Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is a press release from the Union for Reform Judaism’s website, www.urj.org. The press release, “Reform Jews Remain Committed to Rebuilding New Orleans: Adult Mitzvah Corps Integrates Study, Prayer and Service in Effort to Rebuild Lives,” describes the upcoming adult volunteer project to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

This is a press release from the Union for Reform Judaism’s website, www.urj.org. The press release, “Reform Adult Mitzvah Corps to Work in New Orleans: Eighteen People to Spend December 25-31 Rebuilding Homes,” describes the upcoming adult volunteer project to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

This is a blog entry by Nathan Rothstein, a volunteer with Phoenix of New Orleans. This entry discusses the Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP) Steering Committee meeting on November 30, 2006. The participants focus the meeting on housing and the rebuilding of neighborhoods.

This is a blog entry by Nathan Rothstein, a volunteer with Phoenix of New Orleans. This entry examines the state of New Orleans post-Katrina and questions how the city can heal itself.

Here's a photo of one of the first homes to be rebuilt in our neighborhood, next to someone still in a FEMA trailer.