by elijahthompson | May 20, 2024 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Caring Community, Education, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2024, Youth & Family
“Homesick” is a Four-Letter Word The idea of missing people, places and routines is actually a lovely sentiment–how lucky we are to have people and things to miss (and people to miss us) while we’re away! Labeling this as a “sickness” is a directly negative label to...
by elijahthompson | Apr 15, 2024 | Jacobs Blog, Jacobs Camp Capital Campaign
New Athletic Complex Construction Progress and Photos We are so thrilled to share the progress on our brand new athletic complex! The transformation is nothing short of incredible, and we can’t wait for our campers to enjoy this new space for gymnastics, indoor...
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 | Apr 9, 2024 | Camps & NFTY, Jacobs Blog, Uncategorized
Spring Kallah and My NFTY-So Journey Back in 2018, as a wide-eyed kid in 6th grade, I dipped my toes into the world of NFTY at a cool event called JYG. But when I hit the right age for NFTY events, something called COVID showed up, turning everything virtual. Finally,...
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 | Feb 1, 2024 | Fundraising, Jacobs Blog, Jacobs Camp Capital Campaign, Summer 2024
New Athletic Complex Construction Progress and Photos We are so thrilled to share the progress on our brand new athletic complex! The transformation is nothing short of incredible, and we can’t wait for our campers to enjoy this new space for gymnastics, indoor...
