by Jacob Fijman | Dec 16, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
In her beautiful new podcast, Ha’Iggeret, former Jacobs camper, Shira Kaplan (of Alexandria, LA) raises a question I’d never considered and provides an inspiring answer that applies to the miracle of Jacobs Camp as well as it does to Hanukkah. You know the story. In...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 15, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
The definition of Hanukkah is Rededication which directly applies to our beloved Henry S. Jacobs Camp. As we are called to RE-dedicate ourselves annually, we all know that HSJ has done this miraculously for 51 years, and each of us is a proud point of light in that...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 14, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
As opposed to many of those Camp Chairs who preceded me, I did not became a member of the Jacobs Camp community as a camper or counselor. When I married Susan Phillips from Dumas, Arkansas in 1975 she agreed to live in New Orleans. That would hopefully mean that when...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 13, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
My first summer at Jacobs Camp was first session in 1973 as a camper in Cabin 1. Little did I know that in 1979, I would meet the love of my life, Dub Ashner, on the road in front of the dining hall. We would grow up, get married surrounded by our Camp friends, and...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 12, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
After 50 years of magic-making, we can take pride in the fact that Jacobs Camp has thrived to an extent that surely exceeds the fondest hopes of the founding leaders and the congregations throughout our region who raised their “fair share” to ensure that...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 11, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
I have been connected to the Camp on many levels over a span of 50+ year: I was President of SoFTY (now NFTY, Southern Region) and held a shovel when we broke ground for the first edition of the Camp born from the determination of Jewish leaders and funded by...
