Next Year In New Orleans
Bored? Looking for a change of scenery? Or maybe you just need an excuse to stalk the Jolie-Pitts in their adopted hometown?
Well, New Orleans synagogues are recruiting Jews. Apparently 3,000 of the city’s 10,000 Jews have left and those remaining 7,000 are getting pretty worried. So New Orleans is holding a recruitment drive, hoping to get Jews down south by stressing the concept of tikkun olam. Says the Los Angeles Times article:
And if the appeals to your conscience and genetic predisposition for money lust (Where’s Caro when you need him?) don’t convince you, maybe this mouth-watering image of a delicious po boy will put you over the edge.
Well, New Orleans synagogues are recruiting Jews. Apparently 3,000 of the city’s 10,000 Jews have left and those remaining 7,000 are getting pretty worried. So New Orleans is holding a recruitment drive, hoping to get Jews down south by stressing the concept of tikkun olam. Says the Los Angeles Times article:
They also plan to lure them with cash. Starting next month, any Jew who has relocated to the city since Jan. 1 will be eligible for up to $5,500 for moving and housing expenses, interest-free loans of up to $30,000, half-price tuition at Jewish day schools, and a year of free membership at a synagogue and a Jewish community center.
And if the appeals to your conscience and genetic predisposition for money lust (Where’s Caro when you need him?) don’t convince you, maybe this mouth-watering image of a delicious po boy will put you over the edge.
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submit a comment07.19.07 at 1:07 pm
alright im in. whos with me?
07.20.07 at 1:07 pm
You had me at discounted Jewish Day School tuition.