Weekly Updates – November 4, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! It’s getting chilly here in Israel as November has finally arrived! This Tiyul Tuesday, our Tel Aviv students traveled to the Holy City of Jerusalem and entered Me’arat Hanetifim – a stalactite cave. Our Jerusalem community traveled to Ein Prat, a beautiful hike, with a mix of desert vibes and a […]
The Aardvark Monthly – October 2021
Shalom Parents, Students, Partners, and Staff! We are already halfway into the semester (!) and the students have been enjoying their internships, volunteering, classes, and chugim. Each of our communities participated in 3-day seminars in Kibbutz Ketura, down south, near Eilat. They got familiar with the collective lifestyle in the Kibbutz – an Israeli invention. They attended […]
Exploring Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard
Anyone who has spent any time in Tel Aviv is sure to be familiar with Rothschild Boulevard. It is like a microcosm of the city, displaying everything that it has to offer. If you are spending your gap year in Tel Aviv, then it is a street that you are sure to come to know […]
The Future of the Dead Sea
In recent years, more and more attention is being given to preserving the Dead Sea. It is a unique body of water that is at the lowest point on earth, 420 metres below sea level. However, while it is one of Israel’s major tourist attractions, it has been shrinking extremely quickly and has lost more […]
Weekly Updates – October 31, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! This week was busy as usual, but mostly for our Tel Aviv students, who traveled to Kibbutz Ketura, in the Arava, near Eilat. The students experienced some really meaningful moments, in a three-day-long seminar, that included workshops, hikes, community activities, and group bonding activities. The students learned about the Kibbutz lifestyle […]
Weekly Updates – October 21, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! What a busy week we’ve had! On Tuesday our Tel Aviv students traveled to Khirbet Midras where they learned about the history of Bar Kokhba revolt, and also traveled to Beita Israel, a cultural center of the Jewish Ethiopian community in Israel, where the students built houses from mud, just like they do […]
Weekly Updates – October 14, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! Another exciting week has come to an end here in Israel, filled with new, meaningful adventures. Our seminars in Kibbutz Ketura started with the Jerusalem community traveling down South (and we mean really South, near Eilat!) for three days of kibbutz life in the desert. The seminar started with a tour around […]
The Aardvark Monthly – September 2021
Shalom Parents, Students, Partners, and Staff! This month on Aardvark Israel was very exciting, with the arrival of more than 160 students from all around the world, starting their Fall programs. The students settled into their new apartments, started getting to know their new flatmates, toured around the neighborhoods, and started their local experience. The Chagim arrived, mentioning […]
Weekly Updates – October 1, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! The Chagim are officially over, and we are diving into our weekly routines. But first, we enjoyed our last holiday meal; our Jerusalem community students cooked together in their very own Sukkah! (www.hikeaddicts.com) And what’s more Israeli than cooking shakshuka? Ben, Daniel, Hannah, Cooper, Ami, Sarah and Noa in their decorated […]
Weekly Updates – September 24, 2021
Shalom Parents and Students! It’s the middle of the Chagim season here in Israel and we can feel it in the air. Business is slowing down and the temperatures are dropping; our students celebrated Sukkot with the four species inside the Sukkot our students built in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. This week, our Selah students traveled to […]