{"id":4089,"date":"2009-08-28T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2013-05-29T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:51:10","slug":"august-28-2009-moishe-house-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/08\/28\/august-28-2009-moishe-house-new-orleans\/4089\/","title":{"rendered":" Moishe House New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BOB ABERNETHY<\/strong>, host:<strong> <\/strong>Four years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. In this neighborhood in New Orleans, Broadmoor, the houses were in 8 feet of water. Since then, thousands of young volunteers from all over the country, from many faith traditions, have gone to New Orleans to help with the clean-up and rebuilding. Many chose to move there. We talked with residents at the Jewish social service organization, Moishe House.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN GRABOIES<\/strong>: Moishe House is a national organization. It says that the mission of the houses that they have throughout the world is \u201ctikkun olam,\u201d which is \u201crepairing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/08\/p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>JEFF PRUSSECK<\/strong>: That ties right in to the mission here\u00a0in New Orleans, taking a city that has been faced with so many challenges and trying to, on every level of infrastructure and community development, to provide more structure to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GILL BENEDEK<\/strong>: The idea of giving back to a community, whether it be Jewish or the general community at large, was a very appealing idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN GRABOIES<\/strong>: First, coming down, it was an absolute\u2014it was wiped out. It looked like a bomb had gone off, and coming back in the six-month intervals you could really see the progression that was slowly happening, but with that time going by you could see progress.<\/p>\n<p>I met Miss Della Mae when she came into Broadmoor looking for assistance with rebuilding her home. She\u2019s an elderly woman, wheelchair-bound, been living in a trailer on her property for the better part of three years after Hurricane Katrina. So Miss Dell was someone we were thrilled to find the resources to help her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/08\/p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>DELLA MAE WITHERSPOON<\/strong>: Oh, they did a wonderful job. They did everything. They made me a brand new house!<\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN GRABOIES<\/strong>: We\u2019re already practicing tikkun olam in our day-to-day lives, so in a way we\u2019re being Jewish even without being in the synagogue. Moishe House, in a sense, is sort of that alternative venue to come in and reengage with the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GILL BENEDEK<\/strong>: The Shabbat potluck, the Friday night dinner that we do once a month, is really very much the soul of our programming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN GRABOIES<\/strong>: It\u2019s great to see everyone. We do this every month, and we start with some traditional prayers and a brief song. They join us for dinner, and we do the blessings. It\u2019s sort of a great opportunity for everyone to take a moment and spend time with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>What I hope Moishe House brings to New Orleans is a comfortable, open community based on Jewish values, culture, religion that is accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOB ABERNETHY, host: Four years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. In this neighborhood in New Orleans, Broadmoor, the houses were in 8 feet of water. 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