On Stage!

by Michael Goldberg, Drama Specialist Greetings! My name is Michael Goldberg, and this is my second year as Drama Specialist at OSRUI. I grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, but I currently live in Marshalltown, Iowa, where I teach high school Language Arts and Drama. As a...

Gesher Gives Back

by Annie Azriel, Gesher Rosh Eidah It’s been a week of helping out the local community for Gesher. Monday we started off with a trip to Primrose Valley Farm near Madison Wisconsin. This is a CSA (community supported agriculture) farm run with Jewish and Kosher...

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...

Swinging Vines and Flying Squirrels!

by Ben Azriel, Etgar Specialist Etgar (challenge) is OSRUI’s 55-foot climbing tower plus high ropes course, and I am one of the certified specialists who run our challenge program. This is my third summer on staff at OSRUI and my 8th overall. I am really...

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...