Dr. Amir Goldstein

The new Principal of the Danziger High School, Dr. Amir Goldstein, has expressed great enthusiasm for the program.As a former Civics teacher, he feels especially connected to the concepts embodied in active citizenship, and is dedicated to educating his students to become knowledgeable, responsible and actively committed to their community.

Amir Goldstein, principal of the high school, which was hit by three rockets (fortunately no one was injured), said that while many visitors since the war pledged support, UJA-Federation "kept its promise."

Amir Goldstein, principal of the city's Danzinger high school, which is presently serving as the situation room for one of the city's neighborhoods, says the way the operation is being defined is significant.

"When you say 'evacuation' people think it's final, and the return home becomes harder."However, Goldstein adds, "evacuation is putting out fires.We have to start thinking about the day after.About how to give people the strength to go on.Still, every day out of the shelter is a blessing," Goldstein added.

Or, says a volunteer in the situation room, if the decision has been made to evacuate, everyone should be taken out together, equally."Residents are quarreling with each other; some people feel that others are getting preferential treatment," she says.

An argument broke out near a bus when a resident, Orly Peretz, claimed that she was being discriminated against in not being evacuated despite her difficult circumstances.

Amir Goldstein, principal of the Danziger School here, says that every one of his school's 1,300 seventh- through 12th-graders have been "deeply affected" by the war and the government authorities' poor performance when it came to preparing the bomb shelters, evacuating residents and providing food, water, and medicines.

"The kids are disheartened, dillusioned.They're scared," says Goldstein, who grew up in Kiryat Shemona.

Principal Amir Goldstein says people are in and out of the campus on a daily basis.

He says in the last two weeks the school has been hit three times, including the latest attack.

"I'm very sad about it," he says.

"Everyone has had a very difficult summer," said Dr. Amir Goldstein, principal of Danziger High School, which was directly hit by three Katyusha rockets.
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Goldstein said the school system is in need of resources that can't be provided by the municipality or the parents."The money needs to be invested in building a social and cultural infrastructure that will strengthen the children and their families over time," he said."Smaller contributions over the long term are much more important than one-time cosmetic help.We have excellent professionals who can do the work; what we need are the financial resources with which to do it," said Goldstein.