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    • This is Not Goodbye, But L’hitraot

      on June 5, 2020

      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.


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    • Change is Scary, but Luckily We Don’t Have to Go Through It Alone

      on June 5, 2020

      “So that goes to show you, as much time as we spent scouting and preparing and planning…the game never went exactly as we thought it would. It just never does”


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    • HSJ365 Summer

      on June 3, 2020

      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


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    • Do’s and Don’ts for Talking to Your Child about Grief

      on May 11, 2020

      Do: Identify, validate, and normalize the feeling. Ask open questions.  Children’s behaviors are a window into how they’re feeling; they often use their actions to communicate when they don’t yet


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    • It’s Okay to be Sad. I’m Sad, Too

      on May 11, 2020

      Anna’s letter announcing the cancellation of in-person programming this summer hit me harder than I expected. I had anticipated that Covid-19 might disrupt the plans for Summer 2020, but getting


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    • Update Regarding 2020 Tuition

      on May 7, 2020

      We cannot say it enough: thank you. The outpouring of support from our Jacobs Camp family has been incredible. Whether this would have been your family’s first summer or 50th,


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    • 2020 Update

      on April 30, 2020

      Dear Jacobs Camp Family, This is the hardest letter I have ever had to write. It is with broken hearts that we share our plans to cancel all in-person activities held in Utica


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    • 10 Ideas – Activities for Families at Home

      on April 22, 2020

      Hello Jacobs Camp Family! I hope everyone is safe and healthy, during this time of unknowns.  Here in DC we are staying home, and always looking for the joyful moments


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    • Ten for Two, a Memoir of My Jewish Summer Camp Experience

      on April 15, 2020

      Maimonides once said “there are good ships and wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are [camp] friendships, may they always be!” What Maimonides could not


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    • When We Make Music Together

      on March 23, 2020

      Over the past several days, I’ve been told to leave school in Indiana, head back to California, and stay put in my house. I’m thousands of miles away from friends


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