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TABLE OF CONTENTS
features
BUILDING ISRAEL. ONE CHILD AT A TIME.
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8 :: AMIT. A GUIDING LIGHT (CAMERA AND ACTION) IN OR AKIVA The Film Studies program at AMIT Atidim in Or Akiva Michele Chabin
12 :: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
For over 350 years, Jews have lived in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a small part of their history. Alexandra Halpern
16 :: AMIT FUTURE PHYSICIANS IN TZFAT
The medical studies track at AMIT Florin Taman Junior and Senior High School in Tzfat Helga Abraham
25 :: MIDRESHET AMIT
Three Midreshet AMIT students write about Torah, Chesed and Zionism Michelle Freund, Aliza Grant, and Daniella Moffson
IN THIS ISSUE: AMIT FUTU RE PHYSICIANS J E W S A N D C H A R L E STO N , S .C . A M I T S C H O O L L I ST I N G DEVELOPMENT N EWS B U I L D I N G I S R A E L . O N E C H I L D AT A T I M E .
LIGHTS CAMERA AMIT The new Film Studies
About The Cover
Program at AMIT Atidim in Or Akiva
AMIT Or Akiva graduate Dana Maman standing next to a poster of her film “Secrets from the Past”
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80% !
Nearly 80% of AMIT students passed the Bagrut (matriculation exam) in 2012 vs. a national average of 48%
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