Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is the cover of the Atlanta Jewish Times on January 13, 2006. The cover reads: RENEWAL AMID THE RUINS The Jewish community returns and rebuilds along the Gulf Coast

This photograph was taken by Emilie Hardman during a trip to New Orleans in June 2007.

An attempt to repair property destroyed by Katrina. The photo was taken by Rabbi Jason Miller, who traveled to New Orleans with a group of 35 Conservative rabbis for a Rabbinical Assembly Mission at the end of January 2007.

An attempt to repair property destroyed by Katrina. The photo was taken by Rabbi Jason Miller, who traveled to New Orleans with a group of 35 Conservative rabbis for a Rabbinical Assembly Mission at the end of January 2007.

The following document, a proposal put forth to the National Science Foundation by Frederick D. Weil and the LSU Katrina Survey Team, is an interdisciplinary project attempting to examine the effects of Katrina on the local New Orleans community. The proposal suggests a number of ways in which the community can succeed in rebuilding the city and strengthening its people physically, emotionally, and socially.