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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.

Public Defenders for Orleans Parish face serious problems

Feb 25th, 2009 by admin | 0

The most recent issue of the Gambit Weekly featured a profile on the state of Public Defense in Orleans parish. The system is underfunded, defense attorneys are overworked, and basic civil rights are at risk for individuals who cannot afford the high fees of a private attorney.
The Orleans Public Defenders office has partnered with AVODAH: [...]

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In the News: Financial deficiencies at the Orleans Public Defenders office

Dec 8th, 2008 by admin | 0

Visit the Orleans Public Defenders website. Eliza Baron, a 2008-2009 AVODAH Corps Member, is currently working as a Client Welfare Specialist at the Orleans Public Defenders office.
Public defenders ask New Orleans City Council to plug holes in budget
by Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune
Published: November 20, 2008

Leaders of the Orleans public defenders office are asking the [...]

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Meet the 2008-09 AVODAH New Orleans Corps Members

Nov 7th, 2008 by admin | 1

Orientation Retreat, August 2008

Top row (left to right): David Eber, Ora Nitkin-Kaner, Yaeli Brontein
Middle row: Jenna Pollock, Meredith Grabek, Ariana Kolins, Joshua Lichtman (Program Director for AVODAH New Orleans)
Front row: Rachel Lee, Rebecca Waxman, Eliza Baron

Eliza Baron, from Millburn, NJ, graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst this [...]

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