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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.

University of Delaware student reflects on her recent visit to New Orleans

Feb 19th, 2009 by admin | 0

Ellen Michael, a student at UD, recently visited New Orleans during an Alternative Break trip through her college Hillel program. Current AVODAH Corps Member Meredith Grabek graduated from UD last year, and had a hand in perpetuating the UD Hillel Alternative Winter Break trip to help rebuild New Orleans. Read about Meredith’s experiences during her [...]

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Corps Member Profile: Meredith Grabek reflects on how she came to work with Rebuilding Together

Feb 6th, 2009 by admin | 1

Meredith Grabek only needed one short trip to New Orleans to know she wanted to live here. Having grown up in Paxton, Massachusetts, Meredith was a junior at the University of Delaware when she first visited the city on an alternative spring break trip with her Hillel. Instead of lounging on the beach [...]

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Meredith Grabek featured in local news

Jan 29th, 2009 by admin | 0

AVODAH Corps member Meredith Grabek was recently interviewed by two local news sources for her work with Rebuilding Together New Orleans.
Here, Meredith is featured on the Fox 8 news:

Also, listen to the WWNO news story that aired during NPR’s Morning Edition earlier this month. Click here.

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