.
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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, Tzur Hadassah
Address: Moshav Bar Giora, D.N. HaElah
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 tell 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.
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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
Fax: 02-992-3157
Email Address: nachshon@amit.org.il
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.
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Meitar
School Name: AMIT Chemdat Elementary School
Address: 501 Sderot HaMeyasdim
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 local council northeast of Beersheva. The town lies on the southern edge of Mount Hevron,
alongside the Yatir Forest. 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 Itamar 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
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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
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
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
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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 Haifa District of Israel, on the country’s Coastal Plain. It is located just inland from
the ancient port city of Caesarea and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the north of the city of Hadera. Or Akiva was
established as a settlement in 1951 and has grown into a small city with a population of over 16,000.
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School Name: AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School
Address: Orot Neighborhood
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
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
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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
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
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
Principal: Devorah Elimelech
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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
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
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 Jews 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.
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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: petach_tikva_kfar@amit.org.il
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.
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School Name: AMIT Wurzweiler Agricultural and Technological High School
Fax: 03-931-7657
Email Address: amit_p_t@amit.org.il
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
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
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.
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School Name: AMIT Junior College
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 Mechina 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
Principal: Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
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.
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Yeshivat HaHesder AMIT Orot Shaul was established by Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Rabbi David Stav and Rabbi
Shai Piron, 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 Israel Defense Forces’ most elite units, ranging from intelligence to combat.
School Name: AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track
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
Fax: 09-741-6948
Email Address: renanim@amit.org.il
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.
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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
Fax: 09-774-1357
Email Address: kfar_batya@amit.org.il
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
Fax: 09-774-1357
Email Address: kfar_batya_6@amit.org.il
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
Fax: 09-771-8341
Email Address: kfar_batya_h@amit.org.il
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.
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School Name: AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School
for Boys and Yeshiva Track, Kfar Batya
Fax: 09-771-2658
Email Address: kfar_batya_m@amit.org.il
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
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
Fax: 09-771-8791
Email Address: kfar_batya_n@amit.org.il
Principal: Tali Fisher
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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
Fax: 03-532-5712
Email Address: bar_ilan@amit.org.il
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.
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Ramle
School Name: AMIT Ramle Technological High School
Address: Rehov Abba Achimeir, P.O. Box 300, Ramle 72102
Fax: 08-923-6322
Email Address: ramla@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.
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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: rehovot@amit.org.il
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: ayeletg@amit.org.il
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.
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School Name: Yeshivat AMIT Amichai
Address: Rehov HaLechi 36, Danya Neighborhood, Rehovot 76217
Email Address: avigil@amit.org.il
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
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
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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: sderot@amit.org.il
Principal: Moti Arbel
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.
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School Name: AMIT HaRoeh Elementary School
Address: Rehov Sinai, P.O. Box 120, Sderot 80100
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
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
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.
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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
Fax: 03-699-0932
Email Address: telaviv@amit.org.il
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.
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Tzfat
School Name: AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys
Address: Rehov HaKaf Bet, P.O. Box 123, Tzfat 13101
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
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
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
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Name: AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior Ulpana High School Track
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 Dimona, from nearby communities and even from
Beersheva.
School Name: AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School
Address: P.O. Box 23, Yerucham 80500
Fax: 08-658-3020
Email Address: yona.k@gbs-edu.co.il
Principal: Yona Kanino
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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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