Katrina’s Jewish Voices

Rabbi Mark Hurvitz and his wife Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz were in New Orleans December 18-22, 2006, volunteering with Nechama. While there Rabbi Hurvitz maintained a Web site about their trip: http://www.davka.org/where/travel/nechama.

The is an article by Gail Chalew titled "Tools in hand, volunteers are truly repairing the world, and New Orleans." The article is from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) and was originally published on January 29, 2007. The article profiles several Jewish groups that have volunteered in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina, including Hillel, Nechama, and the Union for Reform Judaism.

This photograph was taken by Howard Feinberg on a family trip to New Orleans in August 2006 with Nechama: Jewish Response to Disaster. Howard Feinberg is Managing Director of UJC Consulting.

This photograph was taken by Howard Feinberg on a family trip to New Orleans in August 2006 with Nechama: Jewish Response to Disaster. Howard Feinberg is Managing Director of UJC Consulting.

This photograph was taken by Howard Feinberg on a family trip to New Orleans in August 2006 with Nechama: Jewish Response to Disaster. Howard Feinberg is Managing Director of UJC Consulting.