Memory Lane: Rav Meir Amsel

In his capacity as the editor of the legendary HaMo’or Torah journal, Rav Meir Amsel—a great ga’on, masmid,.... read more

Captured Moment: The Post Office Turned Shul

YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the lower avenues where a prominent Shul has stood for many years, and is.... read more

Memory Lane: Rav Chaim Shaul Ya'avetz

An esteemed personality in the Agudas Yisroel Snif Chofetz Chaim on 18th Avenue during the postwar era was Rav.... read more

Captured Moment: The Shul near 18th Avenue

YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the edge of Boro Park and to a nusach Ashkenaz.... read more

Memory Lane: Rav Chaim Mordechai Wainkrantz

A true tzaddik and ba’al mussar to his core, a leader of the Novaradoker chaburah, a leader and guide to multitudes in Boro.... read more

Captured Moment: Building the Sukkah

YS GOLD As Boro Park residents go about building their sukkos, we take a look back at the.... read more

Memory Lane; The Chazzonim of Boro Park

As we stand on Erev Yom Kippur, a time of heartfelt tefillah, we go back in time to the chazanim whose voices once.... read more

Captured Moment: The Chernobyler Rebbe’s Shul

YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the Chernobyler Rebbe’s shul which was.... read more

Memory Lane: Chevra Shomrei Hadas of Borough Park

At 1327 41st Street stands a modest shul which, for the past few decades, has served as a shul for Bucharian.... read more

The Lens of Boro Park: Week 9/10/2026

Capture Moment: The New Lots Shul

YS GOLDOn a corner of Sixteenth Avenue stands a little shtiebel. It is known as the New Lots Shul,.... read more

Memory Lane: Rav Yekusiel Yehuda Bittersfeld

Yeshiva Be’er Shmuel was a legendary institution in Boro Park of yore. A longtime maggid shiur in the yeshiva who.... read more

Captured Moment: The Cleaners on 16th Avenue

YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to a cleaners and furriers establishment on 16th.... read more

Memory Lane: Rav Chaim Baruch Rubin, Hy”d

One century ago, in the fall of 1924, there appeared a newspaper article in Der Morgen Zhournal announcing the.... read more

Captured Moment: The Bank

YS GOLD On the outskirts of Boro Park sits a bank. The building has served as a bank for close.... read more

Memory Lane: The Bucharester Rebbe

On 9th Avenue and 51st Street in Boro Park, there stands a humble shul, known as the Bucharester Shul. It was.... read more

The Lens of Boro Park: Week 8/19/2026

Captured Moment: The Minyan Factory

YS GOLD This week, we give our readers an easy one… a landmark shul in Boro Park which has.... read more