by jshkolnick | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
At Goldman Union Camp Institute, we are incredibly blessed to have a fantastic Board of Advisors made up of alumni, camp parents and friends of camp. Our Board works to support the full-time team in alumni engagement, development and much much more. Every few...
by jshkolnick | Jun 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Shabbat Shalom from GUCI! Throughout the first week of camp, campers and staff alike took tremendous care to keep each other safe. We did this by podding in cabin groups, wearing masks when with other cabins and social distancing from other pods. With these...
by jshkolnick | Jun 6, 2021 | Summer, Uncategorized, Youth & Family
How to pack for Camp: Mental Health Edition I don’t know about you, but my experience of parenthood at the end of May is always somewhat of a whirlwind. The end of year events, graduations and celebrations are every which direction, and as soon as it begins to wind...
by jshkolnick | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Allisa Horwitz has joined the GUCI team as the URJ Business and Operations Associate, Midwest Hub. In her role, she will be supporting our team and OSRUI, one of our sister URJ camps in Wisconsin. Read what she has to say below! I grew up in Skokie, IL at Temple Judea...
by jshkolnick | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
At GUCI, we are fortunate to have a huge roster of incredible alumni. One of which is Alan Goodis. You may remember hearing about him and how he worked with GUCI campers in 2019 to create an original song – In This Place (V’asu Li Mikdash). He has rolled out an...
by jshkolnick | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The following sermon was delivered on Erev Rosh Hashanah by one of our faculty members, Rabbi Allison Vann who is a Rabbi at Suburban Temple-Kol Ami in Cleveland, Ohio. Here we are at the new year. How I wish I could proclaim, “it’s 5781!” and all our challenges and...
