By our Tzofim Segel: Cantor Lauren Phillips, Cantor at Congregation Sinai in Milwaukee, WI and Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, Rabbi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hillel in Madison, WI What do you do when someone pushes ahead of you for food at the Tzofim serving...
By Rabbi Jill Crimmings, Rabbi Educator and Interim Religious School Director at Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka, MN and Kallah Segel It can be difficult to send your child away to camp for two, four, or even eight weeks! There are so many unknowns. Who...
By Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D., National Director of Recruitment & Admissions and President’s Scholar, Office of Community Engagement at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and Scholar-in-Residence at OSRUI. Jewish values and Hebrew...
By Jay Rapoport, Kallah Segel and Director of Lifelong Learning at Temple Sholom of Chicago, and the creator of “Ruach Rock,” original Jewish music for kids, teens and families. www.ruachrock.com Like any kid on the precipice of summer at a new sleepaway...
By Christen H., Oak Park Temple congregant and retreat participant. One of my favorite weekends of the year happens every March when Oak Park Temple holds its annual retreat at OSRUI. There is nothing quite like the feeling of coming into the dining hall after driving...
by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, OSRUI alum and faculty member, and associate rabbi at Am Shalom in Glencoe, IL. I am from blintzes, from Crest toothpaste and kippot tucked into a dresser drawer. I am from no eating in the bedrooms, singing all the time, comfy couches, a...
