Newly Completed Torah at FREE Headquarters

Hundreds gathered at a gala procession to escort the newly completed Sefer Torah scroll which will be used for services at America’s first Russian Synagogue at FREE Headquarters.

F.R.E.E. presents award to Mr. Lev Leviev

FREE’s Vice President, Rabbi Hersh Okunov and Mr. Isaac Lieberman presented Mr. Lev Leviev with a special gift at the Bukharian Jewish Congress Gala Inaugural Dinner.

Megillat Esther now published in its ninth edition and revised

FREE Publishing House, has released a new revised edition of the Megillat Esther, featuring the original Hebrew text with the accompanying Russian translation, it has been enhanced in several ways: the whole volume, both Hebrew and Russian, has been reset in a clear, crisp typeface.

Haggadah is published in 21st editions and revised

The new Haggadah Shel Pesach with Russian translation is at the FREE office. The revised edition was enhanced in the following ways. The entire volume, both Hebrew and Russian, was reset in a clear, crisp typeface.

The Heroic Struggle

The Heroic Struggle—The dramatic story of the imprisonment and release of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, in 250 pages. Published by FREE Publishing House, a division of FREE (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe), Tel. (718) 467-0860, in Shvat of 5766 (2006).

Rambam writings translated and published in Russian

Brooklyn, NY – Never will the 12th century cities of Cordoba, Fez and Tiberius get more connected to modern Moscow, Be’ersheva and Brooklyn than by the newly published Russian-language book titled “Rambam – Collected Writings”.

Preschool at FREE of Brighton Beach Expands

Mazel Day Care, a preschool at the FREE Center of Brighton Beach,
has recently completed its construction on new classrooms to accommodate the needs of growing school, when the doors opened in September of this year over 40 children were enrolled in the preschool, says Mrs. Chani Okunov, Mazel’s Educational Director.

F.R.E.E. Throws Gala Bar Mitzvah Celebration

Eight Russian boys from the former Soviet Union, were treated to a splendid bar mitzvah celebration recently. The party and rituals were enjoyed by the boys, their families and friends. The boys all had expressed an interest in becoming bar mitzvah.

L’Dor Vador — From Generation to GenerationRaising Children & Grandchildren Committed to Yiddishkeit

American-Russian Jewish leadership and FREE officers are very proud by what they see developing in the second and third generation of Russian-Jewish immigrants: Torah education and a commitment to Yiddishkeit. As FREE marks its 36th anniversary, they are encouraged by the continued progress.Students at the FREE “Yeshiva Ohel Dovid” High School are literally transformed from […]

Boys Choir Thrills Audiences in Three Cites and at Gracie Mansion

It was the Chanukah of 2003 that M-Generation Boys Choir debuted on stage in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, in Berlin and in Düsseldorf. The group of seven with ages ranging from 6 to 12