Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is a photograph of debris and trash still on the ground 16 months after Hurricane Katrina, include a Barney stuffed animal. This photograph was taken by Mark Lit, a participant on the Jewish Community Center Association’s ‘Days of Caring and Sharing’ trip in January, 2007. The trip involved JCCA board members and executive directors who witnessed some of the destruction still present in New Orleans 16 months after the storm, visited Beth Israel, and cleaned a YWCA building ruined by...

This is a photograph of stained and tarnished plaques from Beth Israel, an Orthodox synagogue in New Orleans’ Lakeview district that was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. This photograph was taken by Martine Kaplan, a participant on the Jewish Community Center Association’s ‘Days of Caring and Sharing’ trip in January, 2007. The trip involved JCCA board members and executive directors who witnessed some of the destruction still present in New Orleans 16 months after the storm, visited Beth...

This is a photograph of the New Orleans YWCA. This photograph was taken by Martine Kaplan, a participant on the Jewish Community Center Association’s ‘Days of Caring and Sharing’ trip in January, 2007. The trip involved JCCA board members and executive directors who witnessed some of the destruction still present in New Orleans 16 months after the storm, visited Beth Israel, and cleaned this YWCA building ruined by Hurricane Katrina.

This is a photograph of a banner from Nechama – Jewish Response to Disaster. This photograph was taken by Martine Kaplan, a participant on the Jewish Community Center Association’s ‘Days of Caring and Sharing’ trip in January, 2007. The trip involved JCCA board members and executive directors who witnessed some of the destruction still present in New Orleans 16 months after the storm, visited Beth Israel, and cleaned a YWCA building ruined by Hurricane Katrina. Nechama coordinated the trip, and...

This is a photograph of a van from Nechama – Jewish Response to Disaster. This photograph was taken by Martine Kaplan, a participant on the Jewish Community Center Association’s ‘Days of Caring and Sharing’ trip in January, 2007. The trip involved JCCA board members and executive directors who witnessed some of the destruction still present in New Orleans 16 months after the storm, visited Beth Israel, and cleaned a YWCA building ruined by Hurricane Katrina. Nechama coordinated the trip.