by Neil Rigler, coordinator of OSRUI’s Father & Son Kallah and dad of two boys This is the third year I’ve been the coordinator of OSRUI’s annual Father-Son retreat and I’ve come to treasure it not only because of the opportunities it provides for fathers...
by Deborah Goldberg, Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and an OSRUI Alum. My first memory of being taught of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination was during the summer of 2006 as a camper in the Hebrew-immersion program at...
by Steven Chaitman, Social Media and Digital Communications manager at the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and an OSRUI Alum. When I graduated college, I really wasn’t ready for what would come next. I entered the University of...
Rabbi Isaac Serotta, Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism, Highland Park, IL, and Avodah Segel It is unusually quiet in OSRUI right now. After a very busy morning everything is silent. No, it’s not Shabbat. It’s the day after. Moshavah left early this morning...
By Sam Sterling, Kallah Rosh Eidah Well, the first week of Kallah Aleph definitely flew by. Although the rain altered some of our plans, Kallah still had a phenomenal face-paint-Friday and first Shabbat. Jerry told a story about King Solomon and the difference between...
