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AMIT YESHIVA HIT BY QASSAM ROCKETS
JOIN AMIT IN HELPING THE PEOPLE OF SDEROT!
 |  | | Remains of a Qassam missile that landed recently in Sderot | |
Sderot is once again under relentless fire and our AMIT children and their families need our help!
The AMIT Yeshiva building was hit by a Qassam rocket, which fortunately landed in the garden. A second Qassam hit the house where a select group of 12th graders from around the country live, while attending the Sderot Yeshiva. The roof was destroyed and we have had to send these students home.
 | | | AMIT students in Sderot take shelter under a concrete barrier erected in one of our school playgrounds | | |
The residents of Sderot, a struggling development town just miles from the Gaza Strip, are family to AMIT. AMIT is the sole provider of modern religious education in the Sderot and both of the city’s high schools, the religious and the secular, are AMIT schools. Altogether, we have almost 2,000 students in our care.
Every AMIT school has a shelter. Every AMIT playground has a concrete barrier beneath which the children run when they hear the sirens, warning of incoming rockets. Our students have been seriously injured by the Qassams; parents and siblings have been killed.
Children in Sderot cannot play out of doors. They cannot ride their bikes or jump rope in the streets. Many have trouble sleeping at night because of the constant stress and fear. Others have broken down and fainted in class when the sirens begin to wail.
Please click here to help our students now!
YOUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION WILL FUND:
• Psychological counseling for students to help them deal with the trauma and tension of the present situation.
• Extra study hours and private lessons for children who find it hard to concentrate due to anxiety and/or who have missed school due to the Qassam attacks.
• Social activities for students, such as trips to other Israeli cities and AMIT facilities where they can relax, away from the daily stress and danger of their lives in Sderot.
| Scenes from Sderot |
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Our Campaign for Sderot has helped hundreds of children to advance in their studies, to continue their education, and to succeed in school despite tremendous obstacles. Please click here to make your generous donation in support of the children of Sderot.
| On August 5, 6 and 7, 2007, AMIT joined with its colleagues in the American Zionist Movement and hosted Yom Kef “fun days” for the citizens of Sderot. AMIT sponsored two buses of Sderot families who were treated to fun and educational day trips, which included a tour of the Kotel tunnels, a visit to the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, a picnic lunch at the Wohl Rose Garden and an afternoon at the Superland amusement park in Rishon Lezion. In addition to its recreational component, Yom Kef provided the enriching experience of a tour of Israel’s capital for Sderot’s residents, many of whom are new immigrants and families who had never been there before. |
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