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15 Apr 2022

Walk the road today with NECHAMA

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...
Deployment Updates
Disaster Relief
01 Apr 2022

We Love our Volunteers!!!

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...
Deployment Updates
Disaster Relief
22 Mar 2022

Airlink continues support of Hurricane Ida Response

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...
Volunteer/Client Spotlights
Disaster Relief
11 Mar 2022

AmeriCorps NCCC team Delta 4 joins NECHAMA

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...
Volunteer/Client Spotlights
Disaster Relief
10 Feb 2022

IT TAKES A VILLAGE...

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...
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Disaster Relief
17 Dec 2021

Operations Update: Hurricane Ida, Kentucky tornado, Midwest Derecho

Operations Update: Hurricane Ida, Kentucky tornado, Midwest Derecho We want to thank all who have reached out to us in the past week. You have...
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24 Nov 2021

Lo Ta’Amod (לא תעמוד) – “Don’t Stand Idly By”

Greetings, The Pandemic has been confusing, painful, and difficult for many, including for us at NECHAMA. Our team was deployed to Nashville, TN in March...
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Disaster Relief
16 Nov 2021

Damage Beyond Repair

Our aim is to help families muck and gut existing structures, allowing them to rebuild the structure that they called home before a storm. Unfortunately,...
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