The Lulav, Etrog, and You
The Lulav, Etrog, and You How our human body connects to a religious holiday about the harvestRight after ringing in the Jewish New Year with Rosh Hashanah and asking for forgiveness on Yom Kippur, another holiday comes around where we share thanks and take time to...
1st ever Sci-Tech Filmathon
Announcing the first ever Sci-Tech Filmathon 🎬 coming in late winter of 2026! This all-new Sci-Tech event will bring the fun of digital film production home and allow campers to create their own films with family, friends, and fellow sci-techers that will be streamed...
Summer 2025 Reflection
What an incredible summer! With over 360 campers spending 2, 4, or 6 weeks with us in Byfield, we experimented, we made connections, and we had a blast! Take a look at some of these great examples of what we’ve done and the fun we’ve had. Videos: Session Recaps Each...
Sci-Tech and Social Justice
At Sci-Tech, we often talk about building a more whole, just, and compassionate world through our passion for science and technology, and one of the ways we do this is through our teen social justice programming. Our social justice programming at Sci-Tech offers...
Let’s Talk Torah (2025)
Each Shabbat an amazing group of Sci-Tech counselors, lead by Jared Lappin, creates a video to teach about that week’s Torah portion, including interviewing campers about their thoughts on that parsha. Please enjoy the videos below, or on our Vimeo page.Korach...
Legacies at Sci-Tech: A Documentary
“Anyone can have an impact, no matter how long they’ve been here.” - Sammy ChklovskiiOn a global scale, a small summer camp in an even smaller town would seemingly have a minuscule impact; however, in that same small summer camp, an entirely different world exists. A...
Rockets, Robots, and Ruach: My Weekend at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy
By Greg Kellner, with assistance from Bing Co-Pilot This weekend I returned to 6 Points Sci-Tech for our annual in-person Camp Council meeting. Council members flew in from both coasts, eager to be at camp, see robots, and experience Shabbat. Most of all, being able...
Curious about Curiosity
I went to my home synagogue (Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts) on a recent Shabbat and the subject of the sermon was one of the six Sci-Tech values… sakranut (סַקְרָנוּת)! The sermon was titled, “The curious case of… curiosity,” and was given by Rabbi Sonia...
Birthdays at Sci-Tech
Every day at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech is a special day, but birthdays are an extra special day! Campers and counselors receive extra special treatment starting from the moment they wake up. It is a Sci-Tech tradition for counselors to decorate the door frame of campers'...