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Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, volunteers with an Israeli charity rescued seven Torah scrolls from the synagogue. The scrolls were damaged beyond repair, and an energetic Los Angeles teenager named Hayley Fields (pictured) decided to do something about it. formed a non-profit called “Every Minute Counts.” By selling watches with this phrase engraved on it for $5.00 a piece, she raised $18,000 to purchase a new Torah for Beth Israel. On August 27, one year after the storm, she and her family came to New Orleans to present the scroll to congregation. She is pictured above with her father, who is holding the Torah scroll. Read more in This Week in History.

This photograph was taken by Donna Matherne at the Torah dedication ceremony at Beth Israel Congregation on August 27, 2006. Since Katrina, Beth Israel Congregation has been holding their services in their own hall at Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metairie, Louisiana. The Torah is being carried through the neighborhood, from the Chabad Center two blocks away to Congregation Gates of Prayer.
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