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By Emily Langowitz Garin Unit Head After roll call, the mirpeset behind the office stayed silent. There was no spirited Bo-bo-bo-boker tov! heard above the trees. In the dining hall, two tables sit with their benches up while the rest of camp enjoys their meal. Never...

June 21st, 2013 Garin: This Summer I Learned L’chu N’ranana page 130 L’chu n’ranana l’Adonai Naria l’tzur yisheinu Go forth singing songs of joy to God! We will shout to the rock of salvation! Let us sing out to God, maker of all sure and strong Let all of creation...

June 14th, 2013 Cabin 6: My Jewish Journey L’chu N’ranana – pg. 130 L’cha Dodi – pg. 138 The Barchu is about the preparation of prayer, or beginning the journey of prayer. In my Jewish journey, I am preparing, or beginning, the journey of my Bat Mitzvah. What has also...

By Ari KalfusCommunications Specialist Shalom, GUCI family! This week is known around camp as Trip Week. Soon, Shoresh and Geza will be surprised with their Shoresh Day Off and Yom Tiyul trips, respectively. More news on those trips are on their way! Today, however,...

“Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mishkinotecha Yisrael.” “How beautiful are your tents House of Jacob, your encampments Israel.” These words from this week’s Torah Portion, Parashat Balak, express the thoughts of the prophet Bilaam as he rounds the bend of a mountain and...

By Aaron Melemed Migdal Specialist Shalom! My name is Aaron Melemed, and I’m the Migdal Man this summer. I started going to camp in second-year Shoresh, and I’ve gone every year since. This is my third year on staff. GUCI has given me so much, so I’ve done everything...

Hello, GUCI family! We at GUCI are excited to announce that we will begin publishing our cabin’s services online. Throughout the session, each cabin gets the opportunity to lead a service in front of all of camp in our Beit T’fillah (outdoor sanctuary). Each camper...

Shalom all, my name is David Reinhart. I’m 23 years old and am excited to be back at camp for one last summer as Anaf Unit Head. I was born in Cedar Rapids, IA but moved, before I was two, to Louisville, KY. Then, just before my Bar Mitzvah, I moved to Buffalo Grove,...

By Rachael Pass Geza Unit Head Shalom GUCI community! My name is Rachael Pass, and I am thrilled to be the Geza Unit Head this summer! I am so excited to be back at camp again for my fifth summer on staff. My GUCI career began in 2000, as a nine-year-old coming to...

“Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam, shehechiyanu v’kiyamanu v’higiyanu lazman ha’zeh”. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who gives us life, sustains us, and gathers us together at sanctified times. Dear Parents, Shabbat Shalom, and...

By Elana Nemitoff Shoresh Unit Head Shalom, greater GUCI community! My name is Elana Nemitoff and I will be the Shoresh Unit Head at GUCI this summer! The opportunity to return to camp and help bring the beauty of Judaism to life for another group of campers is an...

By Ari Kalfus Communications Specialist The first day of Kallah Aleph has started off in full swing! This morning every unit participated in an all-camp shiur (Jewish educational program); there will be three total all-camp shiurim this session. Sam Pollak, our Judaic...

by Sam Pollak I am so excited to be back at GUCI this summer! This will be my tenth summer on camp, and my years at camp have been absolutely incredible. I’ve been a camper in Geza and Anaf, a participant on the NFTY trip to Israel with fellow GUCI-ites, and an...

by Chase Foster Shalom! My name is Chase Foster, and I am so lucky to be coming back to GUCI this summer as your Program Director. Born and raised in Cincinnati, I first set foot at GUCI in 1995. I have spent years as a camper, Avodahnik, Counselor, Migdal Man, and...

Today is the first day of an annual tradition here at Goldman Union Camp—it’s the start of Precamp! Precamp is a week-long process during which we literally and metaphorically rid camp of the cobwebs that may have gathered over the winter. It’s also the official...