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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.

Author Archive

Rachel Glicksman
Rachel Glicksman, from New York, NY, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Hispanic Studies from Vassar College. While in college, Rachel served as Co-Chair of Hunger Action, President of Operation Donation, and Vice President of the Vassar Jewish Union, and founded the campus chapter of Challah for Hunger to raise money for humanitarian causes. As the Assistant Neighborhood Coordinator at Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative, Rachel will work closely with residents of the Central City neighborhood to identify and implement programs to revitalize the community. Jericho Road supports affordable housing for neighborhood residents by building new construction homes and rehabilitating existing structures.

Growing a Community (Garden)

May 25th, 2010 by Rachel Glicksman | 0

As anyone who knows me knows, I’m all about food. I love cooking, I love eating, I find farmers markets incredibly aesthetically pleasing, if I had the time I’d make my own yogurt and cheese and bake all of my own bread. So, this year I had a vision that my housemates would be fellow [...]

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The Great Pumpkin Parade

Nov 10th, 2009 by Rachel Glicksman | 1

For the past two months, the organization I work with, Jericho Road, has been hosting “Community Dinners” for members of the neighborhood to come together, share a meal, receive some sort of training and discuss events going on in the neighborhood. During our dinner in September one resident stood up and shared his dream for [...]

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Falling in love with a new city

Sep 22nd, 2009 by Rachel Glicksman | 1

As a native New Yorker, I’ve never really considered living anywhere else besides New York. I love my hometown, and this isn’t an I (heart) New York type of love, but a true dedication and devotion to a place. The grit and grime of the subways, the buildings so tall that only a sliver of [...]

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