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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>AMIT was founded on May 10, 1925, by <a href="https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/amit">Bessie Gotsfeld</a>, and was then known as the <a href="/facts/Mizrachi_(religious_Zionism)/lxY0Nszh">Mizrachi</a> Women's Organization of America.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> It officially incorporated on October 2, 1930.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> As early as 1934, AMIT was resettling young people from Europe in <a href="/facts/Mandatory_Palestine/mv0NGUBy">Mandatory Palestine</a>. By the years immediately following the end of the war in Europe, AMIT participated in the resettlement of thousands of children, many of them orphans, who survived the <a href="/facts/Holocaust/vGQsAb2y">Holocaust</a>. </p><p>The Holocaust survivors were followed by the large influx of Jews from <a href="/facts/North_Africa/ItxQAfs7">North Africa</a> and the Arab countries in 1948–49, when AMIT dealt with the pressing needs of tens of thousands of newly arrived immigrant children. </p><p>In 1981, AMIT was designated by the Israeli government as its official Reshet (network) for religious secondary technological education. </p> <h2 id="amit-today">AMIT today</h2> <p>AMIT operates 108 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs, constituting Israel's only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies. AMIT students boast an 85% (<i>bagrut</i>) matriculation rate, exceeding the national average of 70% among Israeli Jewish students. More than 95% of its graduates enlist in the Israel Defense Forces or perform national service. </p> <h2 id="list-of-amit-schools">List of AMIT schools</h2> . <h3><a href="/facts/Acre%2c_Israel/IjNJ1Suy">Acco</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary</li> <li>AMIT Kennedy Junior and Senior High School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Afula/UkYPYzof">Afula</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Yehuda Junior and Senior High School And Yeshiva</li> <li>AMIT Yeshivat Hesder</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ashdod/gT36N3zy">Ashdod</a></h3> <ul><li>Yeshivat AMIT Ashdod</li> <li>AMIT Mekif Bet Ashdod</li> <li>AMIT Mekif Yud Ashdod</li> <li>Midreshet Be'er Ashdod</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ashkelon/aLwPHpaK">Ashkelon</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Fred Kahane Technological School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Beersheva/dKXzMLaC">Beersheva</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Wasserman Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>Dina and Moses Dyckman Ulpanat AMIT</li> <li>AMIT Daisy Berman Yeshiva</li> <li>AMIT Elaine Silver Technological High School</li> <li>AMIT Rambam Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Afikim B'Negev Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Torani Madai Netivei AM Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Or Hammer Elementary School</li> <li>Neot Avraham Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Beit_Shemesh/2ERIWsKD">Beit Shemesh</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Schachar Junior and Senior High School for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Dvir Junior and Senior High School for Boys</li> <li>AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Giv%2527at_Shmuel/W4S4TxqJ">Giv'at Shmuel</a></h3> <ul><li>Ulpanat AMIT Giv'at Shmuel</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Haifa/L3zIs1p1">Haifa</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Anna Teich Ulpanat Haifa</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Hatzor_HaGlilit/C8G8UIVx">Hatzor HaGlilit</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Hatzor Hagilit Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>AMIT Honi HaMe'agel Elementary School for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Shevet Sofer Elementary School for Boys</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Frisch Beit Hayeled</li> <li>Midreshet AMIT (a <a href="/facts/Midrasha/jcXX3tJp">midrasha</a> - Torah Study for women <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>)</li> <li>AMIT Nordlicht Religious Technological School</li> <li>AMIT State Technological High School</li> <li>Reishit Yerushalyim Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Karmiel/GYml8Pnj">Karmiel</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Karmiel Junior and Senior High School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Kiryat_Malachi/hwxXh4YE">Kiryat Malachi</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Kiryat Malachi Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>AMIT Etzion Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Harel Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Netzach Israel Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ma%2527ale_Adumim/F7IywCIA">Ma'ale Adumim</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Junior and Senior High School for Boys</li> <li>AMIT Wasserman Torah, Arts, and Sciences Junior and Senior High school for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Tzemach HaSade Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Sde Hemed Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Yaffe Nof Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Mateh_Yehuda/th8BlCgS">Mateh Yehuda</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Even Ha Ezer Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT HaElah Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Lavi Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Matityahu Elementary School</li> <li>Yeshivat AMIT Nachshon</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Meitar/82x8Kswh">Meitar</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Chemdat Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Modi%2527in/61U92Nsr">Modi'in</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Modi'in</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Netanya/PDVkoT1k">Netanya</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Bar Ilan High School</li> <li>AMIT Rambam Religious Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Or_Akiva/xaKA0TmK">Or Akiva</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Atidim Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>AMIT Ofek Technological High School</li> <li>AMIT Rothschild Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Etzion Religious Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Rabbi Akiva