Almost A Week In Jerusalem!

So, we've been in Jerusalem since last Sunday.
We arrived in the city and stopped at the overlook (the first place we went on the synagogue trip), as a bonding activity as a group. It was beautiful, although a lot us just wanted to get to Beit Schmuel (the HUC dorm where we live) and settle in.
At about three in the afternoon we arrived at Beit Schmuel, got our roommates and keys and began, finally, to unpack our suitcases.
My roommates names are Tanya and Sara, they both went to school in NYC. One lives in the city on the Upper West Side and the other is from Great Neck. They're both very nice.
Pictures of my room will be coming, but i can describe it a little bit. It's a hostel room, and it has three sets of bunk beds, though the top beds fold up on to the wall, so up and out of the way. All three of us in the room really like orange, Sara and I have orange sheets on our beds, and Tanya has a bright orange blanket. It makes the room really bright. Other than that, there are two drawers under each bed, and a closet that the three of us share. We have our own bathroom, with a room for the toilet and a room for the shower, as well as one desk for the three of us. All in all, it's pretty good, there isn't an enormous amount of space, but it could be much much worse.
Daily/Weekly life in Jerusalem:
We take four classes: Hebrew (I'm in level 1)
Arabic, everyone is in the same level, although there are two different classes, Civilizations; which is the course to help us learn about all the countries we are going to be visiting: their history, culture and some modern day information
Middle East: Where we'll focus on understanding the countries surrounding Israel, their beliefs, religions, customs, etc. in order to try and better understand the social conflict.
Monday: We have classes. Hebrew and Arabic in the morning then lunch, then our civilizations course, then some free time, then dinner, then our Middle East Course then a group activity.
Tuesday: Tuesday is our social responsibility day. We are all required to take part in a community service project in around the city of Jerusalem. I, along with four other girls from KIVUNIM are going to be working at Weezo, which is a battered women's shelter up the street in Jerusalem. Right now all we're doing is sorting clothing (they operate a sort of thrift store for women who don't have a lot of money) but the hope is to be able to meet with the women over the course of the year.
Wednesday: Is another class day; Hebrew and Arabic in the morning, a group activity, a large chunk of civilization classes, dinner and then a night out to do what we want in Jerusalem.
Thursday: Hebrew and Arabic in the morning, lunch, and then Middle East in the afternoon, then dinner and sometimes a group activity and sometimes time to do what we want in Jerusalem.
Friday: Fridays are always free
-Once or twice a month we have free weekends, so from Thursday after programing to Saturday night, we are free and can do whatever we want within Israel.
When we have non-free Shabbats or Shabbat byachad (together) Fridays may include a small amount of programing, for instance, going to the Shuk, or some other market within Israel.
Saturday: Saturdays are always very relaxed; although this program does not associate with any particular denomination of Judaism it respects all beliefs, so for those who may want to keep Shabbat the program respects their beliefs and does not schedule activities that would make them compromise Shabbat.
-There are a fair number of modern orthodox students on this trip; more than I honestly expected, although only one of them observes Shabbat
-A good portion of the students are conservative
-There is a small number of Reform students, and that is certainly the minority.
-There are also a couple students who either do not associate themselves with one of the denominations.
The surprising thing here though is that the overwhelming the majority of students have gone to Jewish Day School their entire lives, and if they haven't gone their entire lives then they at least went through 8th grade. There are maybe six students out of 47 who went to public school at any point in their lives.
Sunday: Sundays are always reserved for group programing in Israel. The goal of Sunday excursions are to deepen our understanding and knowledge about what we're studying within our classes. So that may mean, going somewhere that we can learn something about the next country we're going to visit which connects to our civilization course. Or going to other religious sites in and around Jerusalem, whether that be a mosque or a church or something else, in order to increase our awareness of the social conflict.
That's our typical week while we're in Jerusalem, when we go to other countries it will be more like orientation with constant programming and group activities.