Torah
Scrolls' New Home
- The
Jewish Week
November 5, 2004
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a photo gallery of the event
 TwoTorah
scrolls, hidden through the years of Communist rule in
Russia, were paraded through the Russian community of
Brighton Beach to the Hebrew Alliance Friends of Refugees
of Eastern Europe Synagogue on Sunday, Oct 24.
The newly restored Torahs were carried under a canopy,
accompanied by music, dancing and banners. Borough President
Marty Markowitz presented Rabbi Hershel Okunov, vice president
of F.R.E.E, with a proclamation, declaring Oct. 24 "Friends
of Refugees of Eastern Europe. Torah Ceremony Day in Brooklyn,
USA."
The synagogue, America's largest religious organization
devoted to aiding Russian Jews, is located at 2915 Brighton
6th St. For more information, contact the synagogue, at
(718) 648-1820.
photo caption:
Rabbis Hershel Okunov, left. Mayer Okunov and Yosef Okunov
of F.R.E.E, carry restored Torahs to their new Brighton
Beach home.
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