A Day at the Art Museum!

by Dr. Roberta Goodman, Tiferet Segel (Faculty) Most units at camp have the opportunity to extend the OSRUI experience outside of the confines of 600 Lac La Belle Drive. These off-site experiences fit the goals of the unit and camp in terms of relationship and...

From Floppy Disks to the Cloud

by Vanessa Ehrlich, Kallah Segel (Faculty) I have been part of the Segel, faculty, at OSRUI since 1989.  As Segel we are responsible for t’filot (services), in the morning, helping to guide our madrichim (counselors) to lead our limudim (educational programs),...

Confessions of a Campy Mom

by Sandy Rustin, Actress, Writer, Mom, and OSRUI Alum It’s July 24th and I miss camp. There was something about the sound of the bus wheels, slowing on the gravel of that circular driveway, that induced pure joy.  Hundreds of wide-eyed girls and wild-child boys...

The First Week of Tzofim Gimmel

by Deborah Goldberg, Tzofim Sganit Rosh Eidah (Assistant Unit Head) Tzofim Gimmel is off to a great start!  Our campers have had the opportunity to swim in the agam (lake) and the breicha (pool), to climb Etgar (the Alpine Tower), to learn Hebrew, to work with the...

The Value of Hebrew at Camp

by Lori Sagarin, Merkaz Ivrit Segel (Hebrew Center Faculty) Shalom L’Kol HaHorim shel OSRUI (Greetings to all the parents of OSRUI), My name is Lori Sagarin and I am the Director of Congregational Learning at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie, Illinois. This is my 18th...