Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is a picture of a group of Hillel students posing in front of a house waiting for a new roof. A group of Hillel students from campuses across the country traveled to Gulfport and Biloxi to spend their spring break repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The students learned basic construction and roofing skills, and put those newfound skills to good use over the course of the week.

This is a picture of Hillel students putting finishing touches on the new roof that they had built on a house on 291 Kuhn Street in Biloxi, Mississippi. These students were part of a group of hundreds of college students from Hillels across the country that spent their winter or spring breaks in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The students learned basic construction and roofing skills.

This is a picture of Hillel students putting down felt paper on a house in Biloxi, Mississippi. Shingles are then put over the felt paper. These students were part of a group of hundreds of college students from Hillels across the country that spent their winter or spring breaks in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The students learned basic construction and roofing skills. By the end of the week, this house at 291 Kuhn street had a brand new roof.

This is a picture of Hillel students removing shingles from a roof damaged by Hurricane Katrina in order to build a new roof in its place. These students were part of a group of hundreds of college students from Hillels across the country that spent their winter or spring breaks in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The students learned basic construction and roofing skills. By the end of the week, this house at 291 Kuhn street had a brand new roof.

This is a picture of Danielle Ain, a Hamilton College student who participated in Hillel's alternative spring break trip to Gulfport and Biloxi Mississippi. She was part of a group of students from Hillels across the country that spent their winter and spring breaks learning basic roofing and construction skills and repairing local homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. By the end of the week in Mississippi, the house at 291 Kuhn street had a brand new roof.