Weekly Updates – Jerusalem October 30, 2016
Dear Parents, I hope your week was as eventful and as much fun as ours! The biggest highlight of our week was our annual 3-day Ketura Seminar. On Tuesday morning, bright and early at 6:00 am, we departed for Kibbutz Ketura which is located in southern Israel in the Arava desert, about 30 min north […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv October 28, 2016
Shalom Parents! It is great to be back again I hope your holidays were relaxing and meaningful. Here are some of are highlights for the week – things were over the top here and there is plenty I want to share so make sure you are sitting comfortable. Simhat Torah is one of the most happiest holidays […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem October 23, 2016
Dear Parents, Mo’adim L’simcha! It seems that this year that October is full of holidays.At Aardvark we are busy, though also stuffed from yummy holiday meals! Here are some of the highlights of the week: Earlier this week all the students participated to build our gorgeous sukkah. It was amazing to see how kids worked […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv October 13, 2016
Shalom Parents, This week was a very special week due to Yom Kippur, as some of you know there is a different atmosphere in Israel than anywhere else in the world during Yom Kippur. Conversations about what is the best way to get past the fast are heard everywhere. Kids bother their parents about fixing the […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem October 13, 2016
Dear Parents, Happy New Year and we hope you all had an easy and meaningful Yom Kippur. This week, in honor of the new year, we helped the kids turn their eyes within. At this time of the year, during the holidays, we asked the students to reflect their time here in Israel and their […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem October 7, 2016
Dear Parents, Shana Tova! Because of the chag we had a short week here Ardvaark, but still we’ve been busy and its been amazing! What could be better than starting a new week with a New Year? All our students found host families to experience Rosh Hashanah here in Israel. The students enjoyed eating the […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv October 7, 2016
Hello Parents, Since Adi left us here all alone for the holidays, I’ll be writing you the weekly newsletters in the next couple of weeks. I want to apologize for those of you that every week, since August 28th, are waiting for Thursday to come and bring Adi’s letter with it, packed with wonderful metaphors […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 30, 2016
Dear Parents I want to share with you some of the special moments we have experienced here at Aardvark. On Monday night we had a Workshop on “Create Your Own Sushi.” We taught the students that sometimes instead of hitting the local sushi restaurant, that instead, with the help of a few simple products from […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 30, 2016
Shalom Parents! Another great week is over and the holidays are just around the corner. If you’ll walk outside, you’ll see that the fall is starting to take his place here. It starting to get cold in the evening, each day is shorter than his previous one, winds dropping leaves on the ground etc. The […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 25, 2016
Dear Parents, Our week in review here in Jerusalem: In our apartment meetings, we discussed and processed the past 3 weeks and how they went for our students using the My Israel Journey workbook as a guideline. We explored the concepts of the comfort, challenge, and chaos zones by discussing the different experiences they have […]