HIGHLIGHTS & SUCCESSES Graduate of AMIT Bar-Ilan, Yoav Rosenblatt, Receives Outstanding Presidential Medal On the 73rd Independence Day of the State of Israel, Sgt. Yoav Rosenblatt received the “Outstanding Presidential Medal” from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Sgt. Rosenblatt is a paramedic in the 71st Battalion of the 188th Brigade. His father is Israel’s ambassador to Angola in Africa. He studied at the AMIT Bar-Ilan School and then at the pre-military preparatory school “Kol-Ami” near Jerusalem, and his second year in Ein Prat. Yoav really wanted to be a paramedic and took on extra shifts to continuously show initiative. Commander, Captain Elior Ashkenazi, says: “Yoav is a serious soldier, engaged in every task, professional in his field. He provides a quality response during training and throughout, serves as a wealth of knowledge for the battalion, and helps develop and increase the battalion’s medical knowledge. He is without a doubt outstanding.” Tomer Shofer, principal of the AMIT Bar-Ilan Gush Dan school, said: “Yoav came to us in the middle of his school years from a mission abroad, and in a short time he was able to integrate… there is no doubt that his ability to integrate and excel in a short time is admirable in the army. We are very proud and happy.” “I came to AMIT Bar-Ilan High School in the tenth grade, after a long period abroad,” says Rosenblatt. “This is the opportunity for me to thank the teachers, the management and my good classmates.”
The Student Who Became the School Principal and Won the National Religious Education Prize Once again, an AMIT school has been recognized for excellence. Yona Kanino, the principal of AMIT Kol Yaakov in Yerucham, was awarded the National Religious Education Prize this week. This is a double win for AMIT as Yona is a graduate of Kol Yaakov and is herself a product of its success. “My personal and professional development, alongside raising my kids and family in Yerucham, are intertwined with the story of the growth and development of Kol Yaakov, which has been a second home to me and to them for almost four decades,” she said. When Yona began as principal, the school had only 140 students. “I am happy and proud to lead the only National Religious elementary school in Yerucham, which now numbers close to 750 students,” she said. Despite its growth, AMIT Kol Yaakov continues to feel like a warm and loving home.
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