{"id":976,"date":"2012-06-25T01:20:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T07:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2012-06-25T01:20:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T07:20:37","slug":"avodah-luncheon-honors-carol-neff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/avodah-luncheon-honors-carol-neff\/","title":{"rendered":"AVODAH luncheon honors Carol Neff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps<\/strong>, recognized estate planning attorney <strong>Carol Neff<\/strong> as its first honoree of a <strong>Partner in Justice Jazz Brunch<\/strong> on Sunday at Tulane Hillel&#8217;s Goldie and Morris Mintz Center for Jewish Life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977 lazyload\" title=\"AVODAH Lunch\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/232;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977\" title=\"AVODAH Lunch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Neff_lunch.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carole Neff accepts the Partner in Justice Award from the local AVODAH chapter. (Photo courtesy of Stu Weg)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neff, a partner with the firm of Sessions, Fishman, Nathan &amp; Israel, LLC,\u00a0 was selected to receive the award because of her involvement in the local Jewish community and especially her work with AVODAH, since its inception here in 2007. <strong>Marilyn Sniderman<\/strong>, AVODAH&#8217;s Executive Director was on hand to congratulate Neff, who has just completed her four-year term as the local chapter&#8217;s Advisory Council chair. Following late morning cocktails and brunch by Hillel&#8217;s Kitchen with music provided by Picnic, event chair <strong>Karen Weissbecker Remer<\/strong> presented Neff with the Partner in Justice Award. The award is a large painting bearing the phrase &#8220;Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue,&#8221; which comes from Shoftim (Deuteronomy) 16:20.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_978\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-978 lazyload\" title=\"Partner in Justice Award\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Partner in Justice Award\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 209px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 209\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-978\" title=\"Partner in Justice Award\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Partner in Justice Award\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Justice_Award.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The AVODAH Partner in Justice Award (Photo courtesy of Stu Weg)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following Neff&#8217;s acceptance of the award and a short speech, <strong>Sophie Rosen<\/strong>, a current AVODAH Corps member from Madison, Wisconsin and <strong>Rebecca Waxman<\/strong>, a\u00a0 New Orleans newcomer from New York and one of the first AVODAH Corps members to work in New Orleans, each spoke on the important work they have done with AVODAH. <strong>Lynne Wasserman<\/strong>, AVODAH Advisory Council chair-elect and <strong>Dani Levine<\/strong>, AVODAH New Orleans Director, shared closing remarks with the crowd.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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