by Emily Schwartz, Tiferet Rosh Eidah I can’t believe we’ve only been at camp for a week! So much has happened in this time. Tiferet has been busy getting ready for our Star-Spangled Mesibah, the all camp talent show we’ll be hosting this coming...
by Elayne Peters, Aquatics Director This is my 15th summer as OSRUI Aquatics Director! I am responsible for both our swimming and boating programs. During the rest of the year I live in a suburb of Detroit where I work at a sport club teaching swimming and training...
by Lizzy Scheinkopf, Moshavah Rosh Eidah Moshavah really started off with a bang this week! On our first night of camp, Rabbi Max Weiss (Oak Park Temple, Oak Park IL) and Rabbi Amy Memis-Foler (Temple Judea Mizpah, Skokie IL) introduced us to our limud program,...
by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer – OSRUI alum, faculty member, and camper parent, and Associate Rabbi, Cong. Am Shalom in Glencoe, IL. Her son arrived at camp on June 20th and will be with us for four weeks. A prayer for my dear son embarking on his second year at...
by Itai Hacham, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah Going into our fourth day of Chalutzim, all of us madrichim (counselors) and chanichim (campers) are having a great time. Opening day started really well. From the moment that we welcomed the chanichim, we started using the most...
by Daniel Shore, Kallah Rosh Eidah Kallah Aleph had an awesome opening day as the sun illuminated our chanichim (campers) playing together and getting to know each other before we even ate lunch. We’ve wasted no time starting up our tochnit hayom (daily...
