by Jacob Fijman | Jun 21, 2024 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Friendships, Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Summer 2024, Youth & Family
Podcasts, Messy Night and Dan Nichols – Session 1, Week 2 Shabbat Shalom from Jacobs Camp! It has been an amazing week, and time is flying! There is nothing better than summertime at Jacobs and we are so lucky to be here. A big thank you to all of our camp...
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 | Oct 25, 2022 | Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Summer 2022
Lights, Campers, Action! I knew my first Jacobs Camp summer would be a special experience, but I could not have expected Film with campers to exceed my expectations so much. As a former film major and current film nerd, I was so excited to bring my love of film to...
by Jacob Fijman | Jul 31, 2022 | Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Summer 2022
Who Knows One? host, Micah Hart, Leads Podcasting at HSJ It’s been 20 years since I have last been to Jacobs in the summer. It’s truly amazing how the time passes – in many ways it feels like I just left, and in others I am well aware of how much has...
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,...
