It’s Rak Ivrit in Chalutzim

by Micah Brandhandler, Rosh Eidah of Chalutzim Shalom!  My name is Micah Brandhandler and I am going to be the Rosh Eidah (unit head) of Chalutzim this summer.  This past year I finished my senior year at the University of Illinois where I studied music education, and...

Week 4 in Chalutzim!

by Hila Levin, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) Shalom everyone! We are all relieved that it has cooled down a bit but that doesn’t stop us from having fun in the water. We had our pool party this week and got to do Zumba in the water, go down the slides and have some...

Digging in the Dirt

by Rabbi Lisa Greene of North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, IL.  Rabbi Greene served as faculty for Kallah Aleph and wrote this for the NSCI Bulletin upon her return. I just returned from camp. After an exciting two-week stint as faculty for the youngest unit...

Halloween, Flash Mobs … A Great Week in Mosh!

by Lizzy Scheinkopf, Moshavah Rosh Eidah It has been quite a busy week in Moshavat HaTeva! We enjoyed spending a full week in camp, where we got to do all of the great activities that OSRUI has to offer, along with some exciting programs. We began the week by...

Shalom Chalutzim!

by Itai Hacham, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah Without even noticing, 7 weeks have gone by.. and I have to say that our wonderful kehillah (community), which includes both madrichim and chanichim, cannot believe that our time here in camp is almost over. Looking back, we can...

A Week of Days in Kallah

by Daniel Shore, Kallah Rosh Eidah It started on Sunday with Yom Musical (Musical Day), as we acted out our own play and sang popular songs from a variety of Broadway hits. Monday was a top secret Yom Tzahal (Israeli Army Day). Our Israeli counselors told us all about...