by Solly Kane, Assistant Director Today marks the beginning of staff orientation week at camp! The sun is shining, the excitement of staff members seeing each other after 10 months away from camp is palpable, and the Rashei Eidot (unit heads) are itching to start...
by Jerry Kaye, Director The opportunity to welcome representatives of some of the various Midwest Jewish camps to Sanctuary was a great experience just before the summer starts. This is an outgrowth of a long standing relationship between these camps that has become...
by Rabbi Ron Klotz Hoo boy, do I have a lot of kids! Spending thirty-seven years directing a URJ camp brings a lot of children into the family. Do you think I know a lot about parenting? Well, I know a lot about camp directing, and Jewish programming, and conflict...
by Solly Kane, Assistant Director The signs of spring are everywhere this week: calendars have turned to April, baseball season starts, and Passover begins on Friday. However, for all of us in the camp office the most exciting part of spring is that summer is just...
by Solly Kane, Assistant Director We sure have had a busy few days at the OSRUI office! On Saturday we welcomed over 350 of last summer’s campers to reunion for an afternoon of seeing friends, having fun, eating pizza and celebrating Havdallah together. Our...
by Denise Heimlich, Marketing & Registration Manager As we head into Reunion weekend, we are so excited to report that there are 1,000 campers registered for Summer 2012!! Our 1,000th camper will receive an OSRUI 60 t-shirt at Saturday’s Reunion for 2011...
