Creating a Kehilah Kedosha in Kallah

by Vanessa Ehrlich, Director of Education at Lakeside Cong. in Highland Park, IL, and Kallah Gimmel Segel I am on faculty at OSRUI in Kallah Gimmel with 72 campers and  over 15 staff members.  This session our limud (Jewish studies) theme is Kehillah Kedosha, a holy...

A Day in the Life of Gesher

By Cantor Vicky Glikin, Congregation Solel in Highland Park, IL, Gesher Segel Gesher is off to an amazing start!  This morning our song-leaders together with segel led beautiful T’filot in which we talked about the difference between keva and kavannah.  Both have a...

Opening OSRUI’s Genizah

By Rabbi Amy L. Memis-Foler, Temple Judea Mizpah , Skokie, IL, Moshavah Segel Why don’t we just throw away some of these books when they are no longer fit for use? Yesterday we brought our Moshavah campers to OSRUI’s genizah to bury books and other sacred items that...

So Long Heroes

By Cantor Ross Wolman, Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim , Deerfield, IL, Segel Kallah Bet For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with superheroes. Powers, costumes, one-liners, I love it all. What the teacher in me loves most, is the moment...