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Sunday, October 24, 2004, Two Torah scrolls kept hidden through
the years of communist rule in Russia, were restored to be used
at their new home. A gala procession escorted the precious Torah
scrolls through the Russian community of Brighton Beach to the F.R.E.E.
Synagogue at 2915 Brighton 6 Street.
The parade began at Coney Island and Brighton Beach Avenues. Borough
President Marty Markowitz, presented F.R.E.E with a Proclamation,
proclaiming Sunday October 24, 2004, “Friends of Refugees
of Eastern Europe, Torah Ceremony Day in Brooklyn, USA”.
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of the event
Click here to view the English
invitation to the event
Click here to view the Russian
invitation to the event
Click here to listen to Curtis Sliwa
speech at the Torah Ceremony
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NY1
FOX 5
Channel 9
Channel 4
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screen captions of some of the major media websites that reported
the event
The story was also reported by the following news agencies:
Anchorage Daily News, The
Bostone Globe, Indianapolis
Star, The
Mercury News, Fort
Mill Times, Star
Tribune, Oregon
Live, Find
Law, Tri-City
Herald, Fresno
Bee, Island
Packet, Herald
Sun, Beaufort
Gazette, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, The
Bakersfield Californian, The
Herald Rock Hill, North
County Times, Burlington
County Times,
The Scaramento Bee, Times
Union, Tennessean,
American-Republican,
The
Bauffualo News, Staten
Island Advance, Houston
Chronicle, Union-Trubune.
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to read the Proclamation issued by Brooklyn Borough President Marty
Markowitz, proclaiming Sunday October 24, 2004 "Friends of
Refugees of Eastern Europe, Torah Ceremony Day in Brooklyn, USA".
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