During a staff week survey, counselors and top deck were asked their favorite camp tradition. Over 80% stated an aspect of Shabbat. Camp Shabbat holds the same customs of candle lighting, grape juice, and challah, but here it is so much more. The beauty of a GUCI...

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Garin   Goldman Union Camp is a magical place that pushes kids out of their comfort zones toward being more independent, outgoing, and in-touch with their personal identity. The beauty of it lies in the secret...

Our camp community is united across generations by many blessings: The beautiful sounds and energy of a Shabbat song session; the exuberance and friendly competitionof yom sport; t’fillot (services) created and led by our campers; and bunk nights that brought us...

Dear GUCI Friends and Family: I am writing today to share with you that after a brilliant 37-year career, Susan Dill has decided to retire! Susan, otherwise known as “The Golden Voice of GUCI”, has been an essential part of GUCI’s leadership team since 1978. She has...

By Rabbi Rachel Maimin, Faculty I still remember it as if it were yesterday.It is the end of my first week at Kutz Camp.We have thoroughly cleaned our cabin, Hill 1.We have gotten ourselves ready for Shabbat –20 girls sharing one bathroom,hair dryers and straightening...

By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Faculty Let’s talk minion. OK? Now the question is are we speaking Minion or Minyan? How do you say Hello in Minion? Bello. In Minyan? Shalom Goodbye: Minion Poopaye… Minyan: Shalom Of course we all know the Shema in Minyan, Shema Yisrael Adonai...

By Jeremy Klotz, Camp Director  Shalom GUCI! I write to you today with mixed emotions.  This summer has been a tremendous success; this summer is coming to an end. We have a great deal to celebrate as a community. We celebrate the successful launching of our two...

With less than one week left until pick-up (unfortunately), we’ve come up with a list of questions that you can ask your child/children on the way home from camp. Check out what questions we’d ask and share any that we may have forgotten! What was your favorite memory...

By Rabbi Matthew Kraus, Faculty One score and seventeen years ago, Rabbi Ron Klotz gathered together a group of second year anaf campers eager to return to GUCI the next summer as C.I.T.s (Counselors in Training, now called Machonikim) to tell us about the initiation...