L’Dor V’Dor
My daughter, Maya, age 7 ½, is an extremely social and enthusiastic child who loves pretty much everything she tries. So, this year toward the beginning of 1st grade, I decided to show her the promotional video on Jacob’s website. I was thinking in the back of my mind that I would just plant the seed of interest, since to me, she was a bit young to go this summer.
Rabbi’s Message
Jacobs Camp is growing. Our bunks are bursting at the seams. Can we imagine a climate-controlled indoor athletic facility, with appropriate equipment for basketball, gymnastics, fitness, and more? Can we envision a “real” space for STEM? These are good “problems” to have, and I am confident that Jacobs Camp leadership and all of our communities will rise to the challenge.
Matzah Moments
This week’s Torah portion focuses on how to honor God’s miracle of freeing us from Egypt. The portion focuses mainly on the sanctimony of Matzah. We remember that the Israelites had to rush out of Egypt so quickly, they did not have time to let their dough rise, and they had to bake the bread on their backs.
Why I Want to be in Touch with You
Happy New Year, y’all, and many thanks for your generous year-end contributions to the Jacobs Magic Fund. Your support, totaling $80,428, ensures that in 2018, Jacobs Camp will be able to enhance our facilities, enrich our programming, and provide scholarship support to more families than ever before.
Build Your Future: Work at Camp
Benjamin Hausmann is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and just started working at Tokyo Electron as a Field Applications Engineer where he maintains quality and control for semiconductor wafer processing equipment. We cannot begin to explain what any of that means, but we can explain how he got there.