by Jess James | Jun 29, 2020 | Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
Hi, my name is Joshua. I have been a camper at Henry S. Jacobs Camp for 8 years, but Jacobs Camp goes way back in my history. My dad grew up in Dothan, Alabama, and attended camp for all of his childhood. He worked at camp for many years as a counselor and a food...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 23, 2020 | Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
On Sunday, April 12th, 2020, Rudi E. Scheidt passed away in his Memphis home surrounded by his family. While it has been two months since Rudi’s death, no amount of time passed will allow us to forget Rudi’s legacy to Memphis, Reform Judaism, and Jacobs...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 23, 2020 | Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
Camp has always taught me to find gratitude in difficult moments. We are in one right now of course, because we should be spending this moment together, at camp. We should be celebrating this amazing ceremony surrounded by our campers and staff, so they can see that...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 23, 2020 | Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
Knowing that I am not able to go to camp this summer has not been easy. Thinking about what could have been another amazing year of Jacobs Magic still sometimes makes me tear up. Whenever I remember that I will have to wait another year to go through the HSJ gates...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 23, 2020 | Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
I know that we are all heartbroken that we couldn’t be physically together – and at home – in Utica for Gary Lazarus’s installation, but one of the few benefits of the remote format was that it allowed our tent to be even larger. What a blessing for us to...
