Hurricane Ida destroys Jewish family’s home where Louis Armstrong stayed
The family bought Armstrong’s first trumpet, with the repayment being Armstrong would ride on the wagon for a year and blow the whistle. The famed jazz musician was reputed to wear a Magen David.
A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.(photo credit: NOAA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA