Chanukkah: What’s the Miracle?

Chanukkah: What’s the Miracle? by Sam Pollak, Judaic Studies Director     This session we are studying miracles at GUCI, and we spent the first week learning how to recognize miracles in the world around us through Jewish blessings. In this next week, we are...

Sefer Spot

Sefer Spot by Brigitte Rosenberg   Added to my kids’ packing lists are books.  This means that the day before we leave for camp, we are shopping for books and shoving them into already stuffed duffels. They are big readers and have told me that they always...

Shabbat Evening Service, June 13, 2014

Shabbat Evening Service, June 13, 2014 Shabbat Evening Service June 13, 2014 Cabin 17: Peacefulness Opening Song L’cha Dodi page 138 The Barchu is the prayer that calls us to services. When we are called to services it is a time of peace. I view it as a time when we...

The Journey of Jewish Camping

The Journey of Jewish Camping By Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport  Summer has arrived and with it The Journey of Jewish Campinga grand migration: 72,000 Jewish children will take flight this summer on the journey of Jewish Camping. Together, they will learn and play, sing and...

Unit Heads for GUCI, Summer 2014

Unit Heads for GUCI, Summer 2014 By Jeffrey Becker These Four Amazing People are the Unit Heads for your kids for the Summer of 2014 here at GUCI. They are Gavi Ballaban, Nico Satryan, Lauren Cantor, and Danielle Kaye. These Four People have worked so hard to make...

Shabbat has arrived at GUCI

Shabbat has arrived at GUCI By Rabbi Jim Bennett, Congregation Shaare Emeth Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel once wrote: “A thought has blown the market place away: there is a song in the wind and joy in the trees. The Sabbath arrives in the world, scattering a song in...