gap year in israel

Aardvark Updates – March 27, 2019

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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 […]

Aardvark Updates – March 12, 2019

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March 12, 2019 Aardvark Updates  Our Tel Aviv students traveled to the Bahai Gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, the most holy site of the Bahai faith. The Bahai faith is a relatively new one, started under 200 years ago by a Persian of the name Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi who revealed himself as the […]

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv October 19, 2018

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Shalom Parents, We hope that you have had just as fantastic a week as we have had here in Israel. It was a great week full of fun and educational activities. Ready to read about it? Here are some highlights: On Sunday, after internships, all of our students gathered in the “moadon” for the very […]

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv March 23, 2018

Hello Parents, It has been an amazingly sunny week here in Aardvark Tel Aviv. Here are some of this week’s highlights: On Sunday, we had a routine day with volunteering and internships. During the apartment meetings the madrichim ran all kind of different activities. Ilay’s group discussed the Break-Out March program: each student wrote their […]

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv November 23, 2017

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Dear parents The week is about to end but before it does I would like to tell you all about it! Last Shabbat we took 30 students away for a Shabbat experience on Kibbutz Hanaton. Selah, our Jewish identity track, goes away once a month for Shabbat but this time they opened their doors to […]

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv November 17, 2017

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Shalom Dear Parents, We’ve had a week full of activities and lectures, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. At present the students are beginning to think about their plans for the future. We are starting to hear from the students that they want to study at universities in Israel. Students are […]

Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv January 26, 2017

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Shalom Parents! After we dedicated an entire week to make sure everyone understands basic apartment maintenance, from cleaning to living together, we dedicated this week to something way more fun: Cooking! It is important to us that students have at least basic cooking skills by the time they finish our program. Why? because it is […]