Rabbi Melissa B. Simon, Tiferet Segel and Director of Lifelong Learning at Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, MN Imagine praying twice a day, every day. You might think the service would get a bit stale or repetitive. But here at OSRUI our prayer life is perhaps one of the...
By Brian Erlich, Digital Arts Specialist As we are now changing our name from Media to Digital Arts, the chanichim are growing into a group of Spielbergs! Tzofim and Kallah campers in the filmmaking chug are learning the ropes of filmmaking by doing; both chugs have...
By Micah Brandhandler, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah Chalutzim had a wonderful first week at camp. Every day at breakfast we ask the chanichim “Who wants to speak only Hebrew today?” The first day no one raised their hands, but today almost half of Chalutzim is speaking rak...
by Anne Stein, Kallah Faculty Member and Director of Education at Cong. Etz Chaim in Lombard Working in Kallah is such fun because many of the chanichim (campers) are here for the first time so everything is new to them, especially Shabbat at camp. All week long the...
By Naomi Gamoran, Tiferet Rosh Eidah It has been a wonderful first week in Tiferet! The chanichim (campers) have amazed me with their incredible personalities and artistic talent! Our day begins with t’filot (services),where we join together in our outdoor Beit...
