by Jacob Fijman | Oct 14, 2020 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog
My name is David Zapletal, originally from Jackson, MS, now residing in New Orleans, and I am serving as the Facilities Committee Chair. Like the lucky few, I met my wife Rella one summer at Camp and we have two future campers, Ari and Meyer. So our family’s strong...
by Jacob Fijman | Aug 24, 2020 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Jacobs Blog
I’m Melissa Bloomfield, the new Recruitment Committee Chair for the Jacobs Camp Committee. Like many of you, Jacobs Camp is a place that means a lot to me and my family. In the summers I spent at camp, both as a camper and a staff member, I found friends who remain...
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 10, 2020 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Fundraising, Jacobs Blog
The shock has subsided. We live with the reality that there will be no Jacobs Magic this summer, at least not the way it has been experienced for the past 50 summers. Our recent camp reunion in New Orleans demonstrated that the times spent at Jacobs have shaped a...
by Jacob Fijman | Apr 22, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog, Youth & Family
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 that carry our family through the day to day. My husband, Jacob, is a Jacobs alum, our son, Hersh,...
by Jacob Fijman | Dec 22, 2019 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Fundraising, Jacobs Blog
10 years ago I walked into the gates of Henry S. Jacobs camp a very scared little girl who knew nothing about herself. All I knew was that I was trying to escape the realities of a sick father recently diagnosed with cancer. It took me some time to warm up to the idea...