Student of the Week – Mia Cohen
Hi! I am Mia Cohen from Sydney, Australia, and I still can’t believe how fortunate I am to have experienced the last 3 incredibly rewarding and enriching months in Tel Aviv on Aardvark. I went to Moriah College, a modern orthodox Jewish school in Sydney, and in 2020, I look forward to commencing a combined […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv April 11, 2019
Dear Parents, This week was a historic week for the state of Israel. On Tuesday, millions of Israeli citizens went out to vote. Here at Aardvark Tel-Aviv, our students took advantage of the election day in different ways. Some walked around the different voting stations to see what it’s like and some enjoyed the fact […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem April 11, 2019
Dear Parents, It has been an amazingly sunny week here on Aardvark Jerusalem and we are all enjoying the nice change from the rainy winter! Let’s take a look at some of this past week’s highlights! On Sunday afternoon, our students went to pay their respects to the family of Zachary (Zechariah) Baumel. Sgt. First […]
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 […]
Israeli TV Shows to Prepare You for Your Gap Year
If you are considering a gap year in Israel but are not sure how best to prepare for it, then one thing that you can do with minimum effort is watch some fantastic Israeli television shows. Over the last few years a number of Israeli shows, such as Homeland, Traffic Light and In Treatment, have […]
Birdwatching in Israel
Something you may not know about Israel is that it is one of the best places in the world to go birdwatching. Each year more than one billion birds fly over Israel during spring and autumn, and there is an amazing variety of species. There are numerous locations to go bird watching in Israel and […]