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...
This summer, campers can choose from one of our four amazing workshops at Sci-Tech West – robotics, video game design, astrophysics, and roller coaster physics. We sat down and talked about video games, curiosity, and his love of all things science with our video game...
