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...
by Alexandra Argentar On August 4, 2018, more than 400 OSRUI alumni and guests were joyfully welcomed back to camp to celebrate Shabbat together and break ground on the new Heichal HaTarbut Kaye (Kaye Cultural Center). The group represented alumni and guests from the...
by Rabbi Ilana Baden and Rabbi Jody Cook, Tiferet Segel (Faculty) Tiferet Bet’s theme and inspiration this year is the Book of Psalms, otherwise known as T’hillim. Many of these 150 works of poetry, which often start with Mizmor L’David (“A Song of David”), are...
