Jerusalem pre-arrival 2016
Dear Parents and Future Aardvarkians, Congratulations! By deciding to spend this year in Israel, you have made a wonderful decision that has the potential to be a life changing experience. It will be an adventure you will never forget. My name is Natali Basel and I’m the Coordinator for the Jerusalem section of Aardvark Israel. […]
Selah Email
Hello to all the Selah crew for 2016-2017! Now that we have finished last year’s program I am already looking forward to next year and with Shavuot coming up I thought I’d share a few thoughts and a photo with you. On Shavuot we read the Book of Ruth, a short story about Ruth, the […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv June 2, 2016
Shalom Parents I hope that you are all excited to see your children again. We, the Tel Aviv staff, have had a bittersweet 3 days since they left… It is so exciting to see the change and progress every single one of them made during the semester! But at the moment the office is so […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 31, 2016
Shalom Parents! The Aardvark program officially came to an end today (for everyone except those in Marva). It is a bittersweet feeling 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 along the streets of […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 27, 2016
Dear 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 and very excited, and full of questions: “Why am I not alone in a bedroom?” “Where do I do my laundry?” “Why do I have […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 21, 2016
Dear Parents, I cannot believe that there are just two weeks left of the program. I feel like I just met the students yesterday. They were confused and excited, and full of question like “Why am I not alone in the room?”, “Why are there so many steps?”, “Why do I have to get up […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 21, 2016
Shalom Parents! This week felt slightly different. A lot of the students are beginning to understand that the semester is close to an end and this knowledge affects each student differently. Some of them are happy to go back home to family and friends, some feel nervous about it, some students thought that they would […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 18, 2016
Dear Parents, Last week in Israel was extremely busy so as a result of the holidays combined with the end of year preparations my letter is reaching you a little later than usual. The consecutive holidays of Memorial Day and Independence Day create a very special time in Israel. Marking these days the students felt […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 18, 2016
Shalom Parents! Last week in Israel was extremely busy so as a result of the holidays combined with the end of year preparations my letter is reaching you a little later than usual. The students have had number of different experiences over the past two weeks and I’m happy to share them with you. On […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 25, 2016
Dear ParentsI want to wish everyone happy holidayUnfortunately I broke my leg so the weekly email is bit delayedHere are some of our experiences from last week:Last week we had to say goodbye to the military track. Once the students come back from the pessach break, some of the students are heading off to Sde […]