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The Union for Reform Judaism announced that Utica will be the site of Jacobs Ladder, a project that will enable the Union to effectively collect, organize and distribute thousands of dollars worth of goods and supplies flowing from Reform Jewish congregations nationwide to the victims […]

Congregation Beth Israel in Houston hosted a meeting of the New Orleans Jewish community last night. About 200 attended the meeting, which was the first chance many of them had to reconnect with friends. Barbara Raynor noted ironically that last night was supposed to have […]

Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson will host a Healing Service at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 for the Jackson metro area community. Residents of the area and evacuees of all faiths are invited to join this community service in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Rabbi […]

Due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Alabama Governor Bob Riley will not be on the Alabama trade mission to Israel. It is set to depart tomorrow. Instead, Alabama House Speaker Seth Hammet and Neal Wade, director of the Alabama Development Office, will lead the […]

ZAKA, which is known for recovering bodies in Israel after terrorist attacks, is using its expertise in New Orleans. Volunteers are traveling the flooded city by boat, finding and evacuating bodies. Already, ZAKA has reportedly found the bodies of two Jews. Chabad teams are also […]

The Jewish community of Jackson, Miss., is seeking assistance to deal with the influx of evacuees in that community. Rabbi Valerie Cohen of Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, noted that they are only 3 hours from New Orleans and the Mississippi coast, […]

With cities like Jackson, Miss., and Baton Rouge, La., experiencing an immediate doubling of their populations, congregations are working to provide services to New Orleans residents. Bert Rubinsky, who is one of the coordinators in Jackson, said there are already about 75 Jews from New […]

The Birmingham Jewish community has launched a coordinated effort to assist those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The community’s congregations, Birmingham Jewish Federation, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School, Levite Jewish Community Center and Collat Jewish Family Services have banded together to cooperate in the effort. The […]

Many in New Orleans’ Jewish community are in Houston, which is the new staging area for the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. According to Lee Wunsch, Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, there has been a tremendous response from around […]