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Alumni of the Month – Jordan Greene

May 12, 2019 Meet Our Alumni

Hello everyone! My name is Jordan and I am from San Francisco, California. Last semester (Aardvark 2018) I was a student on Aardvark Tel Aviv, where I fell in love Israel, interned at an amazing start-up company, and created a network of lifelong friends. Sitting here now I can truly ...

Student of the Week – Gadiel Shepherd

May 7, 2019 Student of the Week

Hi, my name is Gadiel Shepherd and I come from Johannesburg, South Africa! I joined the Aardvark programme because I liked the idea of balancing volunteering/internship, traveling all of Israel, Ulpan and Jewish learning. It has been a wonderful opportunity to meet friends from many countries, as well as learn ...

Alumni of the Month – Natalie Selvin

May 7, 2019 Meet Our Alumni

Hey! My name’s Natalie Selvin, and I attended Aardvark Israel during Spring Semester of last year (2018) in Jerusalem! So I’ve only been in the army for a month, but so far it’s definitely been an experience! My interest in the army all started a few years ago while in ...

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 5, 2019

May 5, 2019 Weekly Updates

Dear Parents, After the spring break ended, our students returned to the program with lots of happy and exciting experiences, trips and stories to share with everyone about their time at home or abroad with family and friends. We, Aardvark Tel-Aviv staff, were all looking forward to seeing our students ...

Alumni of the Month – Shira Goldsmith

May 5, 2019 Meet Our Alumni

My name is Shira Goldsmith. I am 21, I currently live in Jerusalem and serve as the head medic in the co-ed combat unit of Karakal. The year of 2016, after I graduated High School, was spent on Aardvark Israel. Moving to Israel was always in my plan, it always ...

Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 5, 2019

May 5, 2019 Weekly Updates

Shalom Parents! We hope everyone had a wonderful Passover holiday! This week in Jerusalem, it was great to hear from all of the students about their adventures and celebrations during the time off. We had a very busy week, with so much going on! This time of year in Israel ...

Alumni of the Month – Shlomi Efergan

May 5, 2019 Meet Our Alumni

Hi my name is Shlomi Efergan from Ocean Pines Maryland and I was on Aardvark Israel 2018-2019. About a year and a half ago I made the best decision of my life. I left the US and started 9 amazing months on Aardvark. I had no clue how much those ...

Germany 2019

May 5, 2019 International

Day 1 Dear Parents, Guten Abend aus Berlin! Good evening from Berlin! After a wonderful and exhausting first day in Germany, everyone is back at the hotel, probably already sound asleep as I write this. Our day started at 3:00 am as we headed off to the airport for our ...

Alumni of the Month – Daniel Bard

May 5, 2019 Meet Our Alumni

My name is Daniel Bard, I’m 22 years old from Chevy Chase Maryland. I was on Aardvark Israel in 2016-2017 and am now serving as a combat medic in the 101st IDF paratroopers brigade. After I returned to the United States from Aardvark, I didn’t really feel at home in ...

Student of the Week – Dovi Rosenberg

May 1, 2019 Student of the Week

Hi, my name is Dovi Rosenberg, I’m from Sydney, Australia, and I have been granted the amazing opportunity to be a student on the Aardvark Spring Semester 2019. Having graduated from a Modern Orthodox School in Sydney, I have taken a natural step forward in coming to Israel for my ...

What Makes the Israeli Diet So Healthy?

April 29, 2019 The Uniqueness of Israel

Israel is ranked as one of the healthiest countries in the world and one of the main reasons for this is the country’s diet. A recent ranking of countries with the lowest rate of diet-related deaths ranked Israeli at No 1 and the country came in at No 10 on ...

Student of the Week – Hannah Dannheisser

April 22, 2019 Student of the Week

Hey everyone, my name is Hannah Michaela Dannheisser. I am 19 years old and from Johannesburg, South Africa. Yes, I am from Africa and no, we do not ride elephants to work. Now that that has been cleared up, I can tell you a little bit about my Aardvark experience ...

Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 Weekly Updates

Shalom Parents and Chag Sameach! Today is the start of Spring Break and all of the students are on the way to celebrate Passover, some at home, some with friends, some are traveling within Israel and some outside of Israel. Last Sunday afternoon, the students met with Charlee, and together ...

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 Weekly Updates

Student of the Week – Mia Cohen

April 15, 2019 Student of the Week

Hi! I am Mia Cohen from Sydney, Australia, and I still can’t believe how fortunate I am to have experienced the last 3 incredibly rewarding and enriching months in Tel Aviv on Aardvark. I went to Moriah College, a modern orthodox Jewish school in Sydney, and in 2020, I look ...

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019 Weekly Updates

Dear Parents, This week was a historic week for the state of Israel. On Tuesday, millions of Israeli citizens went out to vote. Here at Aardvark Tel-Aviv, our students took advantage of the election day in different ways. Some walked around the different voting stations to see what it’s like ...

Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019 Weekly Updates

Dear Parents, It has been an amazingly sunny week here on Aardvark Jerusalem and we are all enjoying the nice change from the rainy winter! Let’s take a look at some of this past week’s highlights! On Sunday afternoon, our students went to pay their respects to the family of ...

Student of the Week – Isaac Cremer

April 11, 2019 Student of the Week

Shalom, my name is Isaac Cremer, I’m from Sydney Australia, and I’ve been granted the amazing opportunity of being part of Aardvark Spring Semester 2019. I went to the school Moriah College back in Sydney, and came to Israel as part of my gap year before university. I’m now living ...

A Quick Guide to Israel’s 2019 Elections

April 8, 2019 The Uniqueness of Israel

This month sees elections taking place in Israel. Israeli politics are incredibly hard to follow; the fact that there are 41 parties standing in the elections tells you all that you need to know. People vote for the parties and the more votes a party gets, the more seats it ...

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 5, 2019

April 5, 2019 Weekly Updates

Shalom dear parents, This week was special due to the upcoming elections next week, during it we focused on important topics such as the security situation and the political storms that are happening at present. Now I would like to tell you all about the week we had. On Sunday ...