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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
