Monsey Memories: When Beis Medrash Elyon Honored Mr. Rosner
Yitzy FriedAs our readers already know, Beis Medrash Elyon,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Cohen at Ohev Sholom
Yitzy Fried One year ago, we wrote about Rabbi Yaakov Cohen, the son of the illustrious Rav Lieber Cohen of New York City, who.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Early Days of Congregation Sons of Israel of Nyack
Yitzy Fried Recently, we profiled Rav Avrohom Lehrman, who served Congregation Bnai Israel of Nyack (the name by which it was.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Isaac Minsky
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Isaac MinskyYitzy Fried In the Congregation Sons of Israel section of the Monsey Cemetery, lies the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Avraham Lehrman
Yitz Fried The conservative Congregations Sons of Israel in Nyack was founded in 1891 as the orthodox.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Kranes’ Heroic Rescue Efforts
Yitzy Fried A number of weeks ago, we profiled a special Monsey couple, Uncle Robert and Tante Ruth Krane, as they were known to.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Bear Mountain Bridge to Mark Centennial
Yitzy FriedOne hundred years ago, The Bear Mountain.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Challenging Beginnings of Orthodox Settlement in Airmont
Yitzy Fried “Earlier this fall, the Justice Department announced that it secured a consent decree with the Village of Airmont,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Yeshaya Dovid Bayer
Yitzy Fried Rav Yeshaya Dovid Bayer occupies a special place in the annals of Monsey history, having served as a mechanech in.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Rockland County Court House in New City
Yitzy FriedThe Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens is.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Shmelke Taubenfeld
Yitzy Fried The first day of Sukkos marks the yohrtzeit of one of Monsey’s all-time ga’onim, one of the prime products of Beis.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Fire at Neturei Karta
Yitzy FriedThe year was 2007, and it was the evening of the first night of Pesach, when the Neturei.... read more
Monsey Memories: Uncle Robert and Tante Ruth Krane
Yitzy Fried Residents of old Monsey will recall the Krane’s, an incredible couple who filled the lives of everyone who was.... read more
Monsey Memories: When the Rebbes Vacationed in Spring Valley
Yitzy Fried As we have noted here in the past, Spring Valley used to be a vacation area, with numerous hotels that would welcome.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Stony Point Lighthouse
Yitzy FriedCompleted in 1826, the Stony Point lighthouse in Stony Point, Rockland County, was the very.... read more
Monsey Memories: When Rav Bresslauer Was Chosen as Rav of Beis Tefillah
Yitzy Fried In the last two installments of this column, we traced the read more
Monsey Memories: Building Beth Tefilla
Yitzy FriedIn last week’s edition of this column, we wrote.... read more