Parshat Re’eh: Looking to the past and the future Dear OSRUI Families, It is hard to believe the end of summer has arrived! It has been a great final week at camp! Gesher did an outstanding job hosting our all-camp carnival Thursday night. Moshavah enjoyed their final...
by Jami Goldberg, Gesher Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) I can’t believe our session is almost over! We have had an AMAZING last week at camp, with a tiyul (trip) to Madison, concluding chugim (electives), and our big end of the session event – Gesher Carnival! We...
by Leah Sherin, Tiferet Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) When I walked in to visual arts studio this morning, I found 16 chanichim (campers) silently sitting around a table in the art studio. On the table was a display of bagels, milk cartons, cereal, and fruit, and in front of...
by Rabbi Debbie Helbraun and Rabbi Scott Gellman, Gesher Segel (Faculty) It’s obvious why a Jewish kid from an active family belonging to a URJ synagogue winds up at OSRUI for summer camp. It is not obvious to many of our kids, however, how they will formulate,...
by Brian Avner and Missy Bell, Tzofim Segel (Faculty) A couple of days ago in Tzofim, one of the chanichim (campers) said to us (the segel), “My mom told me that you’re educators. I thought you were rabbis!” We said to her, “Oh? What made you think that?” And she...
