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By Gabi Schneider, Director of Communications 10 Items You Need To Survive The Summer 1. Water bottle The summers in Zionsville are hot. Make sure to bring a water bottle to stay hydrated in the heat. 2. Sunscreen Make sure to pack extra sunscreen. Campers are outside...

By Jacob Kraus, Head Songleader Hi everyone! I’m Jacob Kraus, this summer’s Head Songleader. I’ll be putting together camp’s singing program, planning Roll Call in the morning, all of our post-meal song sessions, and working with the T’filah specialist on our daily...

By Heather Stone, Senior Counselor and Dance Specialist Shalom! My name is Heather Stone and I am lucky enough to be the dance specialist at GUCI this summer for the third year in a row. While this is my third year on staff, it is my twelfth summer being a part of the...

By Gabi Schneider, Director of Communications Hi there, GUCI Family! My name is Gabi Schneider and I am the Director of Communications this summer. I recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati, at which I studied marketing, business analytics and public...

Dear Friends: The celebration of Passover asks us to remember an incredibly challenging time in Jewish history. We tell the story of how the Israelites were slaves in the Land of Egypt.  We speak about how difficult, stressful and unjust those circumstances were. ...

GUCI, more than anywhere else, is where I grew up.  I know many of the most important people in my life from GUCI, and knowing these people has impacted everything from the sports I play, to my Jewish identity, to where I chose to go to college.  Now that I have been...

We are pleased to introduce the GUCI community to our new Camp Director, Jeremy Klotz. Jeremy spent the summers of his youth growing up at GUCI; his father, Rabbi Ron Klotz, was the beloved GUCI camp director for 36 years until 2011. For the past 13 years, Jeremy has...

by Sam Pollak Judaic Studies Director This morning we concluded our summer of learning about miracles with a final all-camp shiur (lesson). For the last time, campers heard from the Wizard of Awes, who had promised them the miracle of an amazing summer when the...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

Shalom! Almost every evening at camp, we have a different cabin lead T’fillot (services). Each camper writes a part and reads it before all of camp in between the prayers we say or sing as a community. This way, every camper gets the opportunity to share something of...

by Jeffrey Becker Today is Boker Balagan! “Balagan” is a Hebrew word meaning “craziness.”  This is a day when we don't have the same schedule as the rest of the week and the campers get to choose what they want to do with the first three hours of programming in the...