OSRUI is in My Blood: A Camp Memoir

by Rabbi David Locketz of Cong. Bet Shalom in Minnetonka, MN.  Reprinted from TCJewfolk.com This past week I spent a couple of very quick and very cold days at a Midwinter Faculty meeting at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) in Oconomowoc, WI. Bet Shalom has a...

Say My Name, Say My Name

By Rabbi Marci N. Bellows, rabbi of Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh, NY, and an OSRUI Alum.  During my first summer at URJ’s Olin-Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) summer camp, I was a mere eleven years old. As the oldest of four children, I had a very clear role...