Camp is a place for cracking codes

Camp is a place for cracking codes

At camp, kids get a chance to learn about themselves, be part of a community and have fun.  But one camper taught me yesterday that camp is also about cracking codes.  People often remark to me that their children come back different, somehow older or wiser, from...
Making Rainbows from Storms

Making Rainbows from Storms

“Where thoughts go, energy flows.  Make sure you focus on the rainbows and not the rain,  always look for the blessing.” Opening day 2017 was yet another success!  The sun was shining, chanichim (campers) were smiling, madrichim (counselors) were filled with ruach,...
OSRUI Staff Blood Drive Helps 120 People

OSRUI Staff Blood Drive Helps 120 People

Each summer, OSRUI Associate Director Susan Alexander coordinates the staff blood drive.  Here are excerpts from an email she received from Heidi Homa Blood Program Consultant for the Blood Center of Wisconsin. Another OSRUI blood drive is in the books, time to take a...
M’lamed and The Balagalah

M’lamed and The Balagalah

Judaism has a deep and rich tradition of storytelling, of passing down stories from one generation to the next. To carry on that tradition, Stories We Tell, from ReformJudaism.org, will share a new story with you every Thursday. Whether you listen while driving to...