Monsey Memories: Monsey Lodge; “Finest Day Camp in Rockland County”
Yitzy Fried As the summer season dawns, we are reminded that Rockland County was once a major hotel and resort destination. The.... read more
Monsey Memories: When Rockland Began to Shift from Hamlet to Metropolis, and Its Demographics Changed Along With It
Yitzy Fried We tend to think that the changes coming over Rockland County today are.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Old Village of Piermont
Yitzy Fried The Village of Piermont is located on the banks of the Hudson River on the eastern edge of Rockland County. According.... read more
Monsey Memories: A Lifelong Firefighter Recalls the ‘Summer of Arson’
Yitzy Fried Our column on a wave of arsons that plagued Rockland prompted the following.... read more
Monsey Memories: Dr. Sidney Levine, Monsey’s Physician for 40 Years
Yitzy Fried For more than four decades—from 1959, when Monsey was a little hamlet and its Jewish community tiny, until his.... read more
Monsey Memories: When Beis Medrash Elyon’s 25th Anniversary Was Marked
Yitzy Fried In the fall of 1968, 25 years ago, a dinner was held in Monsey, marking 25.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Kashauer Rebbe
Yitzy FriedA holy and revered presence in old Monsey of the.... read more
Monsey Memories: When a Car Overturned, Sending Passengers to Spring Valley General
Yitzy Fried On May 24, 1962—close to 61 years ago—Michael J. McDonough was driving through the intersection of Route 45 and.... read more
Monsey Memories: Reb Shmuel Wudowsky, Beloved Beis Dovid Rebbi
Yitzy Fried The phenomenon of Monsey being a bustling metropolis, with congested traffic and.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Tenure House on Saddle River Road
Yitzy FriedOn Saddle River Road in Monsey stands a home that was built in the year 1756 by Zacharia Ferguson, twenty years before the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Yechiel Dov Shoham
Yitzy Fried As we approach Pesach with its unique kashrus needs, we profile a Rov who.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Spook Rock Bridge
Yitzy FriedOn the edge of Wesley Hills sits a pond which is bordered by a dam which allows only a stream of water to flow further into.... read more
Monsey Memories: Reb Moshe Weiss (Batlan), a Legend in Skver
By: Yitzy FriedIn the lore of the Skverer chassidus, the name of Reb Moshe ‘Batlan,’ the gabbai of the previous Skverer Rebbe,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Spring Valley Railroad Plunges 30 Feet in 1880
By: Yitzy Fried Railroad travel is a thing of the past in Rockland County, but in the days of yore, it was the primary means of.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Historic Monsey Cemetery
By Yitzy FriedAt the corner of Maple Avenue and Saddle River Road lies the historic Monsey Cemetery, where soldiers from the American Civil.... read more
