Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is the first entry, entitled "God's Hands," from Rabbi Stanton Zamek's blog, www.rabbizamek.blogspot.com. This entry, from September 4th, 2005, describes what the community of Beth Shalom is doing to help after Hurricane Katrina. Rabbi Zamek is the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He and his community played an important role in relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, hosting evacuees in congregants' homes, reuniting families separated by the storm, and...

Attached please find a speech I gave to some members of the CCAR who came to visit last April. My husband and I finally moved into a newly renovated townhouse in Metairie at the end of September. We plan to sell our lot and look for a new house sometime this year. Now that I have decorated this townhouse, there is still much to do, for example, go through all of the things from the house that we were able to save which are still in boxes.

Reliving it all is still very painful. If I ramble please be patient. We don't talk about it very much--we're living among folks who are tired of listening to old news.

This diary was written by Susan H. Glazer about her experience evacuating from New Orleans and deciding to move to Florida. She shares stories about her friends and family as well.