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
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
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
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
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
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
Memory Lane: The Bistricer Rov
Rav Moshe Spitz, zt”l, the Bistricer Rov of Boro Park, hailed from generations of Rabbonim who played a sizable.... read more
Memory Lane: Yeshiva Ohel Yaakov Novaradok
The presence of Novaradok in Boro Park predates WWII and the postwar influx of Holocaust survivors. It traces it time to when Rav Avrohom.... read more
Memory Lane: Rabbi Zev (William) Drazin
The year was 1949, and the Sfas Emes Shtiebel on 42nd Street (One of Boro Park’s first chassidishe shtieblach).... read more
Memory Lane: Distinguished Jews of Boro Park
In the year 1917, the book Distinguished Jews of America—a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have.... read more
Memory Lane: The Spinka Rebbe
Rav Yaakov Yosef Weiss was a scion of the Spinka dynasty. Following the Churban, he immediately set to work.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Mordechai Zimmerman
He was an American-born bochur who made his way to the yeshivos of prewar Europe, bringing back the incredible.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Tzodok Sheingarten
A Poilishe ga’on who resided in Boro Park of yore, a graduate of the finest Lithuanian Yeshivos as well as.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yisroel Chaim Hirsch, Bad-Ishel Rov
On 46th Street and 9th Avenue, there is a tiny shtiebel by the name of Badishla. It was founded by a rov of the old.... read more
Memory Lane: The Chazzonim of Boro Park
Today, we take a walk down memory lane, profiling some of the chazzonim who davened in Boro Park of yore, and.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Shmuel Leib Yalow
The burgeoning community of Boro Park served as the retirement residence for many prominent Rabbonim in the United.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Dovid Singer
A world-class ga’on in Boro Park of yesteryear, a brilliant orator blessed with a phenomenal recall in all areas.... read more
Memory Lane: The Amshinover Rebbe
A scion of the Worka dynasty who served as a Rebbe of chassidim back in the prewar days, the Amshinover Rebbe, Rav.... read more
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