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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 195
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Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe
April 14, 2022, 10:10 am
Supporting Ukrainian refugees
The support is felt as soon as the refugees arrive in Australia, with a group of individuals waiting at the airport to personally greet them and help them settle in.
By
Carly Adno
March 3, 2022, 8:25 am
‘Ukrainian Jewry is suffering. We are also suffering’
The Australian Jewish community came together this week in a show of support for Ukraine, with services in Melbourne and Sydney.
By
Mia Gardiner
April 18, 2019, 1:15 pm
Construction begins on FREE shule
WITHIN two years, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community will have a new permanent home.
By
Gareth Narunsky
August 8, 2018, 2:56 pm
Wolper Foundation grants bolster five projects
From supporting a suicide prevention strategy tailored to the Jewish community, to boosting services for Jewish senior citizens and people with multiple sclerosis, Wolper Jewish Hospital Health Foundation grants will go a long way.
By
Shane Desiatnik
July 6, 2018, 12:01 am
Panel approves new Bondi shule
AFTER 12 years of frustration, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community is in celebration after Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe's (FREE) long-planned synagogue and community centre finally got the green light last week.
By
Shane Desiatnik
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Gareth Narunsky
January 17, 2018, 12:01 am
Massive increase from NSW Government
A CONCERTED effort by the community to access NSW government grants has seen a 200 per cent increase in the last 12 months.
By
Joshua Levi
October 27, 2017, 12:00 am
FREE lodges fresh DA
FRIENDS of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE) are confident they will be able to build a synagogue on Wellington Street, Bondi, after a new development application (DA) was lodged with Waverley Council.
August 9, 2017, 12:01 am
Bondi shule – setting the record straight
After 11 long years the Russian Jewish community in Bondi was frustrated by the lack of progress when it came to building their new synagogue.
By
Joshua Levi
August 4, 2017, 12:57 pm
Bondi synagogue application rejected
FRIENDS of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE)’s development application for a new synagogue on Wellington Street has been refused by the Land and Environment Court due to security concerns.
November 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Remembering Babi Yar
In a moving and sombre ceremony on Sunday, the community gathered at Waverley Memorial Gardens to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, in which nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered in two days in Ukraine in 1941.
July 8, 2016, 12:00 am
Wolper’s wellbeing grants
Healthy doses of funding will go to six organisations committed to boosting community wellbeing, thanks to the Wolper Jewish Hospital Health Foundation.
By
Shane Desiatnik
July 28, 2015, 12:00 am
Wolper grants boost communal organisations
THE Burger Centre, Hatzolah, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE) and the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia’s (NCJWA) Mum for Mum program are the beneficiaries in the Wolper Jewish Hospital Health Foundation’s 2015 round of grants, announced this week.
By
Gareth Narunsky
July 17, 2015, 12:00 am
Council to challenge FREE rezoning
THE NSW Planning Department has rezoned the Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe’s (FREE’s) property in Bondi and paved the way for the construction of a community centre for the Russian Jewish community.
By
Joshua Levi
June 19, 2015, 12:00 am
A celebration of FREE-dom
By
Evan Zlatkis
October 3, 2014, 2:00 am
Honouring the victims of Babi Yar
HUNDREDS gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre – in which nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered in two days in Ukraine in 1941 – at ceremonies in Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday.
By
Evan Zlatkis
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