Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday 28 April 2011


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Nissan 24, 5771 · April 28, 2011
Jewish children from around Helsinki gathered at the Finland capital's Chabad-Lubavitch center to learn about matzah, the traditional unleavened bread eaten during the holiday of Passover. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Jewish children in the Texas capital got their hands dirty this week learning about how the unleavened bread eaten during Passover is made.
Jewish kids gathered at the Chabad-Lubavitch center run by Rabbi Chaim Hillel and Devorah Azimov to experience baking their own matzah, decorate their own Haggadahs, and receive a Seder plate. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Volunteers tied up loose ends in the massive food warehouses of Colel Chabad, the Israel-based social welfare organization founded in the 18th century by the First Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza erupted in celebration last week as 110 boys from needy families were called to the Torah as part of a mass Bar Mitzvah ceremony coordinated by Colel Chabad. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Eliane Benzecry has carried a picture of the Rebbe in her wallet her whole life. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
The White House proclamation honors the 109th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Robin Garbose, the Jewish director who earned headlines for her female-only screenings, is at it again. Post CommentPost Comment  |  Read Story
Talk of the Planet
Brazilian Justice Invites Rabbi to Highest Court
Brazil's newest Chabad-Lubavitch center barely launched before events would take its director to the highest court in the land.
Gray Lady Profiles Parading Mitzvah Tanks
Visitors to the homepage of The New York Times Wednesday found the face of Yishai Eliefja, the veritable "general" of Mitzvah Tank 13, smiling right back at them.
Princess Visits European Jewish Community Center
Scores of European dignitaries, including Princess Laurentien van Oranje-Nassue of the Netherlands visited the European Jewish Community Center in Brussels to memorialize the accomplishments of Stanley Crossick, a British native who co-founded the European Policy Centre.
Mobile Chabad Houses Parade Through New York
Festive music trumpeted from a parade of Jewish-themed motor homes greeted New Yorkers heading out to lunch today, with 61 "Mitzvah Mobiles" encouraging crowds along a route between Brooklyn and Manhattan to bring more goodness into the world.
Mountain Jews Celebrate Azerbaijan-Funded Synagogue
The opening of the new synagogue for the so-called Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan, built with government funding in less than six months, blocked traffic in the capital of Baku.
In the Media
Mitzvah Tanks Roll Again
The New York Times
Obama: Schneerson's legacy is 'brighter future'
JTA
After the quake: Pessah in Tokyo
The Jerusalem Post
'They're hungry for this,' Rabbis traveled from Brooklyn to teach kids to bake matzah
Daily News - FL