By Rabbi Marci N. Bellows, rabbi of Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh, NY, and an OSRUI Alum. During my first summer at URJ’s Olin-Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) summer camp, I was a mere eleven years old. As the oldest of four children, I had a very clear role...
by Sara Splansky, NFTY-CAR and OSRUI camper. The original blog post is reprinted here with permission from NFTY. NFTYites will hear this heartfelt prayer this Shabbat at Winter Kallah when they say Kaddish, and we encourage you to share it with your families and...
by Sandy Rustin, Actress, Writer, Mom, and OSRUI Alum It’s July 24th and I miss camp. There was something about the sound of the bus wheels, slowing on the gravel of that circular driveway, that induced pure joy. Hundreds of wide-eyed girls and wild-child boys...
by Jerry Kaye, Director of URJ Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute This summer marks 60 years of Reform Movement camping. This Shabbat, July 21st, we will mark this milestone at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp (OSRUI) in Oconomowoc,...
