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As Thanksgiving approaches we thought it would be great to share two staff reflections from this past summer.  We feel these reflections really put the camp experience in perspective and highlight what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving.  We wish everyone a...

Every summer before camp begins, we let our neighbors on Moore Road know our opening date so they will be aware that there is about to be a very different presence here in their neighborhood.  It’s a polite, but unnecessary, formality.  Even without advance notice,...

I want to share one of my favorite stories with you:  A young rabbi stood on the bima delivering his Yom Kippur sermon.  Wanting to make a strong impression he banged on the lectern as he loudly delivered the line, “Every member of this congregation will someday...

Four weeks of new friends, old friends, sunscreen, flashlight time, singing and dancing, tefillot—and it all comes down to this night. The final night of camp is exciting and bittersweet—for our campers and our staff.  Each one attempts to squeeze in everything that...

This morning we heard a wonderful drash from Rabbi Nosanchuk, and we wanted to share it. There is a story told of long ago that a bird—a magnificent bird, the most beautiful bird in the world—which flew into a kingdom. The king immediately took notice of the bird- for...

For Anaf limud (our interactive educational program) this week we had each camper write down one word that describes camp for him or her. They then handed in their words and were given a new set of words, which were used to complete the below poems to describe their...

Gezah just got back from its magical camping trip, Yom Tiyul.  It had a Harry Potter theme, and everyone had a great time!   All of the kids and counselors were divided into the four different Hogwarts Houses for the two-day trip. Gezah left camp on Monday filled with...

Shoresh had an awesome day off!  First we went to a water park with slides, a lazy river, and a giant diving board.  Everyone had so much fun playing in the water and splashing.  After that, we went to Holliday Park for lunch.  There were a ton of playground areas. ...

This past Saturday G.U.C.I. had an extra special Shabbat morning service led by creative writing chugim on camp.  Each camper received a line from a Shabbat prayer or poem and from there, wrote their own piece about their interpretation of that line.  From free verse...

Avodahnikim, or work/study participants at G.U.C.I., participate in four crews for two weeks each during the summer. K’ton, Kitchen, Maintenance, Office, Pool & Mirpaah (infirmary), Migdal, and Canoeing crews are the seven options that Avodahnikim can be assigned...

Today is Yom Sport, G.U.C.I.’s color war.  It’s a day of spirit, fun, and competition that everyone on camp loves.  We’ll be live blogging this year’s event, so check back throughout the day for new information and photos.  Healthy competition! 8:23—A video comes on...

As we prepare for Shabbat, we asked this week’s camp faculty, “What is your favorite part of Shabbat at camp?” Here are their responses: “I love when the Avodahnikim welcome everyone into the Chadar Ochel for Shabbat dinner. They line up in two lines outside the doors...

“It’s opening day at G.U.C.I.! It’s opening day today! We are all here to say ‘hip hip hooray’, it’s opening day today!” Today is opening day at camp G.U.C.I.! Breakfast was filled with excitement as counselors finalized their cabin themes and gushed about how excited...

This summer at Goldman Union Camp we wrapped up a session of excellent educational programming by revisiting the stories from the Book of Genesis that we have studied during our time here this summer.  Our campers had an outstanding time reviewing this material in the...

The best privilege Anaf gets is Kesher.  It’s a three-day camping trip that everybody looks forward to.  Anaf gets prepares for the trip the first week and a half of camp, learning how to do things like set up tents.  Then, when Kesher finally arrives, it’s one of the...