by Jacob Fijman | Sep 20, 2022 | Alumni, Friendships, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2022
Jacobs Camp: The Gift that Keeps on Giving Growing up there was no happier place for me than the grounds of HSJ. I spent every summer there from 3rd grade until college. Even today as an adult, driving though those gates makes me feel warm and fuzzy like...
by Jacob Fijman | Nov 11, 2021 | Alumni, Friendships, Fundraising, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2022
“J-A-C-O-B-S, Jacobs is our name. Hey!” Show your camp spirit by purchasing a re-booted vintage HSJ t-shirt. Were you at camp when it was the Henry S. Jacobs Camp Institute? Do you know where your 80s-90s Staff t-shirt is? Have you always wanted that HSJ...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 1, 2021 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Summer
As a happy Jacobs camper for 7 years, I always imagined that I’d be on staff once I became old enough and got to college. I had amazing counselors when I was there and knew I wanted to help recreate that experience for new campers as soon as I could. Unfortunately,...
by Jacob Fijman | May 24, 2021 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog, Summer, Youth & Family
Everyone’s a winner at Jacobs Camp. These are the words that I remember most after finishing a schvitzy game of machanayim or an intense yet stationary rafterball match. As I enter my 13th summer at HSJ, I cannot help but smile when I remember the almost instantaneous...
by Jacob Fijman | May 10, 2021 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog, Summer, Youth & Family
I grew up at Jacobs Camp, and there’s no question that shaped my life in more ways than one. As a camper, the things that seemed like “big” life-changing events often ended up being quite small as life played out. On the other hand, the things that seemed like...
by Jacob Fijman | Apr 14, 2021 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Friendships, Jacobs Blog
Since I announced to the world that I was getting to come back to HSJ for the summer of 2021, I’ve heard so many adults say things like, “I wish I could go back to camp as an adult”, and “I can’t believe they have air conditioning in all the buildings now…I...
