By Jake Beckert, Rosh Eidah of Chalutzim What a busy week! Two of the most anticipated days of the summer, Yom Yisrael and Yom Horim, with hardly a moment in between. Theodore Herzl once wrote a book about Israel titled Altneuland, old new land, as Israel is...
By Lizzy Scheinkopf, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah It’s hard to believe that we are ending our final week in Moshavah Aleph 2015! All of the chanichim (campers) had a great time on our last tiyul (trip) of the session and are already planning the tiyulim that they want to...
By Kathy Schwartz, Director of Lifelong Learning at Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder, CO “I’m very proud of myself for sleeping in a tent. It was a new experience. I was really scared but I overcame it. I wasn’t sure I would like being outside, but it was so...
By Jonah Brandhandler, Rosh Eidah of Tzofim How much fun could a tour of a dairy farm really be? Admittedly, I was the biggest skeptic coming into the day. It seemed like a good chance to break away from the routine of camp for a bit and try something new, but...
By our Tiferet Segel: Rabbi Jody Cook, Director of Education at Sinai Temple in Champaign, IL and Rabbi Binah Wing, Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Rockford, IL Tiferet Aleph is an eidah (unit) for 6-8 graders who are interested in an art intensive program at OSRUI. ...
By Becca Levy, Rosh Eidah of Tiferet After three weeks of rehearsing, Tiferet presented our Star Spangled Mesibah to all of camp last Saturday! Mesibah is a 4th of July Talent Show for the whole camp presented by Tiferet. Each year has a top-secret theme where the...
