Memory Lane: Rav Yaakov Yechiel Traube
In recent weeks we have profiled two great Boro Park Rabbonim who served at Knesses Israel/Hebrew Community of Boro Park, located at 1323 42nd.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Benzion Dovid Taubenfligel
In last week’s article we wrote about Rav Grossman who served as the rov of Maimonides Hospital (1958-1973). He directly succeeded another Boro.... read more
Rav Yaakov Aryeh Grossman, zt”l
From Biyalistok to Boro ParkLast week we profiled Rav Yitzchok Waltman who served Knesses Israel/Hebrew Community of Boro Park,.... read more
Memory Lane: Rabbi Shlomo Chaim (Herbert) Port of the Boro Park Torah Center
A scion of Rabbinic families hailing from the Lithuanian Torah world, Rabbi Port experienced tragedy at a young age—losing his father Spanish.... read more
Memory Lane: The Biegeleisen’s of Boro Park II
Last week we profiled the rich heritage of the Biegeleisen family among Galician Jewry, their extremely reluctant arrival in America, and their.... read more
Memory Lane: The Biegeleisens of Boro Park (I)
YS GoldThe legendary first family of mochrei seforim have now been engaged in this holy work of putting holy books into the hands of.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Yosef Mordcholowitz
We have written in the past about Rabbanim and Admorim, who needed to fight to keep open their Shuls that they.... read more
Memory Lane: Seltzer; An Important staple in Boro Park of Yesteryear
YS Gold Seltzer was once the beverage of choice for Boro Parkers of yesteryear, and many can.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Moshe Yosef Rubin - the Kimplunger Rov
This week saw the petirah of Reb Yankel Rubin, the son of Rav Moshe Yosef Rubin, of one of Boro Park’s most prominent rabbonim, known as the.... read more
Memory Lane: R’ Yisroel Isser (Israel) Andron—An Educator and Activist in a Fledgling Boro Park
Readers of this column—as well as most of our community—are surely familiar with the famed “All for the Boss”, the work of Rebbetzin.... read more
BONUS Memory Lane: The Fire at Sfas Emes, When Boro Parkers Mourned Burned Sifrei Torah
Yehuda AlterAs we continue to mourn the churban of the beis hamikdosh, we recall a tragic.... read more
Memory Lane: Congregation Tifereth Israel
Yehuda Alter Last week’s article focused on the early history of Congregation Tifereth Israel and its founding in 1907. While.... read more
Memory Lane: Congregation Tifereth Israel
Yehuda AlterThe following account is about a congregation that was begun one afternoon in the year 1907 by one individual who endeavored to.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Peretz Yogel
Last week, we profiled the Brooklyn Talmudical Academy, an outgrowth of Boro Park’s Yeshiva Etz.... read more
Memory Lane: Brooklyn Talmudical Academy
by Yehuda AlterRecently we profiled Rabbi Moshe Shulman, z”l, who was a pioneer in Torah chinuch in America from the early 1920’s.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Mordechai Harlig, Nephew and Confidante of Rav Meir Shapiro
Rav Mordechai Harlig—one of the closest people to his uncle, the Lubliner Rov, who was mentioned here last week. A true old time Galicianer Rav,.... read more
Memory Lane: Siyum Hashas 1968, Echoes of Lublin in Boro Park
Yehuda Alter Fifty-five years ago, the 7th Siyum Hashas, took place in Boro Park, and saw a massive crowd that overflowed out of.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Avrohom Shapira, zt”l , Perpetuating the ‘Beis Medrash of Rebi Meir’
The name of the Lubliner Rov, Rav Meir Shapiro, is a household one. Less well known is his brother Rav Avrumche, younger than him by one year, who.... read more
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