Rabbi Melissa B. Simon, Tiferet Segel and Director of Lifelong Learning at Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, MN Imagine praying twice a day, every day. You might think the service would get a bit stale or repetitive. But here at OSRUI our prayer life is perhaps one of the...
by Anne Stein, Kallah Faculty Member and Director of Education at Cong. Etz Chaim in Lombard Working in Kallah is such fun because many of the chanichim (campers) are here for the first time so everything is new to them, especially Shabbat at camp. All week long the...
By Elana Gordon, Moshavah Rosh Eidah Moshavah really started off with a bang this week! On our first night of camp, our wonderful segel (faculty) members introduced us to our limud (Jewish studies) program, “Tending the Garden,” which focuses on the Jewish perspective...
By Sam Sterling, Kallah Rosh Eidah It’s been a very exciting first couple days in Kallah. After feasting on hot dogs and lemonade for our first meal, Kallah had a great first night. We finished unpacking and proceeded to learn about all the chugim (special activities)...
By Deborah Goldberg, Tzofim Rosh Eidah We have been having a great time in Kibbutz HaTzofim! Monday night, our chanichim (campers) were introduced to some of the wonderful things about Tzofim. We spent time learning about our gan (garden) and trying our hand at...
By Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky – Segel in Tiferet Aleph – Associate Rabbi From Congregation Etz Chaim, Lombard, IL. What an incredible time I had yesterday morning while walking to the Beit Tefillah (place of prayer) in Tiferet. One of my campers pointed up to a...
