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Why Camp Matters
By Shayna Warner, URJ GUCI Camper Care Specialist I’ve been trying to figure out exactly which part of camp is the most important to share in a brief blog post. How do we sum up all that is this place? For every one of us who has anything to do with GUCI, we have...
GUCI’s Glossary
For those who are first-time GUCI parents or have always wondered just what your campers’ letters home mean, we thought it would be helpful to provide you a GUCI glossary of terminology used around camp. Enjoy! The camp logo is the Torah wrapped around a tree. It...
How Summer Camp Cultivates Jewish Identity
By Mitch Toher, URJ GUCI Counselor Children connect with the world around them in ways that vastly differ from adults. They find extraordinary value in what others have grown accustomed to, see beauty in what others now gloss over, and relate to what others no longer...
Home
By Sarah Silver, URJ GUCI Camper Home is usually defined as the comfortable place where you feel at peace, often your house. Although this is true, it is not what I personally think of when someone asks me to define the word. My definition is Goldman Union Camp...
Where I’m From
An original poem written by URJ GUCI Campers Sophie, Evie, Maliya, Abe, Isa, Eden, Sadie, Katie, Rebecca, Josh, Lev, Alex, Sienna, Emma, Ross, Sarah and Charlie Chorus: We are from the garden We are from the flood We are from the angels singing, "All you need...
Bunk Night
By Sydney Kolker, URJ GUCI Camper Bunk Night is a special night that occurs twice each session. Campers look forward to the creative night planned by their counselors. The night in which Bunk Night takes place is a surprise for the campers, and each unit gets their...
A Letter From Orly
By Orly, URJ GUCI Camp Dog Dearest GUCI humans, My name is Orly, and GUCI's Senior Assistant Director Rachel Waldorf is my human. I am so excited to be here with my new bestie Shemesh, whose humans are the Klotzes. All the other humans here are so cute and are always...
A GUCI Shabbat
By Sarah Silver, URJ GUCI Camper Candles flicker; illuminating faces singing with all their heart. Prayers echo as a community chants as one. Sweaty bodies jump in unison as song leaders make their way through the crowd. Campers twist and turn to the beat of Israeli...
My First Non-GUCI Summer
By Monica Valentini, Former URJ GUCI Camper and Counselor The past 11 summers with GUCI have been irreplaceable, unmatchable, and profoundly meaningful. I have had experiences that guided me to where I am now and have met the people who have had the most significant...