One Week Left!

by Micah Brandhandler, Chalutzim Sgan Rosh Eidah (Assistant Unit Head) This is the home stretch for Chalutzim as we have one week left in beautiful Oconomowoc, WI. Lots of great things have been happening this week including the Chalutzim Judaica Bowl team winning its...

Canoe Trip, Yom Horim and an Evening of Ruach

by Hila Levin, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) We returned from a great canoe trip on Thursday this past week! We had a wonderful time canoeing together, setting up camp, cooking Israeli food, and we even enjoyed the rain! We also have a new addition to our eidah-...

Week 4 in Chalutzim!

by Hila Levin, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) Shalom everyone! We are all relieved that it has cooled down a bit but that doesn’t stop us from having fun in the water. We had our pool party this week and got to do Zumba in the water, go down the slides and have some...

Chalutzim Update!

by Hila Levin, Chalutzim Rosh Eidah (Unit Head) Shalom everyone! Another week is coming to end here at OSRUI and we are just amazed at how fast the time is flying by! This week, we had several special events go on in Chalutzim. We kicked off the week with erev tzrif...

Living in mini-Israel

by Ilana Axel, Chalutzim Segel (Faculty) Shalom! My name is Ilana Axel. I work in the role of cantor at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Hoffman Estates, IL (you can find us really close to Medieval Times, right off Interstate 90 between Chicago and Rockford. Here’s a...