SHABBAT VA’ETCHANAN 2015 Wow! What a week it’s been here at OSRUI. We had many all-camp events, including Oconomostock and Maccabiah. Kallah celebrated many special themed days, such as Yom Lumber Jack and Jill where they made flapjacks for lunch and...
By Lizzy Scheinkopf, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah We have had a fantastic week in Moshavah! This week is always the longest period of time that we get to spend in-camp, so we take full advantage of all the fun that camp has to offer. Beyond our regularly scheduled...
By Vanessa Ehrlich, Educational Director at Lakeside Congregation in Highland Park, IL and Kallah Segel They’re back. It’s been three weeks and while your world may have kept its normal rhythms and pace, their’s has turned upside down. They’ve made new friends,...
By Rabbi Rachel Marks, Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Shalom in Milwaukee, WI and Tiferet Segel I believe that OSRUI can be likened to a book in the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. The chanichim (campers) choose which eidah (unit) to enter. Once they’ve made...
By Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, Senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom of Chicago in Chicago, IL and Gesher Segel Serving on faculty of Gesher is a new experience for me. Back in the very early eighties there was no Gesher unit. So I had to learn about them. I like what I have...
