Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is photograph of trash being removed from the yard of one home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The photograph was taken by University of Virginia Hillel students who spent the week emptying and gutting damaged houses to enable later rebuilding. University of Virginia Hillel students took two week-long Hurricane Katrina relief trips in the spring of 2006: one to Mississippi in March, and one to New Orleans in May. This photograph was taken on May 27, 2006, and was...

This is a photograph the ruined belongings that University of Virginia Hillel students cleared out of a New Orleans home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Later, the students gutted the inside of the home to enable later rebuilding. University of Virginia Hillel students took two week-long Hurricane Katrina relief trips in the spring of 2006: one to Mississippi in March, and one to New Orleans in May. This photograph was taken on May 26, 2006, and was originally posted on the...

This is a photograph of a University of Virginia Hillel student removing a rotted piece of wall in a New Orleans home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. University of Virginia Hillel students took two week-long relief trips in the spring of 2006: one to Mississippi in March, and one to New Orleans in May. This photograph was taken on May 27, 2006, and was originally posted on the University of Virginia Hillel blog at http://uvahillel.blogspot.com.

This is a photograph of a University of Virginia Hillel student removing a piece of rotted wall in a New Orleans home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. University of Virginia Hillel students took two week-long relief trips in the spring of 2006: one to Mississippi in March, and one to New Orleans in May. This photograph was taken on May 27, 2006, and was originally posted on the University of Virginia Hillel blog at http://uvahillel.blogspot.com.

This is a photograph of a University of Virginia Hillel student removing a piece of ceiling in a New Orleans home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. University of Virginia Hillel students took two week-long relief trips in the spring of 2006: one to Mississippi in March, and one to New Orleans in May. This photograph was taken on May 27, 2006, and was originally posted on the University of Virginia Hillel blog at http://uvahillel.blogspot.com.