Jews for New Orleans

Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Celebrating Sukkot

In October 2008, Corps members hosted a potluck under the backyard sukkah

Resurrection After Exoneration

Ora Nitkin-Kaner, 08-09, still works at RAE after finishing the AVODAH program

Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Corps members visited this Lower 9th Ward organization during Orientation

Learning about Bayou Bienvenue

Alum David Eber teaches the group about deforestation in the cypress swamps

Highlighting the Jewish Community's Involvement in Rebuilding New Orleans

This site is hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, which launched its New Orleans program in the fall of 2008. AVODAH engages young people in direct work on the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values.

Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward

Oct 14th, 2009 by admin | 0

Click here for a multimedia slideshow of David’s work in the Lower 9th Ward, produced by AVODAH alum Ari Shapiro.

As an AVODAHnik during the 2008-09 program year, David Eber worked as the Sustainability Outreach Coordinator at the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. He has been able to continue his work at the CSED beyond the AVODAH program year thanks to successfully raising money through two grants he himself wrote.

David’s focus has been the St. Claude Initiative, designed to revitalize St. Claude Avenue, the main thoroughfare in the Lower 9th Ward. He has been working with community members and local artists to paint murals that reflect the culture and character of the neighborhood on 17 empty buildings in order to beautify the area and bring back local business.

David is one of six AVODAH New Orleans alumni from last year who continue to live and work in New Orleans.