The Israeli Lunar Mission
In yet another display of Israeli innovation, an Israeli company has sent the world’s first privately funded mission to the moon, with the unmanned robotic capsule, named Bereshit, due to land on the moon in mid-April 2019. The capsule, created by the organisation SpaceIL, launched in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air […]
Israel at the Oscars
In February 2019 the Israeli director Guy Nattiv won an Academy Award for best live-action short for his film ‘Skin’. Nattiv is one of very few Israelis to have won an Oscar, the last time an Israeli director won an Oscar was in 1978, when Moshe Mizrachi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film […]
Daily Update – February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019 Daily Update Our Tel Aviv students spent the day at the Ein-Shemer Ecological Greenhouse. The Ecological Greenhouse is an innovative educational center, a place for social encounters and connection which combines two fundamental elements: environmental ecology and social ecology. In the framework of environmental ecology students in the greenhouse are engaged with […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem February 21, 2019
Dear Parents, Shalom Shalom! What a week it’s been! On Sunday the students met with their Madrichim in the apartment meetings, and in memory of Ori Ansbacher, they learned about Israel and the Shvil Israel. The Shvil is a trail that goes from the North of Israel to the South of Israel. The students learned […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv February 21, 2019
Dear Parents Shalom Parents! Happy Adar! The Jewish sages say that from the moment Adar begins we increase in our measure of happiness. Here at Aardvark, we’re definitely lifting up the spirits as we prepare for the crazy and joyous holiday of Purim. After a long weekend during which the Ethiopia trip students relaxed and […]
Daily Update – February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019 Daily Update On Tuesday, the Tel Aviv group went to Rechovot for a day on modern Zionism and historical Zionism. The students began the day in a place where the two types of Zionism meet, the Chaim Weizmann House – Weizmann was the first President of the State of Israel, a scientist […]
Israel’s Development of the Tomato
You have probably eaten a huge number of tomatoes, or tomato based products in your life. Tomatoes can be found a huge range of foods, the most obvious being salads, pizza, and ketchup. However, you probably aren’t aware that much of the modern tomato is down to Israeli innovation. While tomatoes are not Israeli in […]
Daily Update – February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019 Daily Update The Selah group went to the Old City of Jerusalem where we met a scribal artist – Kalman Delmoor – in an ancient Sefardi synagogue. Kalman taught the group about the power and symbolism of the Alef-Bet and gave an introductory workshop on how to write with ink and quill. […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem February 15, 2019
Dear Parents, What a week it has been! On Sunday, in the apartment meeting, the students met with the Madrichim for a night that was all about group dynamics. Each group had a nice activity to break the ice and then went deeper into meaningful conversations about their experience in Israel. Shalhevet taught her students […]
Weekly Updates – Tel Aviv February 14, 2019
Dear Parents Shalom Shalom! What a week it’s been! With what feels like a third of our students in Ethiopia, Aardvark Tel Aviv has noticeably downsized. However, what we lacked in numbers this week we made up for in spirit and activities. On Sunday for the apartment meeting, the students met with the Madrichim for a night that […]