From March 7 to March 11, 2021, we held a panel exhibition at Chabad Tokyo in Sanno, Tokyo to introduce the relief activities conducted by Rabbi Binyomin and his friends in the wake of the Tohoku Tsunami disaster in 2011.The followings are the content of the panels. The links to the explanation of the panels are below. Yakiimo Project Distribution Centers Asian Rabbis Yamato Damashi T-sirts Fundraising in Beverly Hills National Azabu Partnership Haagen Dasz Project Piano Flower Project BBQ…

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Rabbi Edery recounts: ‘’Friday afternoon, when the Tsunami hit Japan at 2:46 PM, the house was shaking very much, and we did not know what was happening. Guests came and told us that there was a huge Tsunami and enormous destruction in Tohoku. Saturday evening, we travelled immediately with a lot of relief to Tohoku. We distributed all that we had. When we started to travel back to Tokyo, we realized there was no gas station with gasoline in the…

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Rabbi Edery brought huge amounts of relief from Tokyo to Tohoku on a weekly basis for many months. To be exact, he rented 2 ton trucks, twice a week, packed with relief and necessities and then distributed it to many community centers in Tohoku. How did the relief collection and distribution work? Rabbi Edery requested National Azabu to put large baskets outside the store for people to put their contributions. One basket is for clothes, the second for dry foods,…

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Rabbi Edery organized many groups of volunteers every time he drove up to Tohoku he brought with him Chabad House staff, members and volunteers. Some were students in Japan, some just simple people who wanted to  help. Some were Japanese friends.There were many Rabbis in Asia, all colleagues of Rabbi Edery, who also run volunteer organizations of their own who heard about the great destruction that happened in Japan. They wanted to come and assist. Rabbi Edery arranged for the…

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One of the members of Chabad house of Japan, who lived in Japan for many years, heard about the Rabbi’s relief activities. Rabbi Edery asked him to join the efforts to help. This friend designs and makes clothes and sells in his shops and online. He packed very large amounts of his brand clothes and brought it up to Tohoku to distribute together with Rabbi Edery. He decided to make T-shirts for the people there, with a message of hope…

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