This past weekend, we were proud, honored, and thrilled to welcome Camp CAR to OSRUI. Camp CAR is a year-long partnership with Cooke Magnet Elementary School in Waukegan, IL. NFTY teens volunteer in Waukegan, IL throughout the year, and then welcome elementary school...
Recently during the spring semester of NFTY-EIE Aaron Gertz asked his Jewish History students to write a blog about what it means to be a part of Am Yisrael (the Jewish People) Our own Jacob B., a junior from Carol Stream, Illinois, congregant of Congregation Etz...
by Susan Alexander, OSRUI Associate Director Summer is fast approaching and though it is still a bit cold outside, all of us at OSRUI know that camp will be warm and wonderful, no matter what the thermometer reads! We all know about the great activities at camp – our...
We are thrilled to inform you that OSRUI has once again been selected to participate in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation PJ Our Way at Camp 2016 Pilot, and your child will have the opportunity to participate in the program this summer. What is PJ Our Way?...
Thinking of sending your child to OSRUI in 2017? Join us for a tour this summer to see OSRUI in Action! We offer tours 3 times during the summer on Sunday afternoons: Sunday, June 26 Sunday, July 10 Sunday, July 31 If you have a new 2016 camper who hasn’t seen...
by Josh E. This will be his 3rd summer at OSRUI. Josh wrote this article for his temple bulletin. I believe that every person has their own happy place. For some, it’s a beach; for others, it’s a great snow hill. My happy place is only a few miles away from my...
