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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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PBS video on 3rd anniversary of Katrina

Jan 6th, 2009 by admin | 0

Katrina Volunteers

To commemorate the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, PBS affiliate Religion & Ethics Newsweekly produced a short 4:30 minute film on the role of religion and social justice work in the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Visit the website to view the video.

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JCC Maccabi ArtsFest being held in New Orleans August 2-7, 2009

Jan 6th, 2009 by admin | 0

New Orleans has been named as a host city of the JCC Maccabi Artsfest for 2009. The festival will be held August 2-7, 2009. Potential teen participants should contact their local JCC. Individuals living in or planning to visit the New Orleans area during the ArtsFest who are interested in volunteering should contact the [...]

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Rabbi Uri Topoloski interviewed for Jewish Press

Jan 6th, 2009 by admin | 0

In 2007, Rabbi Uri moved to New Orleans with his family to serve at Congregation Beth Israel.  He was interviewed by The Jewish Press about his move to New Orleans from
New York, and about his perspective on the current state of the Jewish community here.

Rabbi Uri, his wife Dahlia, and their two sons, Elyon and [...]

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Jean Lafitte’s Jewish Ancestry?

Dec 19th, 2008 by admin | 0

The recently published Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, by Edward Kritzler, explores Jewish ties to the legendary pirates who plagued the Caribbean during the Age of Discovery. While the scholarship is lacking, according to Adam Kirsch, who wrote a review of the book for J. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, the links Kritzler [...]

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Let It Snow, New Orleans!

Dec 11th, 2008 by admin | 0

New Orleanians awoke on Thursday morning to life inside a snow globe: big, fluttery snowflakes filled the sky and covered plants, cars, and buildings. Many schools were closed in the area, and children celebrated having a snow day — a first for most. The last time it snowed in New Orleans was on Christmas Day [...]

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