ROSIE This hall is named after the brilliant British Chemist Rosalind Franklin. She earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Cambridge University and her photographs provided key insights into DNA structure. “Science and everyday life cannot and should not be...
By Rachel Landman, Assistant Director During our first Shabbat of staff orientation we read the parsha Korach, which is named for Korach, who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, the leaders of the Israelites. In the beginning of the parsha Korachs says,...
By Ryan Leszner, Director of Jewish Life Let me tell you a story. I was working at a summer camp one summer, and I had the most horrible supervisor. She would constantly tell me what a horrible staff member I was, and how I would never be as good as her. She would...
By Rachel Landman On my most recent visit to Israel – in preparation for this summer’s URJ Sci-Tech Israel program – I noticed the presence of U.S. companies. Throughout Israel’s “Silicon Wadi,” the counterpart to our Silicon Valley, are research and development...
On Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a memorial day for those who tragically died in the Shoah (Holocaust), we wanted to share this powerful video created by Sci-Tech Camper Jonathan Tamen. Jonathan’s video tells the story of Nicholas Winton, a British...
