gap year in israel

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – July 22, 2021

Gan hashlosha

Hello Parents and Students,   This week was the last full week of the semester. It was filled with final activities and opportunities to enjoy each other as a community. On Sunday, we discussed Tisha B’Av. The groups had an activity with their Madrichim in which they spoke about what this day represents, the reasons […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – July 15, 2021

Gap year in israel - aardvarkisrael

Hello Parents and Students, We’re getting close to the end of the semester yet this week we had more amazing experiences. On Sunday, the students had an activity with their Madrichim in which they spoke about different aspects and experiences they had until now and what they are taking with them to the end of […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – July 8, 2021

Gap year in israel - aardvarkisrael

Hello Parents and Students,   This last week was filled with experiences that will hopefuly last for a lifetime. Before this week started, we had a great weekend all together in Jerusalem. The wekeend started Friday at Yad VaShem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – July 4, 2021

Masada and the dead sea

Hello Parents and Students,  This week was filled with fun activities and experiences. In the begining of the week, we participated in a color war, organized by some of our students, in which the students were divided into groups, assigned a color, and completed different tasks in order to win.  In Faces of Israel, we heard […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 24, 2021

Kibbutz nir am

Hello Parents and Students, This week was filled with insightful and enjoyable experiences. On Sunday evening, the groups spent some quality time with the Madrichim in their apartments. They enjoyed hanging out together and they even baked some amazing cookies and cakes. On Monday, Oz and Yoav’s groups had a session of Faces of Israel […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 17, 2021

Gap year in israel - aardvarkisrael

Hello Parents and Students, This week was fun and exciting, filled with great discussions and events. On Sunday, the students had an opportunity to get to know other Aardvarkians better by playing fun games that required them to work together. The community was divided into two groups – Yoav and Oz’s, and Stav and Netta’s. […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 10, 2021

Enjoying the views near eilat

Hello Parents and Students, This past week was filled with new and exciting activities. On Sunday, the students who signed up for the Eilat trip and those who signed up for Yam Le’Yam (Sea to Sea) left for their adventures. After a long drive south, the students on the Eilat trip arrived and enjoyed Banana […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – June 3, 2021

Rock climbing

Hello Parents and Students,   This week was very exciting with new apartments and new experiences! We started the week with a community discussion. We talked about how we are forming a community, about what we have built since the semester began, the things we’re looking forward to building together in the future, and how […]

This week in the Rothschild Community TLV – May 27, 2021

Aardvark israel hosted a prom night

Hello Parents and Students,This week, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, things were less stressful and we were able to get some rest after last week’s great Golan Heignts trip.   On Sunday night, Aardvark Israel hosted a Prom Night! The students had an opportunity to mingle and say goodbye to their friends from […]

Florentin Tel Aviv Weekly – May 13, 2021

Bowling

Shalom Parents and Students, We are entering the weekend after a challenging week here in Israel. Though there were some stressful moments this week, there were many positive highlights as well. Below are a few paragraphs from students, talking about the past week. Dani Starr wrote about Tuesday’s tiyul: “For our final Tiyul Tuesday, we went […]