Student of the Week – Isaac Cremer
Shalom, my name is Isaac Cremer, I’m from Sydney Australia, and I’ve been granted the amazing opportunity of being part of Aardvark Spring Semester 2019. I went to the school Moriah College back in Sydney, and came to Israel as part of my gap year before university. I’m now living in Florentine Tel-Aviv for 5 […]
Aardvark Update – April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019 Aardvark Update The Selah students toured the Ramada hotel in Jerusalem and had behind the scenes access to the hotel kitchens. The students met with the hotel Rabbi and the Kashrut supervisors and kitchen staff. Their tour was led by Rabbi Krakowski, the head of the OU Kashrut Division in Israel. They […]
A Quick Guide to Israel’s 2019 Elections
This month sees elections taking place in Israel. Israeli politics are incredibly hard to follow; the fact that there are 41 parties standing in the elections tells you all that you need to know. People vote for the parties and the more votes a party gets, the more seats it has in Israel’s 120-seat parliament. […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 5, 2019
Shalom dear parents, This week was special due to the upcoming elections next week, during it we focused on important topics such as the security situation and the political storms that are happening at present. Now I would like to tell you all about the week we had. On Sunday evening, after cleaning their apartments, […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 5, 2019
Dear Parents, We hope you are all doing well and that those of you who are preparing for Passover are not finding the cleaning too stressful. Remember dust is not chametz! Here are this week’s highlights: Early Sunday morning, Natali flew with some of our students for their trip to Italy! Everyone else had internships […]
Student of the Week – Jaimi Knep
Hi, my name is Jaimi Knep from Sydney, Australia and I am currently living it up in the most hipster neighbourhood of Florentin, Tel Aviv, whilst on the Spring Semester of Aardvark Israel. I graduated from Moriah College in 2018, a modern orthodox Jewish day school. I grew up surrounded by a loving Jewish community, […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem March 28, 2019
Dear Parents, Spring is almost here, things are beginning to bloom, and we are looking forward to the end of winter so that we can enjoy spring in Jerusalem and Israel. Here are last week’s highlights: On Sunday afternoon, some of our students went on a tour of the IDC Herzliya – International School. Some […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv March 28, 2019
Dear Parents, Another week has gone by here at Aardvark Tel-Aviv and it was definitely an exciting and thrilling one. After our Nepal group came back and the Purim festivities ended, we returned to our normal routine and had another great week focusing on our monthly subject, the multicultural society of Israel. On Sunday we […]
Student of the Week – Hannah Saban
My name is Hannah Saban, I’m 19 years old and I’m from Atlanta Georgia. This fall I will be attending High Point University in North Carolina and what follows may be the least formal student of the week there ever was, so stick with me (; I was birthed into the world by my beautiful […]
Aardvark Updates – March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019 Aardvark Updates “Every Wednesday night we have Parsha & Pizza which has become the highlight of my week. Rabbi Marc comes every week with a smile on his face and interesting topics about each Parsha. This weekly reminder of of our Judaism makes our trips and activities even more meaningful. I can […]