Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This photograph, taken by Paula Picker, shows the outside of Beth Israel Synagogue in the Lakeview section of New Orleans, which was destroyed by the 17th Street Canal breach.

This photograph, taken by Paula Picker in November/December 2005, shows the Industrial Canal levee breach in the Lower 9th Ward, with the Industrial Canal Bridge in the background.

This photograph of the 17th Street Canal levee breach was taken by Paula Picker in November/December 2005.

This is the seventh of 11 Katrina Reports written by William W. Rosen of New Orleans. This report is dated November 30, 2005 and is titled "Thanksgiving, Lee Circle And The Costliest Engineering Mistake In American History." This report is about Thanksgiving in New Orleans. William visits different areas of the city and talks about the levees.

The first file is a true story written by Wendy Good about the suicide of Avram Herman of Jacquelyn Court, near the 17th Street Canal, in New Orleans. The second file is an email written by Wendy, sharing the news of Avram Herman's death.