Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv September 30, 2016
Shalom Parents! Another great week is over and the holidays are just around the corner. If you’ll walk outside, you’ll see that the fall is starting to take his place here. It starting to get cold in the evening, each day is shorter than his previous one, winds dropping leaves on the ground etc. The […]
Student of the Week – Mati Davis
Hi, my name is Mati Davis. I am18 years old and have come to Israel from Los Angeles, CA. I decided to take a gap year because I feel that I need time to think about my future and connect with my family living in the land. I chose Aardvark because of its versatility and […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem September 25, 2016
Dear Parents, Our week in review here in Jerusalem: In our apartment meetings, we discussed and processed the past 3 weeks and how they went for our students using the My Israel Journey workbook as a guideline. We explored the concepts of the comfort, challenge, and chaos zones by discussing the different experiences they have […]
Welcome to Selah 2016
I cannot believe that in a few days you’ll all be in Israel on Aardvark. I wanted to wish you a happy last few days with your friends and family before you fly off for an incredible experience. I also wanted to introduce myself if we have not yet met or spoken. My name is […]
Jerusalem pre-arrival 2016
Dear Parents and Future Aardvarkians, Congratulations! By deciding to spend this year in Israel, you have made a wonderful decision that has the potential to be a life changing experience. It will be an adventure you will never forget. My name is Natali Basel and I’m the Coordinator for the Jerusalem section of Aardvark Israel. […]
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 – Tel Aviv February 21, 2016
Shalom Parents! Last week I was talking to the students about maximizing their time in Israel and during the talk one of the students asked me, “Adi, are you maximizing your time? Do you have plans for the weekend?” At first I was surprised by the question but my answer was, “at the moment no, […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv Dec 27, 2015
Shalom Parents! Our week began with a meeting with the culture committee about the final night of the semester. The students are excited about it and they are doing a lot of planning for the final evening. On Monday the Chinese students returned (those who came back from the trip to China) and we were […]
China 2013
Day 1 I’m happy to tell you that we arrived in Beijing safe and sound. We were a little tired from the long plane ride (to say the least) but we were lucky to get here on a sunny day and we were extremely excited to explore the city! Chabad house was our first stop […]
Ireland 2013
Day 1 Today was a loooong day. We left Israel on Tuesday evening and after a few hours layover in Istanbul we arrived in Dublin. Our rooms weren’t ready yet so we dropped off our luggage and continued on to lunch. We ate at a traditional Irish restaurant where we had fish and chips. It […]