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Monday, July 16, 2007

New Orleans Jewish Federation Offers Financial Incentives For Jews


From YNET: In an ambitious bid to bolster New Orleans' Jewish population following Hurricane Katrina, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans has announced a program of financial incentives to families who make their home in the city.

The incentives are modeled on the Nefesh B'Nefesh immigration to Israel scheme, which enables Jewish families to settle across Israel. "Young people who are looking for new opportunities but do not want to relocate as far as Israel would do well to look southwards to the Jewish community of New Orleans," a press release by the city's Jewish federation said.

The package includes "moving grants, day school scholarships, loans and other benefits as part of its $500,000 Newcomer's Incentive Plan," the press statement added.

"Two years ago when Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, the New Orleans community lost 30 percent of its Jewish members," the city's Jewish Federation said.

"Today, with rebuilding efforts well underway, the Jewish community is looking to recruit 1,000 new families over the next 5 years. Already, close to 200 new Jewish families have moved to the area and more than 50 have begun to inquire about incentives," the statement said, adding: "Now, with funding support from United Jewish Communities and a recent grant of $100,000 from the Los Angeles Federation, the local Federation has half a million dollars available for returnees and newcomers."

The Incentives Plan also contains a strong sell of New Orleans, which is described as being warmer than many US cities, "with a choice of nine synagogues, two JCCs, two day schools, two kosher restaurants and other facilities... It is also a city with soul, featuring jazz, Mardi Gras, great food traditions and a strong local culture."

"Young professionals say that they are moving to the city because they can sense the exciting opportunities which are open to them," the statement added.

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6 Comments:

  • At July 16, 2007 at 7:28 AM , Anonymous Malkah said...

    I wonder why the Los Angeles Federation would be involved in this program.

     
  • At July 16, 2007 at 9:51 AM , Anonymous Pesach-613 said...

    People have a right live where ever, however, this is classic example of the galut mentality ... when will they ever learn. That city is disaster waiting to happen again, If I lived there I would never come back after Katrina.

     
  • At July 16, 2007 at 10:21 PM , Anonymous shimshinhagiber@yahoo.com said...

    12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. 13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your G-d,
    14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of new orleans, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
    15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the G-d of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into new orleans, and go to sojourn there;
    16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of new orleans, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in new orleans; and there ye shall die. (YEREMIYAHU Chapter 42)
    .....

    Yishai, i'm a bit suprised at you....i would have thought you'ed be condeming this foolish galutnik action.....encouraging jews to move to the "sodom of the south"...the murder and aids capital of the world...even the american government did'nt want to help them.....it took a week for them to just bring drinking water to the dome!!....like moving from germany to poland in 1937.....

     
  • At July 17, 2007 at 3:32 AM , Anonymous Yishai said...

    RE: "Yishai, i'm a bit suprised at you....i would have thought you'ed be condeming this foolish galutnik action.....encouraging jews to move to the "sodom of the south"...the murder and aids capital of the world...even the american government did'nt want to help them.....it took a week for them to just bring drinking water to the dome!!....like moving from germany to poland in 1937"

    The very reason why I put this up was to show the foolishness of the American Jewish community in promoting a dead Jewish community instead of backing Israel and Aliyah with every ounce of strength and every penny they have. The Galut needs to be retired and not artificially resuscitated. Today, all efforts to build up the the Galut are a waste of money and energy; we must help refocus the agenda.

     
  • At July 17, 2007 at 9:52 PM , Anonymous shimshinhagiber@yahoo.com said...

    Yishai......i ouw you an apology, i hope i didn't cause you any grief......I'm actually glad that i was mistaken with your point.

    I'm olaying soon....(actually this week), and I've been following your tenor here on kumah (with glee) , for a long time now......your pen has been quite the sword of Goliath
    (in the hand of David) ,and i hope that you and those like you find yourselves with much more powerful mediums and on a much larger scale with very many more attentive Jewish eyes fastened on you, in the not too distant future........sorry again for the misunderstanding... and the hand of hashem continue to be with you.....d.

    11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
    12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
    13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
    14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
    15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
    16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites AS ONE MAN.

     
  • At July 17, 2007 at 11:22 PM , Anonymous גיל רונן said...

    "I'm olaying soon" is good.

    We should have this ceremony where olim who get off the plane pass through a cordon of welcomers and we all shout "olé!" each time an oleh passes through...

     

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