Separation Builds Community
By Jeremy Klotz, Camp Director Shalom GUCI! Our campers really made great memories and had some fantastic experiences this week! The third week of camp is traditionally “Trip Week!” Trip week is an important week for us because the shared experience during a break...
Avodah 2-0-1-5
Hi my name is Taylor Schwartz and one of the two Avodah Unit heads at GUCI this summer. This is my tenth summer at GUCI and my 3rd year on staff. I was born and raised in Kansas, but moved to North Carolina to attend college. I recently graduated from East Carolina...
A Road To Jewish Identities
By Allie Fox, Tefilah/ Ivrit Specialist Hi! My name is Allie Fox, and I am the Tefilah (prayer services) and Ivrit (Hebrew) program specialist this summer. This is my second summer at GUCI – I stumbled upon camp last summer, fell in love with it, and couldn’t...
Shoresh Day Off
By Gabi Schneider, Director of Communications Yesterday, Shoresh spent the day off camp around Indianapolis having fun! The trip was a surprise and the counselors used underwear to tell the campers it was Shoresh Day Off by spelling it out on underwear! First up,...
Flashback To Middle School
By Gabi Schneider, Director of Communications My first summer at GUCI was in second year Gezah in 2005. Outside of camp, 7th and 8th grade was a strange time in my life. I was constantly making new friends, trying to figure out where I belonged, and was at the point...
Are You More Spiritual than a Shoresh Camper?
By Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg, Faculty I have found myself thinking about that show, "are you smarter than a fifth grader?" Why? I have had a fantastic two weeks as one of the rabbis in Shoresh, and these incredible 5th and 6th graders have blown me away with their...
Creating Community
By Jeremy Klotz, Camp Director Shalom GUCI! One of my favorite parts of being a camp director thus far is working with cabin counselor groups. This is really where the magic of camp is created; where the rubber meets the road. I get to work with these groups planning...
GUCI: The Same, But Different
By Rabbi Sandford Kopnick, Faculty It is hard to believe that one way or another I've been showing up here in Zionsville, Indiana for 38 summers. What a joy to work with Jeremy Klotz, our new Camp Director, who has brought his remarkable perspective to our camp. ...
Our Name Is Gezah
By Gavi Ballaban, Gezah Unit Head Shalom! My name is Gavi Ballaban and I am the Gezah Unit Head at GUCI this summer! I just graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Middle Childhood Education. Next year, I will be teaching fifth and...
Ah-Ah-Anaf
By Brittany Lenhart, Anaf Unit Head This is my 15th summer at GUCI. It all started back in 1997 when my parents sent me here for the first time as a Garin camper. I do not have many memories from those early summers on camp, but I do know that my love for this place...
GUCI in Color
Yom Sport, our camp color war, is always one of campers’ favorite days during the session. Campers are divided into different colors and spend the day enjoying healthy competition. Teams create cheers about their colors and the Yom Sport theme, which was Harry Potter...
Shika Shika Shoresh!
By Jenn Maggin, Shoresh Unit Head Shalom friends! My name is Jenn Maggin, and I am thrilled to be the Shoresh Unit Head this summer at GUCI! I am a 3rd year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have spent two years in Israel: one year...
Shabbat Shalom GUCI Family
As we head into Shabbat, we celebrate the accomplishments of the first two weeks at camp. The first accomplishment was our very successful Staff Orientation week, where our staff, faculty and senior leadership worked tirelessly preparing for Opening Day. As I said to...
Go Go Garin!
By Carly Chernomorets, Garin Unit Head Shalom! My name is Carly Chernomorets and I am the Garin Unit Head this summer. Garin is the unit for campers entering 3rd and 4th grade. I’m a rising senior at Brandeis University in Boston where I major in Politics, and I...
Discovering Our Beliefs
By Chase Foster, Program and Judaic Studies Director Hi GUCI! My name is Chase Foster, and this is my third summer as the Program Director and my first as Judaic Studies Director. I am excited to return to GUCI, my home away from home that has been, and is still, a...