Meet Our Hava Nashira 2020 Faculty

Meet Our Hava Nashira 2020 Faculty

Cantor Rosalie Will – Hava Nashira Program Director   Cantor Rosalie Will mentors clergy in the field and consults on issues of worship, music, and synagogue transition and change. She also serves as the Director of Worship and Music for the Union for Reform Judaism...
Sharing Our Tiferet Journey

Sharing Our Tiferet Journey

By Cantor Jennifer Frost and Jay Rapoport, RJE, Tiferet Segel (Faculty) Tiferet Aleph has been on an extraordinary journey that includes middot (values), t’filah (prayer), and a deep dive into our theme, Midrashim (stories based on biblical text)...
Creativity is Key!

Creativity is Key!

by Leah Sherin, Tiferet Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) After a few weeks, Tiferet Bet is in full swing! In our first week, Tiferet chanichim (campers) jumped right in to studios and began creating art, experienced lots of camp activities like swimming, sports, and chugim...
Harmony: Hava Nashira 2015

Harmony: Hava Nashira 2015

by Rachel Marcus, Rosh Shira at Camp Ramah California and Hava Nashira 2015 participant Harmony (noun): the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect. If I could describe my past week with one...
Song and Creation – Reflections on Shabbat Shira at OSRUI

Song and Creation – Reflections on Shabbat Shira at OSRUI

By Rabbi Larry Karol, songwriter, performer, Rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Las Cruces NM, and OSRUI alum  I am sure that if you had asked me about what I would be doing after turning 60, I wouldn’t have imagined that I would I be participating in new conferences...
Song and Creation – Reflections on Shabbat Shira at OSRUI

Tiferet Bet Final Show

Tiferet Bet campers work throughout the session on a final show, to which families are invited.  This year’s presentation was spectacular and showcased the incredible creativity, talent, and passion of our campers.   https://vimeo.com/103059775  ...