Jerusalem – The Centre of Israel’s Vivid Art Scene
You may not be aware of it but Jerusalem is the centre of Israel’s vivid and unique art scene. Various cultural roots influence the city’s artistic life and they combine to create some fascinating artwork. The most obvious place to see art in Jerusalem is the Israel Museum, the country’s main cultural complex located near […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem February 12, 2017
Hello parents, This week in Jerusalem we enjoyed some phenomenal activities… The week began on Sunday with the Sports Club and early on Monday morning some of us stayed up to watch the Super Bowl between the Falcons and the Patriots. Alex Kaufman was very disappointed by the Falcons’ collapse while Julia Heineman was excited because of the win. The event […]
Ethiopia 2017
Day 1 Shalom parents, After 2 flights, few hours of waiting in security lines and one missing bag (that came back to us a few hours later – Don’t worry..) I can say that we all arrived safe and sound to Gondar which is an amazing looking city…. Today was a day that will live […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem January 30, 2017
Dear Parents First of all I want to apologize for the delay of the weekly e-mail Here are some of the best moments we had last week Last week was super busy in Jerusalem. Sunday started is students off with internships in the morning and free time to get prepared for our apartment meetings as […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem January 22, 2017
Dear Parents Shalom, Last week was a great week on the Aardvark Jerusalem Program. Starting Monday we had our first day of internships/volunteering. Every year our students choose from a wide variety of places, everything from award winning bakeries to a preschool for children with special needs and this year was no different. Every student […]
Final Weekly update for Fall semester 2016
Shalom Parents! I cannot believe the semester is over…I feel like I just met the students yesterday. They were a little confused and very excited, and full of questions: “Why am I not alone in a bedroom?” “Where do I do my laundry?” “Why do I have to get up in the morning for volunteering?” […]
Weekly Updates – Jerusalem December 12, 2016
Dear Parents, Another month has passed here at Aardvark, but we’ve accomplished so much! Here are some of our highlights from our week: On Monday we enjoyed a class on How to Make Chanukah with clay. The instructor taught us cool design techniques, as well as how to build a kosher Chanukiah. David Aharoni said, […]
China 2016
Day 1 Dear Parents, Nee Hao! 致以诚挚的问候土豚！(Greetings from Aardvark!) Thanks to the Great FireWall of China, the students and Adi do not have full internet access this week. So in order to share their adventures with you Adi will be sending me photos and updates via WhatsApp and I’ll share them with you by email. […]
Student of the Week- Nicole Schutkin
Hello my name is Nicole Schutkin, I’m from Milwaukee Wisconsin. When I was in attending Hillel Academy in Milwaukee Wisconsin, I went on my 8th grade school trip to Israel. I fell in love with this country immediately. (hippainhelp.com) Ever since that trip it has been my desire to do a gap program in Israel […]
Czech Republic 2015
Day 1 Greetings from Prague! Today was a wonderful day despite it starting out before the sun was even up. We all met at the airport at 5:15 am and after making our way to duty free, we had breakfast together at Aroma where the cashier couldn’t get over the fact that our order was […]
