“Don’t worry, chaver; you are not alone.”

“Don’t worry, chaver; you are not alone.”

By Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, Senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom in Chicago and Chalutzim Faculty Chaim Grade was a poet of the mid-twentieth century in Europe.  The son of a Hebrew teacher, he received a religious and secular education. He became one of Lithuania’s greatest...

Shabbat Shalom from OSRUI

SHABBAT BEHA’ALOTCHA 2016 “When you set up ” What an incredible first week it has been at OSRUI.  After an amazing and beautiful opening day, our chanichim (campers) moved into their eidot (units) with the help of our wonderful madrichim...
Make a Little Noise

Make a Little Noise

By Rabbi Lisa Greene, North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe IL, and Moshavah Aleph Segel. I had to interrupt our prayer last night. I just had to. There were 60 campers and their counselors moving through a spirited evening service in Moshavah, one of the tent...
Let’s Do the Butz Warp Again!

Let’s Do the Butz Warp Again!

By Tzofim Segel (faculty) Rabbi Ari Margolis, Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills IL, and Kathy Schwartz, Director of Lifelong Learning, Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder CO. Cue time warp music…. Imagine an unused swath of land. Then imagine what it would take to...