A Note from the Desk of Roy Lash

A Note from the Desk of Roy Lash

My name is Roy Lash, I am an Etgar specialist at OSRUI this year and attached  to Chalutzim. I live in a town called Mevasseret-Zion near Jerusalem. This is my first summer at camp and it’s going great! My day starts with waking up my 15 year old campers, a feat...
Yom Red, Wet, and Blue

Yom Red, Wet, and Blue

When you’re at camp for three full weeks like the Kallah Gimmel campers are, even our favorite activities like tochnit boker (morning program), sports, and chug can get a little monotonous. That’s why Kallah loves to shake up our routine and include special “Yom Days”...
Inspiration and Leadership at OSRUI Can Emanate from Many Places.

Inspiration and Leadership at OSRUI Can Emanate from Many Places.

“So, for the first t’filot [worship service] we have, these are the songs and these are the meditations that we thought we’d do…” These words greeted us faculty members when we arrived at Tiferet Bet last week. Those words were inspiring because they represented the...
Meanwhile on Tour L’Agam

Meanwhile on Tour L’Agam

Let’s check in on Tour L’Agam as they make their way up the north part of Wisconsin through Door County to meet up with the ferry to Michigan!
Fortune 500 Company or Summer Camp?

Fortune 500 Company or Summer Camp?

What do Starbucks Coffee and Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute have in common?  Many might say that our madrichim (counselors) and chanichim (campers) love both, Starbucks and camp.  Believe it or not, the connection is much deeper than this.  The core values of...
There is no wrong way to pray at OSRUI

There is no wrong way to pray at OSRUI

  A beach, a game show and a song parody; what do they all have in common?   Can you imagine that the answer is t’filot, services, t’filot (clap)?  In Kibbutz HaTzofim Gimmel the answer is YES.  We have been given the golden opportunity to be as creative as...