Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. There hasn't really been anything exciting in the last 2 weeks or so since my Jerusalem trip. I've been here in Haifa, going to class, studying, and not doing much else.
The university is really boring on the weekends. Most of the Israeli students go home and the non-Israelis are left with an open campus. I spent last weekend working on my project for Intro to Rabbinic literature. I did a presentation about the rabbinic stance on war. It was really tough because not much has been written about it because during the time when the laws were written, the Jewish people were unable to go to war because of the exile. Therefore, there is no black and white legal text about war. Everything is extrapolated from the bible and strung together to create standards of conduct and what constitutes a correct war. It was a tough project and in hindsight I should have chosen another topic.
For some reason, Hebrew has gotten drastically better. I think it's because my teacher realized that I am the only one who does their homework every night. Terrorism and Responses is still the same course. We keep going off on bizarre tangents and it's really impacting what the course is supposed to teach. I'm disappointed by it. And so are other people. Arab-Israeli Relations remains a waste. The teacher gave out our final assignment a few days ago. It's due February 3, one month after courses end. That means I have to work on it back in Pittsburgh. I am not happy about it at all. Thankfully we have a program review sheet to tell the university everything that is wrong with their program. Other people, including myself are going to write letters as well.
The teacher strike still has not been resolved. The last day to resolve it is January 13. My Israeli roommates are not happy that their education lies in limbo like this.
These last few weeks have been really uneventful.
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