SHABBAT BALAK 2015 In a few hours lots of you will be celebrating the 4th of July with BBQ’s, parties and fireworks, but here at OSRUI we have been celebrating all week. Monday was opening day for Kallah and Tzofim with a smooth opening that got all of our campers in...
By Rabbi Michael Sommer, Rabbi at Congregation Har Shalom in Highland Park, IL My family and I have been coming to camp so long that my oldest, David, who started when he was 2.5 years old is now old enough to be in my unit, Moshavah. Typically a faculty parent would...
By Lizzy Scheinkopf, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah One of my favorite things about being the Rosh Eidah of Moshavah is observing the transformation that takes place for all of the chanichim (campers) during the first few weeks at camp. Before going on the first tiyul...
By Becca Levy, Rosh Eidah of Tiferet This week Tiferet had a lot of excitement! On Saturday, we ended our second week at camp and officially began our third week with the Tiferet tradition of “Saturday Night Folk Night” followed by Havdallah. All of the...
By our Kallah Bet Segel: Rabbi Alan Cook, Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Champaign, Illinois, and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, Director of Congregational Learning at Am Shalom in Glencoe, Illinois Each of the roads on camp has a different name. The Hebrew word for road is Derech,...
