by Rabbi Joshua Weinberg, President of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) and an OSRUI Alum. Growing up, I struggled with the impression that being a Reform Jew meant that we did less. Fewer mitzvot, shorter holiday observance, and less time spent in...
by Rebecca Bloom, Chalutzim 2013 I spent seven weeks this summer speaking rak ivrit, only Hebrew, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The small town between Madison and Milwaukee may seem like a strange place to find a Hebrew immersion program, but along the shores of Lake Lac...
by Deborah Goldberg, Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and an OSRUI Alum. My first memory of being taught of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination was during the summer of 2006 as a camper in the Hebrew-immersion program at...
Rabbi Debbie Helbraun, Hebrew School Principal, Temple Jeremiah, Northfield, IL, and Gesher Segel This is my seventh summer on segel at camp, but I’ve been coming to OSRUI a good part of my life. For 5 of the seven years, I have been working with the tzevet and...
