Our Hurricane Ida program is officially extending through June 30, 2022! Now is the time to think about joining us in Louisiana this summer. Make a solo trip, bring a […]
Passover is a Jewish holiday, but its central story of Exodus and people’s struggles to seek freedom and liberation is universal. Judaism instructs us to retell this ancient story each […]
(Pictured: Todd Heilicher, Steve Lear, Reva Lear, Betty Katz, Steve Hunegs) Our celebration of volunteerism continues! We thought it would be awesome to take you back to when it all […]
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and what a wonderful time to tell you how much we love our volunteers!!! As long as NECHAMA has been around, there have been amazing […]
Search and rescue crews check a damaged home in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (New Orleans Fire Department via Twitter.) As a severe storm passed through […]
On August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. This destructive and deadly storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, and was the […]
NECHAMA Jewish Response to Disaster welcomes AmeriCorps NCCC team Delta 4, who just arrived to help us with mucking and gutting and tree work assisting those impacted by Hurricane Ida. […]
As our teams are hard at work in sunny Louisiana, we are closely monitoring weather conditions in other areas of the country. Specifically, those areas that are prone to spring […]
NECHAMA assessment teams arrived on the ground in Louisiana 5 months ago! As of Monday, staff and volunteers have dedicated 7,348 hours to assist homeowners in returning to their homes. […]
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