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Southern & Jewish, the ISJL’s Regional Conference

Jacobs Camp is truly a home-away-from home for me. I spent sixteen amazing summers in Utica! My first summer there, I was eight years old. I didn’t miss a single summer at camp (until I went on a NFTY-Israel trip) and then returned to serve as counselor, unit head,...

New Athletic Complex Construction Progress and Photos

We are so thrilled to share the progress on our brand new athletic complex! The transformation is nothing short of incredible, and we can’t wait for our campers to enjoy this new space for gymnastics, indoor climbing, basketball, floor hockey, and much more! This...

Culture of Generosity – Thank You!

In Summer 2023, Jacobs Camp awarded $180,000 in financial assistance to our families. We saw record enrollment numbers with over 600 campers and staff, yet we were still able to maintain our commitment that financial need will never prevent any family from sending...

Love, Joy, and Hope- How Camp Helps Bring Light in the Darkness

love, joy, and hope: how camp helps bring light in the darkness   Growing up at URJ summer camps, I had the distinct honor of having Israelis as counselors and fellow staff members. The Mishlachat, Israeli summer teams, were always so full of enthusiasm, stories...

Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah! Check out these videos from Jacobs Camp Israeli staff members wishing us a cheerful holiday.RELATED POSTS

NFTY-SO Fall Conclave

Hey Jacobs Camp! I’m Ben K., the Social Action Vice President of NFTY Southern. I am happy to report that last month’s NFTY-SO Fall Conclave in New Orleans was a huge success! In conjunction with TASTY, we hosted almost 100 NFTY-SO teens from across our region....

The Mitzvah of Helping

The Mitzvah of Helping Eyal Levy is a valued veteran staff member at Jacobs Camp who served as our Solelim Unit Head in 2022 and 2023. When he left camp this summer to return home to Israel, he did not expect that he would soon be called to military reserve duty in...
One of the Greatest Joys of My Life

One of the Greatest Joys of My Life

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 have been...

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What HSJ365 Has Given Our Family

What HSJ365 Has Given Our Family

Over the last thirteen weeks, we’ve all dealt with our fair share of disappointments, cancellations, and altered plans. As schools (and our world as we knew it) started shutting down rapidly mid-March, Jacobs Camp came to the rescue with their engaging virtual HSJ365...

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Where We Are Now

Where We Are Now

2020 has been a crazy year so far from the fires in Australia to COVID-19 to the recent protests for racial equality and justice. Like most people, I was disappointed to hear that camp was not going to happen this summer. I was looking forward to my first year being a...

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Timeless Magic

Timeless Magic

The shock has subsided.  We live with the reality that there will be no Jacobs Magic this summer, at least not the way it has been experienced for the past 50 summers.  Our recent camp reunion in New Orleans demonstrated that the times spent at Jacobs have shaped a...

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This is Not Goodbye, But L’hitraot

This is Not Goodbye, But L’hitraot

Anyone who has been at Jacobs Camp during a summer rainstorm knows that smell. First, you feel the air change, the temperature drop, and the clouds turning grey over head. Then the wind swirls and the trees begin to sway back and forth as if they are dancing along to...

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HSJ365 Summer

We want to invite your family to join our Jacobs Camp summer program and engagement opportunities!  While we are not able to physically be together, we are excited to invite you to our virtual summer programming: HSJ365 Summer.  This program is free of charge! HSJ365...

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