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ORGANIZATIONS

Amir Women 1115 W. 75' 1 ' St., Indianapolis, IN 46260 • 317/ 255-8921

OFFICERS: Anna Ruth Hasten, president;Sharon Miller, vice president; Esther Epstein, recording secretary; Charlotte Epstein, corresponding secretary. BOARD MEMBERS: Yaffa Crandall, Simona Hasten, Joanne Mandel, Ruth Nitsun, Monica Rosenfeld, Linda Tabas.

GOALS: By providing 28 facilities ranging from religious technological high schools to children's homes and youth villages for youngsters from dysfunctional homes, AMIT Women is working to equip successive generations of Israeli youth with the skills necessary to help ensure the future of the Jewish State in an increasingly technological world. This is accomplished

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while instilling within them the values of Torah and Jewish tradition. Amit schools are the largest network of schools in Israel. They badly need our

financial assistance.

HISTORY: The Indianapolis Chapter was started in the late 1920s to support Israel's Youth Aliyah program and to establish homes and schools for orphans and underprivileged children. AMIT Wom-

en works closely with the Israeli Ministry of Social Welfare in our family-oriented children's homes and youth villages. We are proud of the fact that Israel's Ministry

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of Education has designated AMIT Women its official network for religious secondary education. Although locally we are a small chapter, we are closely connected to the national organization, and consider our contribution a part of its achievements. During the time that Ruth Fruchter was residing in Indianapolis, she educated our members in the merits of the many schools of services that Amit provides. Amit also has group homes for children from broken homes. These group homes raise the children within a "family" setting, placing no more than

five with a real family.

TYPES OF ACTIVITIES: Membership meetings, PR

activities, education programming and fund raisers, dinners, social gatherings, Melava Malka, Amit Shabbat,

etc.

HOW TO JOIN: Please call Anna Ruth Hasten or Monica Rosenfeld at 255-3604. Annual membership is $25.