BoroPark24 2024 “Early Mincha List”
During the winter months, many men are away from their neighborhoods and shuls during the day, when it’s time for mincha. Whether.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yitzchok Eizik Liebes
A ga’on of the caliber ubiquitous in prewar Galicia, a remnant of a rare breed of old-time Galician Rabbonim who had learned under the greatest.... read more
Captured Moment: The Shul Courtyard
YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the center of Boro Park where we find a simple home in the 1940’s. But if we look.... read more
Klal Yisroel Marks 16 Years Since Mumbai Massacre
YS GOLD This past Shabbos marked sixteen years since the day of the infamous Mumbai Massacre in which the lives of Chabad Shluchim,.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yosef Tovia Levy, An Ashkenazi Rov for the Sephardic Community
The year was 1893, and a young lad of seventeen from Russia alighted the ship from Hamburg, Germany. He landed on Moore Street—an.... read more
Captured Moment: The Hachnosas Sefer Torah
YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the edge of Boro Park sometime in the 1970’s, when a group of mispalelim gathered.... read more
Today In History: 10 Years Since The Har Nof Attacks
Today marks 10 years on the Hebrew calendar since the horrific attacks at the Kehilat Bnei Torah shul in Har Nof, a.... read more
HISTORY: Unearthed Photo Recalls the Day President Trump visited Boro Park
YS GOLD A historic photo went viral on Sunday evening. It depicted President Trump—the 45th and 47th president of the.... read more
Memory Lane: Yitzchok Dovber Ushpol
Congregation Anshei Lubavitch of Boro Park, incorporated in 1914, had at its helm a rov by the name of Rav Yitzchok Dovber Ushpol, an ardent.... read more
Captured Moment: The Shinever Beis Medrash
YS GOLD On Boro Park’s lower streets, off of 16th Avenue, sits a small beis medrash. Before it began carrying its.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Meir Shapiro and his Boro Park Host
Among historians, the legend has existed for years that, during his famed visit to America in 1926-1927, Rav Meir Shapiro spent a Shabbos in Boro.... read more
Today In History: American Airlines Flight 587 Crash
On this day in 2001, the second-deadliest aviation accident in US history occurred in Belle Harbor,.... read more
Captured Moments: Savoy Gardens
YS GOLD This week’s captured moment takes us to the outskirts of Boro Park where Savoy Gardens.... read more
HISTORY UNEARTHED: Historian Uncovers 100-Year-Old Photograph of Rav Shimon Shkop
YS GOLD The yohrtzeit of Rav Shimon Shkop—the legendary Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Sha’ar HaTorah in Grodno, which shaped so many.... read more
Memory Lane: Boro Park’s Candy Shops
There was a time when Boro Park residents could get by celling sweets, cigarettes, soda and newspapers on old, rickety shelves—and would draw.... read more
Captured Moment: The Shtiebel Turned Shul
YS Gold This week’s captured moment takes us to the center of Boro Park where a corner home—and the homes next to it— have been.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Meir Cohen, Menahel of Agudas Horabonim
Within the annals of Agudas Harabonim—the organization to which most of America’s orthodox Rabbanim belonged to for more than a century—the.... read more
Today In History: Twelve Years Since Hurricane Sandy Hit NYC
Today marks 12 years since Hurricane Sandy touched down in New York and caused devastating damage to local communities and.... read more
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