Taste of Freedom

2013

With a desire to reach even more members of the community, the JRCC of Queens organzied Passover Seders in five locations through out Queens:

Rego Park-at the Chabad of Rego Park.

Middle Village-Rego Garden Apartments.

Jackson Heights-Jackson Heights Jewish Center.

Far Rockaway-Jasa building, beach 19.

Flushing-SelfHelp building 45 Ave.

additionally, hundreds of community members received a gift of Shmurah Matzah. 

In total, colse to 200 people attended. The Seders were bi-lingual and were sponsored, in part, by: Mr. Vladimir Fulman, UJA Federation, Jasa, Kings Bay y and many private individuals. 

article in the Queens Chronicle about the Far Rockaway Seder 

 

 

 See the article

 

2012 

See the article that
Queens Jewish Link
published about the campaign on
Thursday April 19, 2012. 

 

Rabbi Eli Blokh, the entire staff and the Advisory Committee of Chabad of Rego Park/ Jewish Community Center of Queens would like to greatfully acknowledge all those that made
Operation Taste of Freedom
2012/5772
such a tremendous success!!!

Our volunteers:

  • Menachem Mendel Blokh
  • Zev Blokh
  • Maksim Bolonin
  • Ms. Ruchama Chyrikov
  • Yacov Felipiyev
  • Mrs. Kira Brodsky
  • Yacov Gurevich
  • Sergey Kadinsky
  • Mrs. Margarita Levi, LSW
  • Yuzef Murdakhayev
  • Mrs. Ida Shedrinksy

Our Corporate sponsors:

  • UJA Federation of NY
  • Central Queens Properties
  • And all those private individuals who made contributions large and small

Locations of Seders:

  • Rego Park
  • Middle Village
  • Jackson Heights
  • Downtown Flushing

Total attendance:

  • Over 130 people

Shmurah Matzah distributed: 

  • Over 400 packages

Haggadahs distributed: 

  • Over 200 Russian Language Haggadahs

Magazines distributed:

  • 4,000 magazines mailed and distributed

Countless of hearts touched! 


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2011
 
Hand-made Shmurah Matzah Campaign
Matzah is more than a food, it's the way we relive the Exodus from Egypt. For many Russian Jews, Passover was the only holiday that was celebrated in a family setting, linking the generations. Many would go to great lengths to obtain Matzah, often at great sacrifice.
 
This year our staff and volunteers distributed Hand-made Shmurah Matzah and Russian language Haggodos to over 500 families in the following neighborhoods of Queens:
• Rego Park • Middle Village • Kew Gardens • Forest Hills • Jackson Heights • Far Rockaway as well as Forest Hills Hospital
 
Special thanks to Pavel Shegol, Sergey Kadinsky and the Chabad Volunteer Group
 
Communal Pesach Seders in 5 locations
About 120 people participated in the Communal Seders conducted in the following neighborhoods. The Seders were conducted in Russian by Russian speaking rabbinical students from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva. The Jackson Heights Seder was graciously sponsored by The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty:
 
• Forest Hills @ Queens Jewish Center (6605 108th St.) (English) 
• Rego Park @ Chabad House (62-38 99th St.) (Russian)
• Jackson Heights @Public School 69 (7702 37th Ave.) (Russian)
• Middle Village (Private Residence) (Russian)
 
4000 copies of Fifth Dimension Bilingual (Russian/English) magazine which included Passover Guides and other relevant information were mailed and spread out throughout Queens.