For the last 28 years, the Union for Reform Judaism has offered a rising 11th grade program trip to Israel with a specific bus allocated to the GUCI community.  Connection to and travel to Israel are core mission issues for GUCI and the URJ and the URJ’s Yallah Israel...

TASTE OF GUCI POLICY CHANGE Dear GUCI families, We are thrilled that you have chosen to send your children to Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI) for summer 2025! We are hard at work creating another exciting summer where your campers will make great friends, connect...

a message from our new development directorBy Angela Travers I grew up in a suburb of Washington, DC with a large Jewish population where many of my friends and cousins spent their summers at Jewish summer camps. While I didn’t attend, I always heard stories of the...

guci gratitude report 2023 As 2023 is coming to a close, we are pleased to share our 2023 Gratitude Report. What a year it has been. From an amazing summer, followed by celebrating 65 years of GUCI, to the launch of our Gym & Aquatic Project, there is so much to...

My earliest memories of prayer at camp aren’t exactly what the Union for Reform Judaism probably had in mind. Because when I was a 10-year-old first-time camper at OSRUI in 2003, I spent most of the two week session crying behind the bath house in the cabin area,...

Shalom from the URJ’s Myron S. Goldman Union Camp Institute!It’s a pleasure to be writing to you today as we prepare for the first Shabbat of Kallah Aleph (first session), summer 2023!  We had a fantastic opening day on Tuesday; a day that marked the first time in...

Dear GUCI Family – I hope this note finds you and your family well and that you’ve all enjoyed a wonderful summer.  At GUCI, as we look forward to welcoming Shabbat into our community, we know that when Havdalah concludes tomorrow evening, camp will soon be over....