URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp | Summer Central

We love Jacobs Camp in ways written words can’t properly express, and love pointing out all the ways we found to include it in our special day and in our lives in general. Today, nine years since we met at camp, it has shaped who we are as a couple, our professional lives, how we volunteer our time, the friends in our lives, and our future.

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Dream Street Mississippi Changes Lives of Campers and Jewish Teens

on February 17, 2012

Camp Dream Street is a week-long residential camp program for children with physical disabilities. The camp is sponsored by the Henry S. Jacobs Camp, and counselors for the camp are drawn from the teen members of NFTY’s Southern Region. It changes the lives of the campers as well as the Jewish teens who serve as counselors to the program.

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Forgo Camp? Not on our watch!

on January 12, 2012

At Jacobs Camp, we truly believe that a summer spent at camp – and, preferably, multiple summers – changes the lives of children for the better. . . It’s more than okay to ask for scholarship assistance – it’s the right thing, and one of the best things, a family can do for their child.

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J.C. Honored for 20 Years of Service to the URJ

on January 5, 2012

So many of the leaders of our URJ Camps are true products of URJ camping and NFTY. It is a source of great pride for our Movement, which is why it is such a pleasure to honor Jonathan “J.C.” Cohen for his twenty years of service to our Movement’s youth.

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