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Conservative movement relaunches Israel gap-year program, swapping kibbutzes for Tel Aviv

JL;DR SUMMARY The Conservative movement in the United States is revitalizing its Israel gap-year program, Nativ, set to relaunch in 2026. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Tel AvivJewish EducationConservative MovementInternshipNativ ProgramFlorentin NeighborhoodCollege CreditsGap YearAardvark Israel

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Instead of sending students from Jerusalem to kibbutzes and small villages for volunteer work, Nativ will now have students spend the second half of the school year in Tel Aviv, with a home base in the trendy Florentin neighborhood."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Aardvark maintains apartments in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and has a collaboration with Portland State University that allows its participants to earn college credits."
Portland, Oregon, United States
"Aardvark maintains apartments in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and has a collaboration with Portland State University that allows its participants to earn college credits."

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