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...
By our Chalutzim Segel: Rabbi Ilana Baden, incoming Senior Associate Rabbi at Temple Chai in Buffalo Grove, IL; Rabbi Carmit Harari of B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom in Homewood, IL; and Lori Sagarin, Director of Congregational Learning at Temple Beth Israel in...
Last week, Jerry and Susan traveled to Israel meet with the Shlichim (Israeli staff) for this upcoming summer. They met at Giva’at Haviva for 4 days to learn everything about being a staff member at OSRUI. They studied, sang songs, prayed, and began to form an...
By Liora L., a current NFTY-EIE student, OSRUI staff member and former camper, and NFTY-CAR One of the reasons I wanted to come to Israel this semester was to witness Israel’s elections. They were exciting, and I am thrilled that I had the chance to experience them...
By Simon M., OSRUI Alum and NFTY-CAR participant Last week, our group spent four days on a program called Gadna. (It should have been five days but it snowed…..go figure.) Gadna is an army orientation program led by soldiers. We spent our time there being treated as...
by Shore (aka Daniel Shore), OSRUI Alum and OSRUI Birthright trip staff The flight is so much f…wait, we’re off the plane already. Oh, well there’s one quick story I should recount. With 30 minutes left until landing in Israel, the pilot or someone announced,...
