I spend so much time on campus at my faculty, I actually took the camera to show you all what I see on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis. As I stated before, the facutly is one of the newest on campus, so the building is actually really nice inside and out. The bottom floor is all lecture halls and some administrative stuff. There are 2 very large lecture halls, for about 150 people, where the BA classes happen. Then there are 2 smaller lecture halls, that are shared with MA and BA students.
This is room 101, on the bottom floor, which seats about 60. I have both of my classes in this room, as well as the study sessions for both classes, so I see this room very frequently. I usually sit 4 or 5 rows back in the middle.
The second floor is rooms for all the doctoral students, they get their own shared offices, more administrative buildings, and two smaller seminar rooms. In addition, the second floor also has the staff lounge, which is unofficially supposed to be reserved for faculty/staff/doctorants. You can see it below. They stock the place with coffee, and subscriptions to The Economist and Newsweek.
The second floor also has the graduate computer lab, where I spend a lot of my time doing Eviews and Stata and reading a lot of articles. The computer on the far right is my favorite, near my bags. You can see tha twe get the comfortable chairs. The BA students get crappy metal folding chairs. I have no problem kicking them out of this room, they deserve it.
The great part about the buildings is the porches. The second floor has the large main porch, seen below, which is gorgeous, especially on sunny days. The view below is looking West, toward the Medit. You can actually see the ocean as well. The large white building on the right is the Naftaly building, which houses the faculties of Poli-Sci, Diplomacy, and Sociology (I believe)
The third floor is solely reserved for faculty, all the professors have their offices on the top floor, and there are great porches there as well. Below is the view from one of the porches, looking north. On the left is the brand new Auditorium on campus, which always has events going on, concerts, lectures, congresses, etc. I have no idea what the building on the right is.
All in all it is quite a nice place to study, and also comfortable. I think I will be okay being here for 2 years.
More Hannukah festivities with my parents all of last week (they are still here this week as well). Here we lit all the candles on the last night at my grandparents place in Jerusalem. That specific Hannukiah actually belongs to my great great grandparents, on my fathers side, and will continue down to my grandchildren as well. Every Hannukah that little thing sits in the exact same place, for as long as I can remember.
Here's a little action shot of the family below. From right to left, my father, mother drinking coffee, grandfather on dads side (who is 87), myself, Rona, my cousins girlfriend, and my cousin, Michael. 
My parents and sister are still in town this week, and yesterday my friend Jesse arrived from the states. He and I are both invited to Yona's wedding on Thursday, so I will update with photos soon.
