by Geoff Prass, Tzofim Segel (Faculty) I looked around at a circle of over 120 Tzofim campers and counselors and could not help but smile. As we prepare for the culmination of our limudim (study) topic, Teva (nature), the eidah (unit) became a living, Jewish calendar...
by Daniel Shore, Kallah Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) As the Oconomowoc temperatures cool, things in Kallah have been heating up! The campers have been leading services, going back and forth between the lake and the pool, and going up on the Alpine Tower. Over the weekend,...
by Rabbi Ali Abrams, Kallah Segel (Faculty) There is really no such thing as a “typical day” here at OSRUI because all kinds of wonderful things are happening all the time. We do have schedules- we wake up at a certain time, eat at consistent times, and generally...
Did you attend a URJ summer camp or a Reform congregation’s day camp? Maybe you studied in Israel with NFTY-EIE’s summer session, volunteered with Mitzvah Corps, or attended the Religious Action Center’s Machon Kaplan program? The Reform Movement offers a number of...
by Shelly Drucker Friedman, Tiferet Segel (Faculty) I never went to a Jewish overnight camp as a kid. It wasn’t that I didn’t try other camps; I did, but unfortunately my parents had no idea that the UAHC (that’s what we called ourselves back in the day)...
