Two former OSRUI campers and staff members were recently featured in the news: Zoe Gutterman was featured in the Washington Jewish Week; she currently works as a midwife in Washington, DC, where she lives with her husband, OSRUI Alum Marc Friend. Naomi Segal was...
by Michelle Cohen. (This article on OSRUI’s new travel program – Chalutzim Ba’Aretz – originally appeared in the online version of Chicago’s JUF News.) A new summer camp option for teens will take them to Israel for a Hebrew immersion...
From the Director Welcome to the first edition of our updated newsletter! As our team put this together, I was reminded how much is happening in the OSRUI community year-round for both our current camp families and our alumni. A camp newsletter is truly an exercise in...
Recently, we sat down with OSRUI Alum and current Board Member Neal F. Sabin. Years at camp: My family first attended camp in 1966 during a Temple Judea Thanksgiving retreat. My first summer at camp was 1967. I was homesick the first two weeks of a six-week stay....
We are blessed to have so many rabbis, cantors and educators enrich camp every summer with their wisdom and love for Judaism. Thank you to all those who served on faculty at OSRUI this past summer. Brian Avner, Congregation Sinai Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Temple Israel...
