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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...

I am lucky enough to have a unique vantage point from which to view the magic of G.U.C.I. As the parent of two campers—I hear how the magic is made for them summer after summer. From my children I learn of best friends and swimming twice in one day and struggles up...

Hello family and friends of G.U.C.I.-ites! I have the pleasure of writing to you as a member of this summer’s Avodah, which is a two-month work/study program for students entering twelfth grade. We are almost four weeks in, and it’s been a blast so far! Basically, as...

Fourth of July at G.U.C.I. is an exciting time for all the staff and campers.  There is so much American spirit.  We had special flag centerpieces on the tables at breakfast and lunch, and many of the units changed their cheers to make them about America.  Everyone...

Hey everyone! Gezah just came back from our two-day off-camp trip, Yom Tiyul, and we all had a blast! Gezah has so much crazy energy this session, and it was no exception on this trip. We first went to Conner Prairie, a living historical museum in a large park full of...

Garin Kallah Aleph has officially left the building! Sunday was their final day at camp. This session was a lot of fun! Our session began right away with lots of excitement when on only our second day at camp we were already climbing the Migdal, our 65-foot alpine...

The lights in the Chadar Ochel go out. Candlelight flickers on faces beaded with sweat. The room is still buzzing, perhaps reverberating, with echoes of clapping, stomping, and some sort of scream-singing. But for just a moment, everything is relatively quiet,...