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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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Mollie Flink
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 with literacy, and volunteered as a Big Sister. After graduation, Mollie worked as a counselor and resident advisor at TRY: The Ramah Jerusalem High School in Jerusalem, Israel.

Jew Dat: Navigating Jewish Life In New Orleans

Nov 5th, 2010 by Mollie Flink | 0

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I never felt like it was difficult to be Jewish. I was fortunate enough to attend Jewish day school from kindergarten through high school. Every Saturday, I walked five minutes from my house to synagogue with my family. I had a dozen kosher restaurants to choose from or [...]

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