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Presenting Geza Unit Head Rachael Pass
By Rachael Pass Geza Unit Head Shalom GUCI community! My name is Rachael Pass, and I am thrilled to be the Geza Unit Head this summer! I am so excited to be back at camp again for my fifth summer on staff. My GUCI career began in 2000, as a nine-year-old coming to...
Shabbat Shalom
“Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam, shehechiyanu v’kiyamanu v’higiyanu lazman ha’zeh”. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who gives us life, sustains us, and gathers us together at sanctified times. Dear Parents, Shabbat Shalom, and...
Meet The Shoresh Unit Head
By Elana Nemitoff Shoresh Unit Head Shalom, greater GUCI community! My name is Elana Nemitoff and I will be the Shoresh Unit Head at GUCI this summer! The opportunity to return to camp and help bring the beauty of Judaism to life for another group of campers is an...
Holy Shabbos, Batman!
By Ari Kalfus Communications Specialist The first day of Kallah Aleph has started off in full swing! This morning every unit participated in an all-camp shiur (Jewish educational program); there will be three total all-camp shiurim this session. Sam Pollak, our Judaic...
Meet Judaics Director Sam Pollak
by Sam Pollak I am so excited to be back at GUCI this summer! This will be my tenth summer on camp, and my years at camp have been absolutely incredible. I’ve been a camper in Geza and Anaf, a participant on the NFTY trip to Israel with fellow GUCI-ites, and an...
Program Director Chase Foster
by Chase Foster Shalom! My name is Chase Foster, and I am so lucky to be coming back to GUCI this summer as your Program Director. Born and raised in Cincinnati, I first set foot at GUCI in 1995. I have spent years as a camper, Avodahnik, Counselor, Migdal Man, and...
Bleach is in the Air
Today is the first day of an annual tradition here at Goldman Union Camp—it’s the start of Precamp! Precamp is a week-long process during which we literally and metaphorically rid camp of the cobwebs that may have gathered over the winter. It’s also the official...
Looking Forward to Camp!
By Ashley Schlaeger There is a power in this place and timeIt shapes the rest of our livesAnd when we return each year we findA truth we can’t deny. Dan Nichols, Chazak This was one of the first quotes I heard at camp, and I always questioned what it meant. I have...
A Year of Change
by Joe SladeSenior Assistant Director This has been a year of great change for me: 12 months ago, my wife Alison and I lived in Atlanta, where I worked at a university, and spent much of my (admittedly limited) free time socializing with friends or riding my bicycles....