by jshkolnick | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Michael Kaplan is an Assistant Director at GUCI as well as a Regional Advisor for NFTY Ohio Valley. I first met Casey in 2003 – I was in my last year of Shoresh and she was in her first year of Gezah (apparently I had a thing for more mature ladies as Casey is a whole...
by jshkolnick | Dec 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jordan is a first session Gezah camper and for one of his classes, was asked to write about something in his past that he would change if he could. If I could change one thing from my past, I would’ve asked my parents to go to sleep away camp two years earlier....
by jshkolnick | Nov 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Grateful for Being Whole-Hearted, Vulnerable and Finding Self-Love – at GUCI “But what if it’s not good enough?”, I asked myself 2 minutes before our last board meeting. As chair of the GUCI Board of Advisors, it is a goal to ensure there is a short bit of Jewish...
by jshkolnick | Oct 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Shalom from Overland Park, Kansas! My name is Ben Walker and I am excited to have recently joined GUCI’s Board of Advisors. What’s the board of advisors? Great question, and one that I had myself when I heard from Katy Shapiro asking whether I would be interested in...
by jshkolnick | Sep 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Throughout the summer GUCI is lucky to place host to many guests – faculty, alumni, camp doctors/nurses and artists-in-residence. During Kallah Bet (second session) we had a visit from Alan Goodis, a national touring Jewish musician based in Chicago, who grew up here...