by pmandelman | Oct 12, 2025 | Alumni, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Outreach
Calling All Jacobs Camp Alumni We are updating the Jacobs Camp alumni database and we need your help! The connection among our community of alumni is a huge part of what makes our camp so special. If you were ever a Jacobs camper or staff member, we’d love to...
by elijahthompson | Apr 9, 2024 | Alumni, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Social Action
Dream Street Camper Recruitment Dear HSJ Family, Hello from Camp Dream Street! We are a speciality camp founded in 1975 with the mission that all children, regardless of their abilities, must be offered the chance to have fun, to make new friends, to achieve, to be...
by elijahthompson | Feb 1, 2024 | Alumni, Friendships, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2024, The Jewish World
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)...
by Jacob Fijman | Nov 14, 2023 | Alumni, Jacobs Blog, Youth & Family
The true meaning of l’dor v’dor I never really thought about the true meaning of L’Dor VaDor. Last weekend, it became clear to me. From generation to generation…I was a camper; my kids were campers. We have celebrated many of our Jewish...
by Jacob Fijman | Jul 25, 2023 | Alumni, Friendships, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2023
Jacobs Camp Magic Leading up to my first summer as a camper at Jacobs Camp, I was nervous and fearful of what a summer without my family would look like, yet I was thrilled to begin my journey as a camper at Jacobs Camp. After my first year as a Maskilim 1 camper in...
by Jacob Fijman | Apr 18, 2023 | Alumni, Caring Community, Friendships
Where Strangers Become Friends, and Friendships Last Forever Truer words have never been spoken, which was evident on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in Memphis, TN for an alumni reunion. While it was not the Utica woods, a group of former campers, staff, and even some...
