Your Kids are Leveling Up
How important is URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech camp to my family? We’re back this year, even though our child is not. Our son, Ezri, was a pioneer camper here at Sci-Tech. My spouse, Michelle Shapiro Abraham, had been working with the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s specialty...
AI vs. The Expert
A favorite evening program at Sci-Tech Academy is Frosty Frost, named for the building in which it is held, during which campers have the opportunity to choose their activity based on what they happen to be curious about at the time. Choices run from board games to...
Finding my Voice at Sci-Tech
By Sam Sheran My first year at Sci-Tech, I almost didn’t want to come back. I was hopelessly homesick—I didn’t get along with my roommate, I didn’t like the summer heat, and I just really missed my mom. I spent my two weeks crying and talking to my counselors. And...
Let’s Talk about the Sh’ma
One of the roles of the faculty at Sci-Tech is to give an iyyun, or thoughts on prayer, as part of the Friday night service. I thought that I might share one that I wrote two years ago, and shared on the first Shabbat of camp: Let’s talk about the Sh’ma. It is a...
Torah Talk: Bridging Science and Judaism
On Torah readings days at URJ Six Points Sci-Tech Academy—Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays—campers, counselors and staff get to engage with the Sci-Tech Torah. Lovingly hand crafted with deep respect and resourcefulness, the Sci-Tech Torah matches a traditional weekly...
AI Use and its Future: an Interview with Rabbi Dan and Dr. Tess
In the Sci-Techkun Olam workshop, Dr. Tess and the eleventh graders have multiple conversations about the ethics of AI and other novel technologies. She and Rabbi Dan sat down to discuss Rabbi Dan’s AI use of, and the future of, AI for camp. This interview was edited...
Havdalah Speeches
At the end of every session, as we conclude TECHTalks with Havdalah, we invite a camper from each dorm to say a few words about what Sci-Tech means to them. Please enjoy hearing about the deep impact Sci-Tech has made in their lives.
Let’s Talk Torah
Each Shabbat an amazing group of Sci-Tech counselors, lead by Olivia 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.
Session 3 Opening Day
Session 3 has officially begun, and we could not be more excited! It has been a wonderful summer full of taglit (discovery) and sakranut (curiosity) here at Sci-Tech, and it is with bitter-sweet eyes that we turn towards our final session of 2024. But worry not, this...