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Small Stabilizers
The synagogue represents the heart of
any Jewish community, but the smaller
cultural institutions could influence
New Orleans' ability to recruit more
Jews.
So far, business.has been slow at
Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery
in Metairie. The facility reopened in
November after flooding caused nearly
$300,000 in structural damage, but
most of its convention business is gone.
Kosher Cajun, a fixture for 18 years,
imports baseball-size knishes from
New York. It also distributes food to
other grocery stores, but about half its
former clients remain closed, said
restaurant owner Joel Brown.
Brown has tried to make up the dif-
ference by boosting his prepared-foods
business. Many of his customers live in
homes without working kitchens.
Brown's home requires total renova-
tion. He is living in his brother-in-law's
house in Metairie while his family
remains in Memphis, Tenn., in part
because New Orleans Jewish Day
Not Alone
Right now, the
Jewish people of
New Orleans are
confronting the
first wave of lost
friends and family:
those who aren't coming back after
evacuating. But there could be a second
wave: those who return but decide they
can't make it.
Uncertainty is to be expected. After
all, Jews have a long history of not
knowing what the future will bring.
In the end, the community needs to
adjust to a new normal, said Unger,
who returned to find her home stink-
ing of refrigerator guts and her favorite
Chinese restaurant, Five Happiness,
shut down. At the same time, she has
noticed an outpouring of support from
the national Jewish community.
Many Jewish leaders in New Orleans
said the community's ultimate survival
rests in the city's rebirth. Katrina
unleashed a furor: more than 1,000
deaths, 50,000 homes destroyed and
160,000 jobs lost.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
reported in January that an estimated
134,400 people are living in the city,
compared with 462,000 before Katrina.
One detailed projection forecasts a
population of 252,000 in January 2007.
Raised-in New Orleans, Rabbi Rivkin
of Chabad of Louisiana hunkered down
for the hurricane. He left when the
flooding began, finding the one road
that led to a bridge west to Houston.
Around New Year's, he drove back
home.
"As the city goes:' he said, "so will the
Jewish community."
Margie Fishman is a freelance writer for
the JN's sister publication, the Atlanta
Jewish Times.