Memory Lane: Reb Meir (Morris) Rokowsky
Morris Rakowsky—a native of Switzerland, and hero of Hatzolah rescue during the war—was a leader of the.... read more
Memory Lane: Rabbi Moshe Aaron Reguer
A high school diploma issued in 1941 by Yeshiva Etz Chaim of Boro Park has a number of important signatories—including the head of.... read more
Memory Lane: Rabbi Abraham Neustein & Rabbi Yechiel Mekler, Two Rabbonim of Beth Israel
The story of a Shul can, in a sense, be told through its rabbonim, and the more-than-one-century-old Beth Israel of.... read more
Memory Lane: R’ Yitzchok Meir (Irving) Bunim
Perhaps the best way to describe this legend of activism is by the title of his son Amos’ book on his life: “A Fire in His Soul.” This.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Aharon Kreiser
A masmid otzum who never stopped learning since his days in Kobrin, Baranovitch, and the Mir, Rav Kreiser was.... read more
Memory Lane: Rabbi (Yeshayahu) Simon Glazer
We have noted that Congregation Beth El of Boro Park moved into their grand temple in the year 1922. While it is.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Avrohom Yaakov Brill
The rov of Chevra Bnei Yisroel on 15th Avenue between the years of 1933 and 1943 was Rav Avrohom Yaakov Brill, a literal genius who hailed from.... read more
Memory Lane: Woolworth’s
An institution that hearkens back to simpler times in Boro Park, and is one of the select few establishments that withstood the many changes that.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Shloime Figa
As we have noted before in this collumn, Boro Park was home to a prominent Novaradoker contingent which began with the establishment of Yeshiva.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yosef Pinchos Levinson, The Chizever Rov
One of the great “Alte Mirers” to survive the war and transmit the aura of the Mir to Boro Park of yesteryear was the Tchizever Rov, a go’on.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Alter Avrohom Eidel Poplack
Rav Poplack had an incredible life story, and resided for many years in Boro Park of yore. OlkenickAlter.... read more
Memory Lane: Aaron Dovid Egoz, Prominent Yiddish Writer and Editor
In researching our shtetl of Boro Park over the years, we came across more than one Yiddish article on the.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Nachum Tzvi Josephy
For many years, Rav Nachum Tzvi Josephe served the Boro Park community as the Rov of Beis Hamedrash Hagodol of Boro Park on 58th.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Tzvi Nosson Manuel
It was the year 1921, and a young rov had arrived in America. At the corner of Thirteenth Avenue and Fifty-third street was founded a small and.... read more
Memory Lane: Letters from a German POW to Boro Park
The year was 1919, and it was the heat of World War One. In faraway Tomsk, deep in Siberia, sat a German prisoner.... read more
Memory Lane: Louis (Leibish) Borgenicht, Patron of Torah Institutions
Louis Borgenicht was one of the most prominent of Boro Park’s philanthropists. As his matzeivah reads, he was a.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Baruch Ber Leibowitz’s Visit to Boro Park
Kamenitz in Dire Straits In the year 1897, Knesses Beis Yitzchok was established on the outskirts of Slabodka, and in the.... read more
Memory Lane: R’ Pesach (Pacy) Feldman
He was an accomplished architect who made Shuls and Mosdos haTorah his priority. He was a pillar of the Mirer.... read more
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