Jews for New Orleans

Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Purim Masks

Corps members prepare for Purim celebrations by creating masks

Planting trees in Central City

Rachel Glicksman works with residents to beautify the neighborhood

Celebrating Chanukah

Corps members welcomed coworkers and community members to their home

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.

Help us secure a matching grant by giving to AVODAH

Apr 27th, 2010 by admin | 0

The Corps members and alumni who post on this blog are the heart and soul of AVODAH in New Orleans. They work daily on the front lines in the battle against poverty, giving New Orleanians the tools necessary to rebuild their homes and their lives, and to confront challenges such as unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.

Thank them for the work that they do and the insights they give on this blog by donating to the AVODAH program in New Orleans. If you give a new or increased gift by May 31, 2010, your gift will be generously matched by the Estelle Friedman Gervis Family Foundation. You can donate online by clicking on the link below.

In order to get this $10,000 matching grant from the foundation, we need to raise an additional $4,000 in new or increased donations by the deadline.

In these times, we are all trying to stretch the value of our dollars. This is an opportunity for you to double the impact of a donation to AVODAH, and support the important work we do helping people in poverty in New Orleans.

The deadline is May 31, 2010, so please give today!