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Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Purim Masks

Corps members prepare for Purim celebrations by creating masks

Planting trees in Central City

Rachel Glicksman works with residents to beautify the neighborhood

Celebrating Chanukah

Corps members welcomed coworkers and community members to their home

Learning about Bayou Bienvenue

Alum David Eber teaches the group about deforestation in the cypress swamps

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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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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