By Vanessa Ehrlich, Director of Education at Lakeside Congregation in Highland Park IL, and Kallah Segel I am passionate about Jewish education, Israel education and Jewish camp. I always love being at OSRUI and teaching all topics in an experiential format. This...
By Libby Fisher, Rosh Eidah of Kallah The week has been jam-packed with fun activities in Kallah! On Thursday, we said l’hitraot (see you later) to Tour La’Agam, and then celebrated our first yom day (themed day). It was Yom Pajamas, and our tochnit erev (evening...
By Aliza Ainis, Rosh Eidah of Tzofim I can’t believe Tzofim Gimmel is here! The session has gotten off to a great start. In this past week we have started learning about Israel as our Limud topic. We have been learning trivia questions about Israel and our chanichim...
By Scott Goode, Rosh Eidah of Tour La’Agam Shalom! What an incredible first four days it has been on our trip! We have biked 240 miles through eastern Wisconsin and door county. Up to this point we have lucked out with the weather – sunny skies and a...
By Rabbi Michael Schadick, Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, MI and Moshavah Segel Na, Na, and more Na. How wonderful it is for me to help teach the chanichim in Moshavah Bet some of the most important Jewish lessons from our prophets and kings. These come to us from...
By Micah Brandhandler, Rosh Eidah of Chalutzim We had a wonderful week in Chalutzim. We started off the week with Yom Horim, where we had the opportunity to meet family members and were able to show off all that we have been learning so far. We had Kitot Ivrit with...
