Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv May 8, 2016
Shalom Parents! Holocaust Memorial DayIn Israel, when Passover is over, we enter one of the most meaningful times of the year. Starting with Holocaust Memorial Day, then a week later Memorial Day for our Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, and immediately following with celebrations of Israeli Independence Day (68 years and counting). It is […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem May 5, 2016
Dear Parents, Here are some of our most important events this week. On Tuesday we went to the Israel Museum. My favorite part of the visit was learning about and seeing the Dead Sea scrolls. These manuscripts are estimated to have been written between 300BCE and 100CE and were found in caves near Masada.The scrolls […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 24, 2016
Shalom Parents! family reunionYesterday was a special day in Israel. It was Seder Night. Almost everything was closed (such as shops, restaurants, cinemas…) and everyone gathered together for a family reunion! Each family has its own traditions which often depend on where they originate from, some will hit each other with spring onions, some have […]
Weekly Update – Jerusalem April 17, 2016
Jerusalem April 17, 2016 Dear Aardvark Parents, I’m sorry that last week’s weekly newsletter wasn’t sent to you, I was leading the International Track’s trip to Germany. Here are this week’s highlights: We started our week with the weekly inspection. At the inspection Tally, the madricha for apartments 6 and 12, cooked a special dinner […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 17, 2016
Shalom Parents! Another week of Aardvark is over. If I was asked to summarize the week in just a few words I would say: Sunny, Rainy, Exciting, and Hummus! If you want to hear a little more about it then keep on reading: Hummus WorkshopOn Monday evening the students went to a Hummus Workshop inside […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 10, 2016
Shalom Parents! Here in Tel Aviv we can already feel the spring. It is warm outside, but not too warm. A lot of people are heading outdoors and there are a number of events taking place, we can almost feel the Passover/spring break atmosphere in the air. Throughout the first week of April we had […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 3, 2016
Shalom Parents! Today is the final day of the month of March, one of the program’s more intense months. Why? Because it was “Breakout” month on Aardvark. At the beginning of the month, now that the students have been here for a while and have a better understanding of what they hope to achieve with […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 3, 2016
Dear parents, This week I have decided to give one of our students the opportunity to tell you about the past few days. Here are some words from Adam Acker: caves near Beit Shemesh“This past Tuesday we had an incredible tiyul. Our group toured the stalactite and stalagmite caves near Beit Shemesh. We explored the […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem March 27, 2016
Dear Parents,hikeBy now you will have heard about the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.We heard the news during the second day of our tiyul, a few minutes before starting our last hike and just before we lost internet connectivity (there is no internet reception in the desert). During the hike we chatted about it with […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv March 25, 2016
Shalom Parents! hike By now you will have heard about the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.We heard the news during the second day of our tiyul, a few minutes before starting our last hike and just before we lost internet connectivity (there is no internet reception in the desert). During the hike we chatted about […]