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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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Rachel Laing
Rachel Laing grew up in Hastings on Hudson, NY, and attended Skidmore College, where she majored in International Affairs, with minors in Dance, Latin American Studies, and Spanish. She spent semesters abroad in both Buenos Aires, Argentina and Merida in Yucatan, Mexico. Rachel has extensive experience working with children as a camp counselor, nursery school assistant, nanny, and dance teacher. As a Teaching Assistant at Success Preparatory Academy, Rachel works directly with underprivileged children and their families to ensure all students receive an education to prepare them for college, and to become the next generation of leaders in their communities and beyond. Success Prep is an open enrollment charter school, established in 2009 to meet the city’s need for high quality elementary education.

Giving Up?

Jan 3rd, 2011 by Rachel Laing | 0

As part of my AVODAH experience this year, I generally spend Tuesday evenings involved in some form of program at home or in a nearby spot that has agreed to host us. These range from learning about how New Orleans’ geography shaped its history to an introduction to the convoluted legal system, from exploring a [...]

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