It is the Mission of the URJ Camping System to provide high quality and wide ranging Jewish experiences in a Reform context to North American Jewish youngsters in an expanding system of Camps and Israel Experiences. These experiences must take place in a safe and healthy environment in which all qualified children will have access to the most appropriate and available camping facilities and equipment.

The Henry S. Jacobs Camp is one of 13 URJ Camps located throughout North America. The overall goal of the URJ camping system is the development of a knowledgeable and Jewishly literate community for the future. All of the URJ Camps are engaged in creative education – striving to incorporate learning, recreation and fun in a balanced program of total Jewish living.

To aid in the development of knowledgeable, believing and practicing Reform Jews.

To provide campers and staff with rewarding, challenging and pleasant experiences in a religious environment.

To provide opportunities to study Torah at graded levels of understanding & appreciation.

To develop through the natural setting of a URJ Camp an awareness of the presence of God in all life.

To develop an appreciation and understanding of the sacred relationship between humanity and God and among all human beings.

To develop an understanding that life is filled with purpose and is good beyond its materialistic manifestations.

To provide youth, adults and families with opportunities to experience the fullness of Jewish life through prayer and other meaningful religious experiences.

To provide youth & adults with opportunities for extensive training to assume roles of lay and professional leadership within both the Reform Jewish community and the Jewish community at large.

To translate religious concepts into real experiences, developing or modifying personal character and group behavior in consonance with Jewish ideals.

To provide a creative setting for Jewish learning and living through integrated and confluent religious camp programming.

To serve as the informal education resource center for congregations of the region.

To promote the use of Hebrew as a living and modern language and the learning of Hebrew for purposes of greater Jewish literacy.

To implement the awareness of K’lal Yisrael in general, and of the State of Israel in particular, and to offer campers the opportunity to find their own creative and active rolls in the process.

The mission of the URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp is to provide a high-quality Reform Jewish camping experience to the children of Southern Jewish communities that enriches and enhances their lives spiritually, intellectually, and physically in a safe and friendly family environment. Jacobs Camp seeks to fulfill its mission through a commitment to:

• Teaching Jewish values and instilling pride in our shared Jewish heritage.
• Providing an around-the-clock experience in Jewish living.
• Encouraging life-long friendship and relationships.
• Promoting healthy development of personal characater.
• Enhancing Jewish living skills in an environment of high quality program, staff & facilities.
• Providing numerous positive adult Jewish role models.
• Deepening connections to Israel and the Hebrew language.
• Receiving active support and participation from all of our stakeholders.
• Reaching the broadest number of children possible.
• Serving families with roots in the South and connections to Jacobs Camp.
• Creating, every summer, "A Jewish Place at a Southern Pace."