by jshkolnick | Jun 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Garin Kallah aleph 2011 Garin Kallah Aleph has officially left the building! Sunday was their final day at camp. This session was a lot of fun! Our session began right away with lots of excitement when on only our second day at camp we were already climbing the...
by jshkolnick | Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
music + shabbat at camp The lights in the Chadar Ochel go out. Candlelight flickers on faces beaded with sweat. The room is still buzzing, perhaps reverberating, with echoes of clapping, stomping, and some sort of scream-singing. But for just a moment, everything is...
by jshkolnick | Jun 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
seems like i've been here before... I am one lucky dude. This is my twenty-seventh summer at G.U.C.I. Now, instead of seeing the faces of my best friends at camp, I am now seeing the faces of my best friend’s children at camp. It’s a very good circle. It’s a holy...
by jshkolnick | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
chug presentations Shalom! I’m Rae Dick, a Gezah Counselor and one of the drama specialists for Shoresh! I absolutely love working with both units! Each unit has one hour a day where they pick a choice activity called chug. Chugim switch every two weeks, so campers...
by jshkolnick | Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Staff Bone Marrow Registry!! Tikkun Olam is important at G.U.C.I., and while the campers always take part in some sort of Tikkun Olam project (check back here in a few days to learn more about this year’s program), the staff generally works with the campers toward a...
