The Gesher Experience: Unveiled

The Gesher Experience: Unveiled

by Jami Goldberg, Gesher Rosh Eidah (Unit Head), and Rabbi Amanda Greene, Gesher Segel (Faculty) It has been an awesome session here in Gesher! One of our values is leadership, and our chanichim (campers) explored what it means to be a leader and created their own...
BATTLE ROYALE

BATTLE ROYALE

PROPHETS VIE FOR ROSH HAMEMSHELAH OF OSRUI GESHER 5776 Ever wish you could go back to days of old and bring back some of the most poetic, wise, and influential leaders from the Prophets to serve as our governmental leader?  Gesher did just that. Gesher is the eidah...
ANYONE SEEN THE GESHER?

ANYONE SEEN THE GESHER?

  The familiar Jewish song claims that Gesher Tzar Miod…that the world is a narrow bridge.  The eidah-unit Gesher at Camp is building a wide and sturdy bridge to the future.  Our program is imbued with opportunities to learn about Judaism and leadership and...
Our Isaac and Samson

Our Isaac and Samson

Our very own Gesher madrichim (counselors) Isaac and Samson were featured in the most recent edition of the The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, documenting their upbringing, their kehila kedosha (sacred community) back home in Uganda, and their new summer kehila kedosha...
Behind the Green Gate Lies Something Special

Behind the Green Gate Lies Something Special

by Rabbi Jill Crimmings, the Rabbi Educator of Congregation Bet Shalom in Minnetonka, MN, and Gesher faculty. One of the best parts about coming to camp each summer is escaping the noise of the outside world and immersing fully in the day to day beauty, joy, and drama...