Student of the Week – Carly Schain
Mountains of maroon-hued spices line the streets and the yells from sellers and buyers bargaining in Hebrew pierce the air- it’s Friday afternoon at Shuk HaCarmel in Tel Aviv. Throngs of locals rush past me, and it seems as if the entire city is shopping for the upcoming Shabbat. My name is Carly Schain and […]
Weekly Letter TLV December 17, 2020
This week our students got to visit two very special places. Half of the community drove up to Beit She’an National Park, which houses the spectacular ruins of the glory that was the Roman and Byzantine city of Bet She’an. Rising above them is the high mound on which Biblical Bet She’an stood. The […]
Quarantine Workout
by Josh Glucksman If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last year, I am sure the phrase “14-day quarantine” will ring a bell, and possibly stir up some strong emotions. It definitely did for me when I was told that upon my arrival to Israel this September, I would be swiftly whisked […]
Student of the Week – Nate Kingdom
Shalom! My name is Nate Kingdom and I’m from Denver, Colorado. I have been spending my fall semester in Tel Aviv, living on Nahalat Binyamin! I was planning on going to CU Boulder this semester, but in the world we live in right now that changed. I was always considering taking a gap year, but […]
Student of the Week – Angelica Levy
Hi there, my name is Angelica Levy and I’m from London, United Kingdom. I am currently lucky enough to be living in one of Jerusalem’s most distinctive, historic neighbourhoods, Nachlaot. (godaddy.com) In January I will be moving to Florentine in Tel Aviv for the Spring Semester, prior to beginning my university career back in the […]
Jerusalem Weekly – November 19, 2020
This week, Aardvark Jerusalem visited two very special places, the Old City in Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. These two cities are full of history and culture, and luckily this past Tuesday they were also full of sun even though it’s almost the end of November. This Monday, I had an excellent Faces of Israel class, […]
Monopoly Jerusalem
by Zach Buller & Ussishkin 10 Twenty-one sites. Eight hours. One city. When my roommates and I played Jerusalem-themed Monopoly during quarantine, we hatched a plan. The board would be our roadmap, and with featured locations like the City of David and Mount of Olives instead of Boardwalk and Park Place, we would explore all […]
A First-Timer in The Old City during COVID
by Ava Rosen There’s one thing the Old City in Jerusalem has that most other communities across the globe do not – a deep history. And I felt it. Walking into the Old City for the first time felt like entering a different time period. It’s not that it looked different; the same Jerusalem stone […]
Space IL
I began interning for SAGI & Co. early last month, and I have only positive things to say about my experience to date. From the first meeting, the CEO and founder of the multi-layered marketing company, Yaron Sagi, as well as his technology-focused partner, Lior Herman, have paved the way for me to learn from […]
Rabbi Sacks
We came out of Shabbat last night to big news from around the world. After learning updates about the US Elections, came the surprising and terribly sad news that the former Chief Rabbi of England, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks had passed away on Shabbat morning after losing a battle with cancer. There is a surprising […]