Memory Lane: The Zeks; Six Friends from Boro Park in the 1920’s
This story is about a tight knit group of friends who spent their blissful childhood in Boro Park of yesteryear…close to a century ago. As we.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yehuda Altusky, zt”l
It is rare—even among the great Rabbanim that we profile here—to meet a Rav who came to America at the turn of the century, and lived to raise.... read more
Memory Lane: The Skverer Admorim of Boro Park
In the year 1929 there arrived a Rebbe, a leader and a shepherd in the neighborhood of Boro Park. In those early days, when Boro Park was far from.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Yissaschar Thau
Standing up for the Honor of Shabbos in 1922On November 11, 1922, a letter appeared in the Yiddishes Taggeblat column “licht un.... read more
Memory Lane: Harav Meir Shimon Pinsky, zt”l
The “downstairs minyan” in the basement of the Sfardishe Shul was where the old-time European men found their place in the chevrah.... read more
Memory Lane: Adas Israel Anshei Sfard
Adas Israel was established in lower Manhattan, at 291 Broadway, in the late 1800’s. Newspaper accounts of the times note that they would be.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Mordechai Halperin, z”l.
Rav Yechiel Mordechai Gordon was a unique figure in the pre and postwar era in American Jewry. He was the son in law of Rav Eliezer Shulevitz, the.... read more
Memory Lane Morris Bienenfeld, z”l
Benevolence and Tragedy in Boro Park of YesteryearIn the year 1920, a 17 year old young man from Poland disembarked the ship in New.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Leibel Emert, z”l, Legendary Shammos of Bnei Yehuda
For half a century, Congregation Bnei Yehuda—which recently celebrated its centennial—wastended to by its legendary gabbai who.... read more
Memory Lane: The Banks of Boro Park II
It is a common observation in Boro Park of today that nearly every retail store on 13th Avenue that closes due to.... read more
Memory Lane: The Banks of Boro Park
It is a common.... read more
Memory Lane: Boro Park’s Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery— situated at the top of Boro Park—was consecrated as a Jewish cemetery around.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Avraham Moshe Karpel
For approximately 40 years—between the years of 1922 and 1962—a brilliant Rav and.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Avraham Ever Hirschowitz
The groundbreaking for Cong. Beth El, opened in 1907 on Twelfth Avenue, was attended by Rabbi Abraham Hirschowitz, Rav of the shul. Who was this.... read more
Memory Lane: The man Who Gave Borough Park its Name
It is hard to believe, but Borough Park was once off-limits to Jews, and the Boro Park club did not allow Jews.... read more
Memory Lane: Simchas Beis Hasho’eiva in Bobov of Yore
One of the most famed highlights in the court of the Bobover Rebbe, zt”l, was the nightly Simchas Beis Hashoei’vah on the evenings of Chol.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Meshulam Tzvi Gross Torah Brilliance and Sweetness in Early Boro Park
Between the World Wars, the Jewish community of Boro Park was very small. But, like.... read more
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