AMIT [Americans for Israel and Torah] Pearl Schwartz-Houston Chapter Papers
Scope and Contents
The six membership directories that make up the AMIT collection [Pearl Schwartz-Houston Chapter] each contain a brief history and statement of purpose, officer list, membership list with addresses, and advertisements from local businesses. The materials are in good condition and range in date from 2003 to 2008. Researchers exploring the Jewish Houston community and the institutions that support it would find this collection worthwhile, though the directories are from a limited period of time.
Dates
- Creation: 2003-2008
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
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The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.
Biographical / Historical
According to its website, AMIT (Americans for Israel and Torah) operates “110 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs in 32 cities, constituting Israel’s only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies.” Founded in 1925, the organization strives to “enable Israel’s youth to realize their potential” and “strengthens Israeli society by educating and nurturing children from diverse backgrounds within a framework of academic excellence, Jewish values and Zionist ideals.”
Since its early success, opening the first vocational high school for girls in Jerusalem in 1933, AMIT has grown in leaps and bounds. Today, the organization “educates more than 34,000 children, with 70% coming from the geographic or socioeconomic periphery of the country.” Selected by the Ministry of Education as the leading education network across all measurements in Israel (including quality bagrut, pedagogical innovation, pluralism and bridging the gap, lowest dropout rate, and integrity), AMIT places emphasis on critical 21st-century skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, problem-solving, and employing technology.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The AMIT collection is made up of six membership directories, each containing a brief history and statement of purpose, officer list, membership list, and advertisements from local businesses put out annually by the Pearl Schwartz-Houston Chapter of the leading education network across all measurements in Israel, Americans for Israel and Torah.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged by date.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials were donated by Vicki Samuels Levy in May of 2018.
Source
- Levy, Vicki Samuels (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the AMIT [Americans for Israel and Torah] Pearl Schwartz-Houston Chapter Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Gabby Parker
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu