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Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Shine

Purim Masks

Corps members prepare for Purim celebrations by creating masks

Churches

Planting trees in Central City

Rachel Glicksman works with residents to beautify the neighborhood

Civic Involvement

Celebrating Chanukah

Corps members welcomed coworkers and community members to their home

Action

Learning about Bayou Bienvenue

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

Churches

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.

Archive for September, 2010

Sukkot Updates

Sep 29th, 2010 by Rachel Lee | 0

Sukkot is proving to be a time for both celebration and reflection this year. Minyan Nahar (The River Minyan), Moishe House and LQBTQ Jewish Nola sponsored a series of events in the backyard sukkah of David Eber (AVODAH ‘09), Yaeli Bronstein (’09) and Jordan Aiken (’10). Ranging from Sangria in the Sukkah to a lively [...]

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Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen?

Sep 15th, 2010 by Rachel Lee | 1

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD?
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains [...]

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