By Ana Apter, Interim Religious School Director at Mt Zion Temple in St Paul, Minnesota and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, Am Shalom, Glencoe, Illinois This week in Kallah, our chanichim (campers) have been learning about the North American Jewish Experience, from entering the...
By Danny Altkorn, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah We just finished our third and final tiyul (trip) in Moshavah and now we can look back on the summer and reflect on what a wonderful success it’s been. As usual, the chanichim (campers) traversed the Kettle Moraine State...
By Aliza Ainis, Rosh Eidah of Tzofim Yesterday was an amazing day in Tzofim! In the morning, we hopped on the bus and went to a dairy farm and it was spectacular. We got there around 11:30am and we ate lunch and met some of the farmers who were going to give us tours....
By Rabbi Frederick Reeves, Rabbi at KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago IL, and Tzofim Segel I write this having completed my first week of Jewish camp. Not only my first week at OSRUI, not only my first week as faculty, but my first week ever at a Jewish camp. When one goes...
By Alison Lewin, Director of Education at Emanuel Congregation of Chicago, and Tiferet Segel The same thing happens every June. I start telling people that I am going back to camp (now as a faculty member, though I began as a camper 20 years ago in Tzofim Gimmel...
By Libby Fisher and Max Antman, Rashei Eidah of Kallah We can’t believe it has only been a week since the Kallah Bet chanichim (campers) arrived at OSRUI! We have already participated in so many fun activities! On Thursday, Noam Katz was here to and performed an...
