by jshkolnick | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
A Counselor’s Camp Journey By Ben Diamond Back in 2003, I went away to GUCI for a two-week session, in what I thought would be my only camp experience. Today, those two weeks have turned into twenty-eight weeks, and I’ve gone from a young camper to a staff member. ...
by jshkolnick | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Camp Has Begun By Rabbi Mark Covitz Director, URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute. Each April, Mark goes to Israel with other URJ Directors to meet our Israeli staff members and to prepare them for their upcoming adventures in URJ camps. Early morning, perhaps too early,...
by jshkolnick | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
A Summer Shabbat for a Cold Winter’s Night During these cold days of winter, here’s a reminder of the warm magic of GUCI, excerpted from a sermon by Stephen J. Werber, father of Rabbi Lauren Werber, a faculty member from Temple B’nai Abraham in Elyria, Ohio. A short...
by jshkolnick | Nov 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
the gift of life Casey, a long-time camper and staff member, learned about Gift of Life during a presentation at GUCI’s staff training week in 2011. Most of our 2011 staff registered with the Foundation, and Casey’s experience as a bone marrow donor is detailed below....
by jshkolnick | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
A Tree for Maggie By Rabbi Mark CovitzDirector, Goldman Union Camp Institute The tragic events that accompanied the arrival of Hurricane Sandy this past week have been a reminder of both the fragility of human life and the generosity of the human spirit. Previously...
