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A Note From Jeremy – August 27, 2021
Shabbat Shalom from Zionsville! It is hard to believe that this is the last Shabbat of August, and that it has been three weeks since we celebrated the final Shabbat of GUCI Summer 2021. Throughout the summer, we had more than 500 campers, staff and faculty join us at...
Saying Hello and See You Soon
At Goldman Union Camp Institute, we are incredibly blessed to have a fantastic Board of Advisors made up of alumni, camp parents and friends of camp. Our Board works to support the full-time team in alumni engagement, development and much much more. Every few...
Great News From GUCI
Shabbat Shalom from GUCI! Throughout the first week of camp, campers and staff alike took tremendous care to keep each other safe. We did this by podding in cabin groups, wearing masks when with other cabins and social distancing from other pods. With these...
How to pack for Camp: Mental Health Edition
How to pack for Camp: Mental Health Edition I don’t know about you, but my experience of parenthood at the end of May is always somewhat of a whirlwind. The end of year events, graduations and celebrations are every which direction, and as soon as it begins to wind...
Meet The Newest Member Of Our Team
Allisa Horwitz has joined the GUCI team as the URJ Business and Operations Associate, Midwest Hub. In her role, she will be supporting our team and OSRUI, one of our sister URJ camps in Wisconsin. Read what she has to say below! I grew up in Skokie, IL at Temple Judea...
Voices For Our Future: A Partnership Project By Alan Goodis and GUCI
At GUCI, we are fortunate to have a huge roster of incredible alumni. One of which is Alan Goodis. You may remember hearing about him and how he worked with GUCI campers in 2019 to create an original song - In This Place (V’asu Li Mikdash). He has rolled out an...
One Month Into 5781
The following sermon was delivered on Erev Rosh Hashanah by one of our faculty members, Rabbi Allison Vann who is a Rabbi at Suburban Temple-Kol Ami in Cleveland, Ohio. Here we are at the new year. How I wish I could proclaim, “it’s 5781!” and all our challenges and...
Meet Assistant Director, Dori Singer Zoot
Growing up in Chandler, Arizona, I did not have a lot of other Jewish kids in my school and being Jewish was something that made me different. While I embraced this unique part of my identity, I often felt outside. I missed random days at the beginning of the school...
GUCI Shtick 101
Anyone who has spent a summer (or even a meal) at GUCI know we have a lot of shtick. Not familiar with that term? According to Wikipedia (valid source right?), a shtick (Yiddish: שטיק) is a comic theme or gimmick. The word entered the English language from the...