Posted on 12 April 2012.
Originally posted on the URJ Henry S. Jacobs blog. 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. Could I Really Make This Work? by [...]
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Posted on 27 December 2011. Tags: Southern, MeFTY, Conclave, Memphis
The day finally came when 143 NFTY-Southerners would be driving arriving at Temple Israel in Memphis, TN. I was ready for the weekend to begin but nervous at the same time because being the chairperson of an event like this was something that I had never done before.
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Posted on 10 October 2011. Tags: nab, camping, taylor lyles, leadership, URJ, jacobs, Kutz, Board Camping Series, nfty, nfty-so, board, mcvp, camp
In honor of this month’s URJ communication theme, “Focus on Youth,” each of our NFTY North American Board members will be examining how their URJ camping experience shaped their Jewish lives and leadership styles. First up, NFTY MCVP Taylor Lyles chronicles her journey from URJ Jacobs Camp to Kutz.
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