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Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Shine

Celebrating Sukkot

In October 2008, Corps members hosted a potluck under the backyard sukkah

Churches

Resurrection After Exoneration

Ora Nitkin-Kaner, 08-09, still works at RAE after finishing the AVODAH program

Civic Involvement

Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Corps members visited this Lower 9th Ward organization during Orientation

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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The Interpreter

Nov 18th, 2009 by Gillian Locascio | 0

For the last four years, most of my food advocacy has been on a college campus. I worked in my community. I had a stake in the aesthetics, the educational priorities, the social and environmental footprint, and, of course, the food itself. No one questioned if I had a right to be there, voicing [...]

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Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

May 20th, 2009 by jpollock | 0

by Jenna Pollock
AVODAH New Orleans Corps Member

IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? COMMUNITY PARTNERS PRESENT GROUND-BREAKING DOCUMENTARY
UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? is a groundbreaking new documentary series that crisscrosses the country exploring how the social conditions in which Americans are born, live and work profoundly affect health and longevity, even more than medical [...]

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More ERs are not the only answer to local healthcare

Feb 11th, 2009 by admin | 1

Last month, Baptist Hospital uptown (now owned by Ochsner) reopened its Emergency Room, giving uptown residents more convenient access to emergency healthcare. The openning has since been praised as another step towards recovery, since access to healthcare in New Orleans has been limited since Katrina. However, a story published in the Times-Picayune sheds light on [...]

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