Religious Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Nechamia Tamari Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Hannah Senesh Elementary School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Petach_Tikvah/tQaF6R8D">Petach Tikvah</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Kfar Blatt Youth Village</li> <li>AMIT Wurzweiler Agricultural and Technological High School</li> <li>Yeshivat AMIT Eliraz High School</li> <li>Yeshivat AMIT Kfar Ganim</li> <li>AMIT Junior College</li> <li>Yeshivat HaHEsder Orot Shual Petach Tikva</li> <li>AMIT Menorat HaMaor Haredi Track</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ra%2527anana/apC4Cyla">Ra'anana</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Renanim Junior and Senior Science and Technology High School for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Kfar Batya Youth Village</li> <li>AMIT Gruss Agricultural and Technological School and AMIT Schiff Junior High School</li> <li>AMIT Bienenfeld Hevruta Yeshiva and Kollel</li> <li>AMIT Gwen Straus Junior and Senior Science High School for Boys and Yeshiva Track</li> <li>AMIT School of Society and Law</li> <li>AMIT Noam</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ramat_Gan/492vNwyo">Ramat Gan</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Ginsburg Bar Ilan Gush Dan Junior and Senior High School for Boys</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Ramle/1Df0czXx">Ramle</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Ramle Technological High School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Rehovot/RACLYFgq">Rehovot</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Gould Junior and Senior High School for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Hammer Junior and Senior High School for Boys</li> <li>Yeshivat AMIT Amichai</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Rosh_Pina/WRsrL6Pn">Rosh Pina</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Pre-Army Religious Studies Program (<a href="/facts/Mechina/9lgms2Uu">Mechina</a>)</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Sderot/8woYAIz0">Sderot</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Sderot Religious Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>Ulpanat AMIT Shirat</li> <li>AMIT Sderot Gutwirth Junior and Senior High School</li> <li>AMIT HaRoeh Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Torani Mada'i Elementary School</li> <li>AMIT Torani Chadash Elementary School</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hesder_Yeshiva_of_Sderot/7JWsu8j8">Yeshivat Hesder of Sderot</a>, AMIT Track</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Shoham/Itw0V2kD">Shoham</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Beatrice and Irving Stone Meysharim School</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Eisenberg Junior and Senior High School for Girls</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Tzfat/5KIGF1ae">Tzfat</a></h3> <ul><li>AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Boys</li> <li>AMIT Tzfat Junior and Senior Yeshiva Track</li> <li>AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School for Girls</li> <li>AMIT Tzfat Evelyn Schreiber Junior and Senior <a href="/facts/Ulpana/qCg1NBX9">Ulpana</a> High School Track</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Yerucham/dPFQmHBT">Yerucham</a></h3> <ul><li>Kamah School</li> <li>AMIT Kol Yaakov Elementary School</li> <li>Midreshet Be'er Yerucham</li> <li>Yeshivat AMIT B'levav Shalem</li></ul> <h2 id="archival-materials">Archival materials</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/American_Jewish_Historical_Society/okpwTWI0">American Jewish Historical Society</a> received a large donation of archival material and photographs related to AMIT and the organization's projects in Israel. The collection was minimally processed over the Summer 2011 and is available for research. </p><p>Photographs and materials relating to the Baltimore chapters' history are archived at the <a href="/facts/Jewish_Museum_of_Maryland/jLQGruta">Jewish Museum of Maryland</a> and can be viewed through their online collections. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Education_in_Israel/UXMWHB1v">Education in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Education_(Israel)/eVBeW4rM">Ministry of Education (Israel)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Religious_Zionism/U0SxSXmU">Religious Zionism § Educational institutions</a></li> <li>Other school networks recognized by the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Education_(Israel)/eVBeW4rM">Ministry of Education</a>: <ul><li>Amal</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bnei_Akiva/KIzdGybg">Bnei Akiva</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ORT_Israel/tcsIjyad">ORT</a></li> <li>Or Torah</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tzvia/1dhnHolu">Tzvia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Darca_schools/t8UvU7pF">Darca</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.amitchildren.org/">http://www.amitchildren.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120415134524/http://amitchildren.org/who-we-are/amit-history/">https://web.archive.org/web/20120415134524/http://amitchildren.org/who-we-are/amit-history/</a></li> <li><a href="http://digifindingaids.cjh.org/?pID=1399152">AMIT records; I-521; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY, and Boston, MA.</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Join AMIT Children For A Virtual Tour of Israel". FREE UK Press Release Distribution. Retrieved December 12, 2020. <a href="https://www.prfire.co.uk/join-amit-children-for-a-virtual-tour-of-israel/" target="_blank">https://www.prfire.co.uk/join-amit-children-for-a-virtual-tour-of-israel/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>source Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.amitchildren.org/history.asp" target="_blank">http://www.amitchildren.org/history.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"AMIT Children, Inc." Division of Corporations. New York State Department of State. Accessed on January 16, 2016. <a href="https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=41854&p_corpid=35815&p_entity_name=AMIT&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=1" target="_blank">https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=41854&p_corpid=35815&p_entity_name=AMIT&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>midreshetamit.org <a href="https://www.midreshetamit.org/" target="_blank">https://www.midreshetamit.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>