By Lizzy Scheinkopf, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah It’s been a busy week in Moshavah and we just returned from our first tiyul (trip)! While the tiyulim are out of camp enjoying the Wisconsin wilderness, we continuously monitor the weather to make sure that our tiyulim are...
By Jonah Brandhandler, Rosh Eidah of Tzofim Tzofim Aleph has been flying by and it is so hard to believe that the session ends on Sunday! Many of our chanichim (campers) experienced Shabbat in Tzofim for the first time, and everyone had a fun, yet relaxing time. On...
By Rabbi Jill Crimmings, Rabbi Educator and Interim Religious School Director at Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka, MN and Kallah Segel It can be difficult to send your child away to camp for two, four, or even eight weeks! There are so many unknowns. Who...
By Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D., National Director of Recruitment & Admissions and President’s Scholar, Office of Community Engagement at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and Scholar-in-Residence at OSRUI. Jewish values and Hebrew...
By Jake Beckert, Rosh Eidah of Chalutzim Chalutzim has started off with a bang, lots of sunshine, and of course Rak Ivrit (only Hebrew)! From the moment the chanichim (campers) arrived they have been talked to exclusively in Rak Ivrit by their madrichim (counselors)....
By Lori Sagarin, Director of Congregational Learning at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie, IL and Chalutzim Segel “You do what in the summer?” It is a question I have gotten for years from friends, colleagues and congregants. This summer, I will spend 3 ½ weeks...
