Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 3, 2018
Dear Parents, Well, we have had another full week on Aardvark! At Sunday evening’s apartment meetings, we spoke about the tragedy last week in Israel. Ten Israeli youths, nine girls and a boy from a pre-military academy, were killed after they were carried off by a surge in the Tzafit stream west of the southern part […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 3, 2018
Dear parents, It has been another full week packed with activities here on Aardvark Tel Aviv. Here are some of the highlights: On Sunday the Madrichim ran activities with their apartments. In the activity, the students were asked to start thinking about a little project that they would like to do for the closing ceremony of […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 26, 2018
Shalom parents, I hope that this email finds you well. Here are some of the highlights from the past week. Sunday was a relaxing day. The Madrichim met with the students in their apartment meetings and they reflected on the Shabbaton by playing some games and making use of various other methods to help the […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 26, 2018
Dear Parents, Winter has arrived. Again. We began the week with nice warm weather, and then all of a sudden, winter retuned. Thunder, lightning, and a downpour of rain! However, despite the weather, we had a pretty incredible week. Here are some highlights: In our apartment meetings on Sunday evening we spoke about what prayer […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 24, 2018
Dear Parents, Here in Israel it has been a packed week including both Memorial Day and Independence Day. Marking these days, the students felt the unification of the country during this special time. Here are the highlights from this week (which was almost every day this week). Ready? Here we go: On Sunday evening at […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 24, 2018
Shalom Dear Parents, Here in Israel it has been a packed week including both Memorial Day and Independence Day. Marking these days, the students felt the unification of the country during this special time. Here are the highlights from this week (which was almost every day this week). Ready? Here we go: On Sunday evening […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 16, 2018
Dear Parents, I would like to share some of what we have been doing this past week. On Sunday the counselors met with their students for the weekly apartment meetings and an activity. They spoke about the coming weeks in Israel, which include Yom HaShoah to remember the Holocaust, Yom HaZikaron to remember Israel’s fallen […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 16, 2018
Dear Parents, We hope everyone had a wonderful Passover holiday! This week in Jerusalem, it was great to hear from all 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 is always an exciting one with […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem March 29, 2018
Dear Parents, Today is the start of Spring Break and all 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. Here are this week’s highlights: On Sunday afternoon the culture committee met and continued planning the Passover Seder. […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv March 29, 2018
Shalom Parents and Chag Sameach! Today is the start of Spring Break and all 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. However, here are some highlights from our past week: Last Shabbat, the Selah students spent […]