Join us for one of our upcoming Parent Q&A Conference Calls (or “Camp-inars”) with full-time staff. We’ll review highlights from the Family Handbook (also on your Forms Dashboard) and answer questions about Summer 2019. These are open to parents of new and...
by Solly Kane, OSRUI Director Camp is a great place for kids to unplug from technology. At camp, relationships are built face-to-face rather than through group chats and social media. Art is created with paintbrushes and pottery clay instead of Snapchat filters....
From the Director I recently returned from Israel where I spent a few days with the 35 Israelis who will be joining us as staff at camp this summer. Our Israeli shlichim (emissaries) come to us through a highly-competitive application process through the Jewish...
By Debbie Locketz, LICSW, Camper Care Director We have been busy talking to camp families over the past few months. It has been nice to reconnect with past camper families and welcome new camper families into our community. As the weather starts to get warmer, the...
Recently, we sat down with OSRUI Alum Jill Zenoff. Jill is a Jewish environmental educator, agrarian, community organizer, chef, and Chicago native. She recently took top prize at the Cheese Monger Invitational (SF 2019). She was the founder of The Gan Project (with...
