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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.

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AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps' mission is to mobilize and strengthen a new generation of young Jews seeking to change the world and themselves through direct work on poverty issues. Each year AVODAH recruits recent college graduates from a wide range of Jewish backgrounds to work full-time on urban poverty issues in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC. In the fall of 2008, AVODAH began bringing idealistic and passionate young people to strengthen the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.

Jews4NewOrleans.org has moved!

Jul 13th, 2011 by admin | 0

Jews4NewOrleans.org has joined the national AVODAH blog, AVODAH: Jewish Voices Pursuing Justice
To continue following AVODAH’s work in New Orleans and all the four AVODAH city sites - please go to:http://avodahblog.wordpress.com/

If you have any questions please feel free to contact avodahneworleans@avodah.net

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Rebuilding Together New Orleans, an AVODAH placement organization, receives praise in The Atlantic

May 31st, 2011 by admin | 0

Rebuilding Together New Orleans - an AVODAH placement organization for three years - received praise in a recent article in the Atlantic. The article, “Sustainable New Orleans: How Katrina Made a City Greener” was written by Kaid Benfield, the director of the Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and co-founder [...]

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New Orleans Jewish community and AVODAH participants welcome thousands during General Assembly

Nov 30th, 2010 by admin | 1

More than 4,000 Jews from around the world came to New Orleans November 5-9, 2010 for the General Assembly (GA) of the Jewish Federations of North America, the largest annual gathering of Jewish professionals and lay leaders in the United States. The New Orleans Jewish community came out in force to volunteer at the event, [...]

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Marilyn Sneiderman to Become Executive Director of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps

Jul 12th, 2010 by admin | 0

Marilyn Sneiderman has just been appointed Executive Director of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. Sneiderman replaces Rabbi David Rosenn, who served as AVODAH’s founding director for 13 years. Sneiderman will begin her duties on July 26, 2010.
“AVODAH’s Board of Directors is proud to have Marilyn assume the helm. Marilyn has a long history of commitment to [...]

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Incoming Corps members arrive in August

May 12th, 2010 by admin | 0

Mollie Flink, from Deerfield, IL, graduated from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary with Bachelors of Arts degrees in English and Bible. She received a Seminary fellowship in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, during which she advocated for the West Side Campaign Against Hunger. She also served as a reading aide to sixth grade students struggling [...]

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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 [...]

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Learning from Plurality

Mar 10th, 2010 by admin | 0

Recently, two AVODAH New Orleans Corps members were interviewed for Repair The World’s blog. Repair the World is a website that features service opportunities for Jews of all ages and backgrounds.
The following is excerpted from Lisa Koenig’s interview with Jordan Aiken, who works at the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, and Rachie Lewis, working at the [...]

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RAE founder John Thompson featured on CNN

Oct 26th, 2009 by admin | 0

John “JT” Thompson, founder and director of Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE), was interviewed recently by CNN’s Becky Anderson for the network’s Connector of the Day segment. JT spent 18 years in prison, 14 of those on death row at Angola Prison, for a murder he didn’t commit. Watch the clip below to learn more about [...]

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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 [...]

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“Go You Forth” Benefit Concert, October 15

Oct 7th, 2009 by admin | 0

Neshama Carlebach Hosts Benefit Concert
Featuring Ellis Marsalis, Green Pasture Baptist Church Choir and Others

Concert proceeds to benefit local food access organizations to fight hunger and feed hope in Greater New Orleans
The concert will be held Thursday, October 15 at 8 p.m.
at the Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans.
Tickets are $18 in advance [...]

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