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n the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, Houston's Jewish com-
munity has been instrumental in
the relief effort for Jewish and non-
Jewish victims.
Joe and Joy Kaplan are two of the
many Jewish Houstonians who have
put in hundreds of volunteer hours
helping non-Jewish evacuees from the
Gulf Coast since the disaster struck.
Members of Operation Compassion,
an interfaith initiative responsible for
food and humanitarian services at the
George R. Brown Convention Center
and other shelters across the city, the
Kaplans said their participation in the
relief effort is nothing out of the
ordinary.
"We're just regular people who want
to help in any way we can," explained
Joe Kaplan during his eight-hour shift
on Saturday. Under the auspices of
Houston Mayor Bill White, the con-
vention center has been converted
into a two-story, temporary city, out-
fitted with most amenities, including
a fully operational hospital and laun-
dry service provided by the Hilton
Hotel next door.
Kaplan, one of the 750 volunteers
scheduled to work that day, spent the
morning directing evacuees to places
they needed to go — .where to get
breakfast, take a shower, find medical
care and transportation. He also spent
time visiting with several of the
15,000 residents, listening to their sto-
ries, playing with children and offering
messages of hope.
Houston's Jewish community has
also been working to ensure that its
new Jewish neighbors from New
Orleans are comfortable and provided
for. Current estimates are that more
than half of the Crescent City's Jewish
community is now living in Houston,
and these 5,000 individuals have been
blessed with food, clothing, trans-
portation, medical and financial assis-
tance, religious and educational servic-
es, and housing.
Non-Jewish evacuees also need
help, as Diane and Stephen "Skip"

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Brezner can attest. According to
Diane, the local Jewish federation
learned that a non-Jewish employee
of the National Council of Jewish
Women's New Orleans office was
staying at the Reliant Arena shelter
along with her family. Jewish resi-
dents volunteered to pick up Nettie
Thompson and her husband, two
daughters and three grandchildren
and find them more comfortable liv-
ing conditions.
This entire ordeal has been heart-
breaking for us all," Diane Brezner
said. "And we're just glad to be able to
help — black, white, green — any-
body who's in need. That's our obliga-
tion as Jews."
The Thompsons first were taken
to the Jewish Federation of Greater
Houston. There the children took
showers and were given new clothes.
The family was then taken to the
Brezners' house, where they were
given food and places to sleep. The
adults were able to wash themselves,
change into clean clothes, and relax
for the first time in more than a
week
The next day, the Thompsons
secured a home of their own, where
the first month's rent was paid by the
Jewish community. Besides having
food, water, clean clothing and a roof
overhead, Houston's newest residents
repeatedly have said that getting their
children into school is the next step in
maintaining a sense of normalcy in
Katrina's aftermath.
The principal of Parker Elementary
School, Carol "Cappy" Selig, is one of
several Jewish educators in the
Houston Independent School District
who have done everything in their
power to help evacuees from southern
Louisiana and Mississippi achieve this
goal. Parker, a top music elementary
school in the district, operates at
capacity each year.
"We received our first student from
New Orleans on Sept. 1," Selig said.
'And even though we have a waiting
list for Parker that is a mile long, I
didn't have the heart to turn this child
and her family away.
Parker has accepted eight more stu-
dents and has coordinated with other

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