Rabbi Yekutiel Farkash, a renowned halachic authority of Yerushalayim met with the Mekubal, Rabbi Yitzchak Batzri at the Hashalom yeshiva. COL learned that the meeting was arranged at the request of Rabbi Batzri, who wished to discuss the halachic books written by Rabbi Farkash, ‘Shabbas Kahalocho’, ‘Tahara Kahalocho’, ‘Klalei Hahoraa Vihaposkim’ and ‘Chol Hamoed […]
Jan Peerce’s First Benefit Concert. May 25, 1975. Renowned tenor Jan Peerce OBM, FREE’s distinguished late president, held his first FREE benefit concert at the Alice Tully Hall of New York. Pictured below is Jan Peerce at a reception following the concert with FREE’s Vice President, Rabbi Hirsh Okunov.
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BROOKLYN , NY – This week, the F.R.E.E. Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, in a cooperative effort between the Lechaim Publishing House (Moscow) and the SHAMIR Publishing House (Jerusalem) have issued for the first time the “Selichot“ (Prayers of Repentance) with a modern Russian translation, all in […]
Rudy Giuliani preached to the choir during a private fundraiser for his 2008 presidential campaign at a Sephardic synagogue on Ocean Parkway in Gravesend on Monday.“I can’t tell you how much strength it gives me to have you — all of you friends who helped me become mayor — working with me now,” said Giuliani […]
Film Fanatic Directed by: Shlomo Hazan
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
2006 | Israel | Beta SP | Color | United States Premiere | 55 min
Topics: Spirituality & Religion, Orthodox Judaism, Media & News, Israel, Conservative Judaism, Art & Experimental Film
Yehuda Grovais, an energetic Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jew, makes films geared toward members of his community who are prohibited […]
“If Abraham Could Do It, So Could I”
F.R.E.E. Facilitates Senior Bris Milah Ceremonies
A Holy Day in the OR: F.R.E.E.’s Circumcision team provides
72-year-old Misha Gontcharov with a safe and comfortablentry into the covenant.
A Holy Day in the OR: F.R.E.E.’s Circumcision team provides
72-year-old Misha Gontcharov with a safe and comfortable
entry into the covenant.
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