by bcohen | Apr 7, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Volunteerism
Last Saturday, April 1, 80 teens and 20 staff members from NFTY SO Spring Kallah went to Rolling Fork, Mississippi together to volunteer in the distribution center following a devastating tornado. Our teens worked for three hours, unloading the bus with donations,...
by bcohen | Apr 7, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Outreach, Social Action, Volunteerism
Over the first weekend of April, during the NFTY SO Spring Kallah at Jacobs Camp we traveled to volunteer in a small town called Rolling Fork that had been hit by a tornado, about an hour away. When we arrived in Rolling Fork, the damage was apparent. Many houses had...
by Jacob Fijman | Mar 30, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Volunteerism
Jacobs Camp Support For Rolling Fork As you know, social action and community service is an extremely important Jewish value, as is building a community of good neighbors. And at this moment, our neighbors need us. You likely saw the sad news that tornadoes decimated...
by Jacob Fijman | Sep 2, 2022 | Caring Community, Social Action
Jackson, MS Water Crisis: How You Can Help Thank you so much to our extended Jacobs Family who have reached out and offered assistance to those in need. A reminder to please reach out to Beth Israel Congregation at (601)956-6215 if you know of anyone in need....
by Jacob Fijman | Jun 7, 2022 | Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2022
A Stranger in a Strange Land On June 5, 2021, I drove through the gates of Henry S. Jacobs Camp for the first time in my life into what was truly the unknown. I only knew one person at camp, and I did not know her very well– I was very much a stranger in a strange...
