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Running marathons in israel

Running Marathons in Israel

If you enjoy long distance running then you will be pleased to hear that there are plenty of opportunities to keep the hobby up while on your gap year in Israel. In addition to a few major marathon events, there are plenty of smaller long distance runs as well. If ...
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Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 3, 2017

Dear Parents and Students, Our first week in Jerusalem was a busy, eventful and exciting one. Here are some highlights:The week started out on Monday with the arrival of the students and they began to settle into their new apartments. They have been enjoying getting to know each other and ...
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Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 2, 2017

Dear parents, It has been an amazing week. We have had a great time meeting your kids and I’m excited to share the highlights of the week. Here we go: As you know, the students arrived throughout the day on Monday and immediately began to meet each other and the ...
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Weekly Updates – Jerusalem August 28, 2017

Dear Parents, We are having an exciting and interesting first day here at Aardvark Jerusalem! The students arrived safe and sound. Our building is abuzz with students getting to know each other. They have had time to unpack and rest, and we treated them to falafel and shawarma for lunch. ...
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Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv August 28, 2017

Shalom Parents, We had a busy and interesting first day here at Aardvark Tel Aviv!I just wanted to let you know that everyone has arrived safe and sound. Except two students who will be landing in an hour and another student that will arrive on Thursday after being delayed by ...
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Israel’s Thriving Startup Industry

Israel is well known as a centre of technological innovation, a fact that has earned it the title of ‘Startup Nation’. Over the last few years that have been a number of hugely successful companies that began as small Israeli startups and were later purchased for vast sums of money ...
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Israel’s Biggest Shopping Malls

While you are on your gap year in Israel you are bound to want to go shopping at some point or another. Both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are home to famous markets, but there are also a large number of huge shopping malls in Israel. The Dizengoff Centre was Tel ...
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Israel’s Escape Rooms

Escape the room games were an online hit long before they became real physical games and spread across the world. If you haven’t yet done an Escape Room, the idea is simple, you are locked in a room and have an hour to solve various puzzles that will lead to ...
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Israel’s Blossoming Tourism Industry

One of the amazing things about Israel is that it attracts a huge amount of incredibly diverse tourists. People from across the world come to see Israel’s historical sites and learn more about the country’s rich history. In 2016 close to 3 million tourists came to visit Israel and tourism ...
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Washington DC 2017

Dear Parents and Students, Did you know that in Washington DC there is a street named for every letter of the alphabet with the exception of “J Street”? (There’s a joke in there for those who are familiar with American Jewish lobbying organizations, but I won’t go there…) In any ...
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The Benefits of Doing an Internship Abroad

Internships can be brilliant things, they offer an insight in to the world of work, give you some experience in areas that you may be interested in and can generally help you to make some decisions about your future while gaining some valuable experience. As a result for many people ...
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From the Desert to the Snow in Israel

When thinking about your gap year in Israel part of you is probably visualising hot sunny days on the beach, hiking in the desert, bathing in Israel’s many natural springs and so on. However, you should also consider the fact that very often it will snow in Israel and when ...
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Israel and the Olympic Games

While Israel is known for excelling at many things, sports isn’t really one of them. The country has had some success in basketball but it is certainly not known as a sporting powerhouse. However, over the years the country has managed to rack up a modestly impressive number of Olympic ...
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Life on a Kibbutz

The kibbutz movement is one of the things that made Israel so unique in its younger days and, while the movement has changed quite a lot in the last few decades, it is still a huge draw for people from all over the world and fairly unique within the world. ...
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Israelis Who Made it Big in Hollywood

Recently the new Wonder Woman film was released with the leading role played by Israeli actress Gal Gadot. A huge amount of attention was given to the fact that Gal is an Israeli, but she is by no means the first person to have grown up in Israel and then ...
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New York 2017

Day 1 Dear Parents, Shalom from New York City!!! After arriving at JFK airport, we began our day in the United States with a Breakfast of Champions at Dunkin Donuts. In Israel we think that we have the market cornered on sufganiyuot, but let me tell you, we may be ...
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The Last Weekly Update

Shalom Parents, I hope you are all excited to see your children again. We, the Tel Aviv staff, have had a bittersweet 3 days… It is so exciting to see the change and progress every single one of the students made during the semester! But right now the office is ...
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Weekly Updates – Jerusalem: The Last Letter

Shalom Parents! Today the Aardvark program officially came to an end. It was bittersweet for all of us. It has been a wonderful year, but it is sad to see the students leave.While a small number of our students are still strolling the streets of Jerusalem, most of our participants ...
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Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 25, 2017

Shalom Parents, I cannot believe that there is less than a week left of the program. I feel like I met the students just yesterday. They were a little confused, very excited, and full of question: “Why am I not alone in a bedroom?” “Where do I do my laundry?” ...
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The Advantages of a Gap Year in Tel Aviv

If you are planning on taking a gap year in Israel you will be faced with the choice between spending your time in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. On Aardvark you will broadly have very similar options in each city, a wide range of study programs, gap year internships, interesting and ...
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The Uniqueness of a Gap Year in Jerusalem

When choosing your gap year program you will be faced with the choice between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In both cities you will have the same range of options, you can take different study programs, sign up for different internships, and experience a unique part of Israeli society. However, the ...
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Enjoying Your Gap Year On a Budget

The vast majority of people who go on a gap year program will be on a fairly limited budget and those who choose to spend their gap year in Israel will very quickly realise that it not a particularly cheap country. Whether you are in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv it ...
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Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 19, 2017

This week on Aardvark was as busy as ever with lots of activities taking place. The week was a unique combination of Jewish tradition and a last big effort before our final week. On Sunday the schedule was relatively normal and the students went to their internships in the morning. After ...
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Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 18, 2017

Shalom Parents! On Sunday the students went all the way to Jerusalem to experience Lag B’omer in the best way possible. Jerusalem is well known for its great atmosphere during the holiday. As you approach the city you can start to smell the bonfires. At first, the students were shocked to see ...
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