gap year in israel

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 10, 2021

Enjoying the views near eilat

Hello Parents and Students, This past week was filled with new and exciting activities. On Sunday, the students who signed up for the Eilat trip and those who signed up for Yam Le’Yam (Sea to Sea) left for their adventures. After a long drive south, the students on the Eilat trip arrived and enjoyed Banana […]

Summer Trips

Gap year in israel - aardvarkisrael

This week our students got the chance to travel through Israel, up north, and in Eilat, the Southeast city in Israel. The students who chose to travel up north experienced some of the beauty Israel has to offer, hiking through rivers and the Sea of Gallilee in a well-known trip called Yam-El-Yam, that almost every […]

Jerusalem Weekly – June 3, 2021

Extreme track went for rappelling on the walls of the old city of jerusalem

Hello Parents and Students,This week was very exciting with new apartments and new experiences! On Sunday, the big move arrived, and after a long day of finishing up packing, cleaning, and arranging, we moved to the new apartments. Finally our entire community lives in one building now, at Ussishkin 59, Jerusalem. On Monday, some of us decided […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 3, 2021

Rock climbing

Hello Parents and Students,   This week was very exciting with new apartments and new experiences! We started the week with a community discussion. We talked about how we are forming a community, about what we have built since the semester began, the things we’re looking forward to building together in the future, and how […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – May 27, 2021

Aardvark israel hosted a prom night

Hello Parents and Students,This week, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, things were less stressful and we were able to get some rest after last week’s great Golan Heignts trip.   On Sunday night, Aardvark Israel hosted a Prom Night! The students had an opportunity to mingle and say goodbye to their friends from […]

Jerusalem Weekly – May 27, 2021

Aardvark israel hosted a prom night

Hello Parents and Students, This week, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, things were less stressful and we were able to get some rest after last week’s amazing Golan Heights trip.   On Sunday night, Aardvark Israel hosted a Prom Night! The students had an opportunity to mingle and say goodbye to their friends from […]

This Week on Aardvark Israel

Ice skating

Shalom Parents and Students,   Since the week started with two days of Shavuot holiday, it was a short one but still amazing! On Monday night, we were informed by Masa that we were lucky to receive an extra night for our trip up north with all three communities from Rothschild, Florentin, and Jerusalem. The students and staff […]

Jerusalem Weekly #2 – May 13, 2021

Hiked down mount arbel

The past week in Israel hasn’t been easy, but ensuring the safety and well-being of the students is our top priority.  We are in constant contact with Masa and other relevant agencies to ensure the safety of all our students. Even with the complexities in Israel, we also had many wonderful highlights this week. On Sunday, we had our […]

Jerusalem Weekly – May 13, 2021

Masada and the dead sea

The past week in Israel hasn’t been easy, but ensuring the safety and well-being of the students is our top priority. We are in constant contact with Masa and the relevant agencies to ensure the safety of all our students following the recent developments in Israel. Even with the complexity of these times in Israel, our week […]

Florentin Tel Aviv Weekly – May 13, 2021

Bowling

Shalom Parents and Students, We are entering the weekend after a challenging week here in Israel. Though there were some stressful moments this week, there were many positive highlights as well. Below are a few paragraphs from students, talking about the past week. Dani Starr wrote about Tuesday’s tiyul: “For our final Tiyul Tuesday, we went […]