Memory Lane: Simchas Beis Hasho’eiva in Bobov of Yore
One of the most famed highlights in the court of the Bobover Rebbe, zt”l, was the nightly Simchas Beis Hashoei’vah on the evenings of Chol.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Meshulam Tzvi Gross Torah Brilliance and Sweetness in Early Boro Park
Between the World Wars, the Jewish community of Boro Park was very small. But, like.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Avraham Miller, zt”l
In November of the year 1925, a delegation of Rabbanim
traveled to Washington on a mission of
gratitude.
Memory Lane: Rev. Moshe Gershon (Morris) Finkelstein, Z”l
Heating the Sfardishe Shul with Coal and Kindness
As we inch closer to the Yomim Nora’im, the unsung heroes are our Shul gabo’im who.... read more
Memory Lane: Chazzan Yaakov Rappaport, z”l
As we head into the Days of Awe, and the eve of selichos, we turn our attention to Chazzan Rappaport.
In 1916 Chazzan Yaakov Rappaport.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Moshe Yehuda Gleicher, z”l
It was Boro Park of the 1930’s, and Zeirei Agudas.... read more
Memory Lane: Abels & Gold Realty Co.
It is a grand structure, built with detail and in a distinct style, the way homes used to be built. 1281 39th street, at the corner of 39th street.... read more
Memory Lane: Khal Mincha Chadashah Viznitz
Last week, we profiled the Shabbos that Harav Mottele Chodorov, the Tolna-Viznitzer Rebbe who arrived on these shores in the year 1921, spent in.... read more
Memory Lane: A Chassidishe Shabbos in Boro Park of 1922
It was in the aftermath of the first wave of Eastern European immigration to the Unites States (between the World Wars), and the New York area was.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Hershel (Hashy) Fisher’s Mesirus Nefesh
In the Nitra Kehillah of Boro Park, there was a legendary ba’al tefillah by the name.... read more
Memory Lane: Reb Pesach Dovid Miller
Sometime in the 1880’s, a young bachur, Pesach Duvid Miller from Zborov, in Galica, jostled his way under the Shiniever Rav’s tisch. In the.... read more
Memory Lane: Stewart McDougall’s First House in Boro Park
It is a well-known fact that Boro Park started out as farmland—and it wasn’t all that long ago. The bustling shtetl that we know as such a.... read more
Memory Lane: Boro Park and Politics, an old story
Although our readers may.... read more
Memory Lane: The Apsha Rav, Rav Moshe Yaakov Beck, zt”l
Apsha is a.... read more
Memory Lane: When President Ford Came to Boro Park
Boro Park has in recent years had a voting problem—which has made it even less of an attraction for political candidates. But there was a time.... read more
Memory Lane: Fort Hamilton Parkway
Fort Hamilton, situated at the other end of the Parkway which is named for it, has served the U. S. Army in a major way during every war beginning.... read more
Memory Lane: Kaplan Brothers Fish Market
For fifty years—from about 1920-1970—Kaplan Bros. Fish Market stood at the same.... read more