Hey everyone,
Two big things have happened recently, and I thought it might be good to inform!
Security wise, YCers are currently banned from all Mediterranean beaches. In retaliation for Israel assassinating a major Hamas leader, Hamas has been sending barrels of explosives up the coast, and they've been landing at various beaches and exploding. Hopefully the scares will be over soon, but for now, we're all treading cautiously.
The other major development is the creation of "Aardvark", a non-Year Course version of Year Course. Essentially, many of the YJ staff have left YC in order to create a new version of YC
Differences between YC and Aardvark:
-No Negev section (five months in Tel Aviv, five months in Jerusalem)
-Price: 14,000, but flight/food is not included
-No Hadassah connection
-Mandatory specialties in both sections
There are other smaller differences, but these are the big ones. The whole thing has turned into such a feud between everyone, it's slightly ridiculous. Some are pro-Aardvark because they believe it fixes the logistical problems of YC, some are anti because the YC staff members who left for Aardvark were being paid by YC while they were forming the new program. As a non-Young Judaean, I don't have a passionate opinion either way, but I do think it's sad that they couldn't work to make YC better instead of going to form an entirely new program...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment