by jshkolnick | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by jshkolnick | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by jshkolnick | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by jshkolnick | Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by jshkolnick | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ohio is huge! And if you live in Ohio you know that no two parts of the state are the same. From the waters of Lake Erie in the north to the hills of West Virginia and Kentucky in the south, Ohio has every landscape in the Midwest. This variety in landforms provides...
