Aardvark Update – April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019 Aardvark Update In a few days, it will be Pesach, and our students will be celebrating with family and friends. So, both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv held model Seders. The Ma Nishtana was sung, the story of Passover was told, and the Matzah eaten! Here are just a few photos from both […]
Aardvark Update – April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019 Aardvark Update The Selah students took the train to Kfar Chabad, a delightful little village in the center of the country for Lubavitch Hassidim. The village numbers about one thousand families. They were given a guided tour around the main building – a replica of the famous 770 building where the Rebbe […]
Aardvark Update – April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019 Aardvark Update The Selah students toured the Ramada hotel in Jerusalem and had behind the scenes access to the hotel kitchens. The students met with the hotel Rabbi and the Kashrut supervisors and kitchen staff. Their tour was led by Rabbi Krakowski, the head of the OU Kashrut Division in Israel. They […]
Aardvark Update – April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019 Aardvark Update Good Deeds Day is an annual tradition of good deeds. All over the world, hundreds of thousands choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively […]
Aardvark Update – April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019 Aardvark Update Taking advantage of your free time is an important aspect to your experience in Israel. You are encouraged to use your time wisely by participating in the variety of optional evening activities the program provides which focus on social and cultural events in each city, as well as by visiting […]
Aardvark Updates – March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019 Aardvark Updates “Every Wednesday night we have Parsha & Pizza which has become the highlight of my week. Rabbi Marc comes every week with a smile on his face and interesting topics about each Parsha. This weekly reminder of of our Judaism makes our trips and activities even more meaningful. I can […]
Aardvark Updates – March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019 Aardvark Updates Tuesday morning, the Jerusalem students hiked to a monastery in the middle of the desert, called St. George Monastery. This amazing cliff-hanging monastery, one of the world’s oldest and definitely one of the most inspiring churches in the Holy Land. St. George’s Monastery was originally started in the fourth century […]
Aardvark Updates – March 19, 2019
March 19, 2019 Aardvark Updates Today, the Jerusalem students toured the Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock) and the Old City. The day started at the Christian quarter of the Old City, where the students arrived at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The church is where Jesus is supposedly buried and it was cool […]
Aardvark Updates – March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019 Aardvark Updates Our Tel Aviv students traveled to the Bahai Gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, the most holy site of the Bahai faith. The Bahai faith is a relatively new one, started under 200 years ago by a Persian of the name Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi who revealed himself as the […]
Daily Update – February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019 Daily Update Our Tel Aviv students spent the day at the Ein-Shemer Ecological Greenhouse. The Ecological Greenhouse is an innovative educational center, a place for social encounters and connection which combines two fundamental elements: environmental ecology and social ecology. In the framework of environmental ecology students in the greenhouse are engaged with […]
