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
BONUS Monsey Memories: The Fire That Consumed the Skverer Beis Medrash
Yitzy FriedAs we mourn the Churban of the Beis Hamikdosh, we recall the fire that consumed another.... read more
Monsey Memories: Beginning of Congregation Bais Tefilla
Yitzy Fried Bais Tefillah is a legendary place for both Torah and tefillah in Monsey today,.... read more
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
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