{"id":31654,"date":"2016-08-15T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=31654"},"modified":"2016-08-15T07:32:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:32:31","slug":"baton-rouge-jews-pray-raise-funds-for-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/baton-rouge-jews-pray-raise-funds-for-flood-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Baton Rouge Jews pray, raise funds for flood victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Baton Rouge\u2019s newly-opened Chabad House launched an emergency fundraising campaign for thousands of people affected \u00a0by the massive floods that swept across Louisiana.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31655\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31655\" class=\"wp-image-31655 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Flooding_BR\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR.jpg 642w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31655\" class=\"wp-image-31655 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Flooding_BR\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Flooding_BR.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-31655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Widespread flooding in and around the Baton Rouge area has claimed the lives of five people and devastated the area. (Photo courtesy RTE News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least five people perished and more than 20,000 people have been rescued in\u00a0Louisiana\u00a0amid floods that began Friday due to heavy rainfall. The deluge brought 6 to 10 inches of rainfall to the southeast parts of the state. Several more inches fell Saturday, according to the National Weather Service, which warned floods may spread to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have lost their homes, cars, are out of work, and\u00a0need food, clothing and shelter,\u201d read the fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/2jrjfhfg\">appeal<\/a> posted Monday by Baton Rouge Beit Chabad, which opened last year, on their website.\u201c Some members of the Jewish community of Baton Rouge also \u201chave seen\u00a0major devastation,\u201d said the appeal for the fundraising drive, whose goal is $25,000. \u201cIt is our job to reach out and help in any way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>The local Chabad community, headed by Rabbi Peretz Kazen, said it will use donations \u201cto help with\u00a0immediate things\u00a0such as food and clothing for people, as well as funding to help people get setup with\u00a0temporary apartments or pay for hotels\u00a0while they deal with their home clean up,\u201d the text read.\u00a0Many of the flood victims \u201chave been shocked by the loss of everything,\u201d read the appeal, which urged readers to \u201ccome together as a community, as we have seen in the past, and help out a fellow person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Beth Shalom Jewish Reform congregation of Baton Rouge cancelled its Shabbat reception because of the torrential rains and its service for Tisha b\u2019Av, a day of mourning that ended Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the storm. Everyone, please do your best to stay safe and heed warnings from your local authorities,\u201d the congregation\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/bethshalomsynagogue.org\/index.php\/12-articles\/57-tisha-b-av-services-cancelled\">read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Baton%20Rouge%20Jews%20pray%2C%20raise%20funds%20for%20flood%20victims\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31656,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31654\/revisions\/31656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}