Shalom Parents! We have had an exciting week! On Sunday evening we had an activity about social media. The activity focused on the effects of social media on our lives and the ways we choose to use it. On Monday we had our monthly community talk. We started with a game that ...

Shalom Parents! We’ve had an exciting week! On Sunday evening we had an activity about Kibbutz life. The activity focused on kibbutz’s values and we asked the students where they could apply these values, such as mutual responsibility, in their daily lives in their apartments. On Monday we had a sushi workshop ...

Hello dear parents, It has been a busy week here on Aardvark Tel Aviv with the students returning to the weekly routine after the holidays. Before telling you about the week we had, I want to start with last weekend. Nineteen students from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv opted to go ...

Here are this week’s highlights: On Sunday the Holidays were finally over and we returned to our regular schedule! We resumed our internships and volunteering activities. In the evening we left the building, went next door to the soccer field and played a game of Human Foosball. The game is ...

Moadim L’Simcha! We began Sunday bright and early attending Birkat Kohanim, The Priestly Blessing or Priestly Benediction, (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים‎). In rabbinic literature the practice is also known as the raising of the hands (Hebrew Nesiat Kapayim), or Dukhanen (Yiddish from the Hebrew word Dukhan, platform, because the blessing is ...

Dear Parents, Moadim L’Simcha! It has been an amazing week full of activities keeping us busy from morning until night every day.The week was mainly dedicated to Sukkot and the students had a blast with all of the different activities. On Sunday we began the day with an activity at ...

Dear Parents, Because of sukkot, it was a short week but nonetheless, it was packed with a variety of activities. On Sunday, the students went to their internships and volunteering programs as usual. Every week the Madrichim visit the students in their internships in order to see how they are ...

Dear Parents, This week was short due to the upcoming holiday of Sukkot, but it was still jam packed with activities! The students made Sukkah decorations during their apartment meetings on Sunday. Apartment 6 created the best decorations, a family portrait of themselves drawn by Heidi David. Each of the ...

Dear Parents, We have enjoyed another jam-packed week here at Aardvark Jerusalem: On Sunday, the Madrichim sat with the students to do an activity as part of the program “My Israeli Journey”, a special program that we run on Aardvark. The goal is for the students to learn how to ...

Hi! We have just finished another amazing week here on Aardvark Tel Aviv and things are going great! Although Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Hebrew calendar, it can sometimes be a challenge for us to make it into something meaningful. At Aardvark, we dedicated this week to ...

Dear Parents Shana Tova! Another week has passed here on the program, and even though it was a short week, we have enjoyed a number of interesting and fun activities. On Sunday, the students in the sea sports group had an amazing session of Yoga on a paddleboard. It was ...

Dear Parents and Students, It was a short week but still packed full of highlights: This week, in honor of the New Year, we helped the students with some self-reflection. At this time of the year, during the holidays, we asked the students to reflect upon their time here in ...

Dear Parents and Students, On Monday night we went to a store called “Kad Vechomer” for our monthly art workshop. The students chose from a variety of clay dishes to paint and take home. Everyone had to chance to show off their artistic talents. William Oken said, “This was the ...

Dear Parents We have just finished our third week, and things are going pretty great around here. There’s so much I want to share with you! So let’s start: It seems that the students are starting to get used to the program’s routine. While they’re enjoying new experiences and making ...

Dear Parents. The second week was great! We began our regular schedule and it seems that the students are beginning to get used to the idea of being an Aardvarkian ;-). The week was packed with volunteering, internships, ulpan lessons and add-ons. Here are some highlights from the past week: ...

Dear Parents & Students, We have finished our second week of the program, and it was AMAZING!!! Sunday began with internships in the morning followed by a session with our Academic Director, Daniel Rose, about academic lessons and the different classes we have to offer at Aardvark. The students then ...