Monsey Memories: When the United States Sued the Village of Airmont for a Shul
By: Yitzy Fried The year was 1987, and Congregation Shomrei Emunim of Airmont had been gathering in various homes, changing locations.... read more
Monsey Memories: When New Square was Building Their Infrastructure 50 Years ago
By: Yitzy FriedThe village of New Square—a Skverer outpost nestled among the towns of Rockland County—was incorporated as a village in.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Shlomo Mordechai Breslauer, zt”l
By: Yitzy Fried One of Monsey’s most legendary and senior rabbonim was Rav Breslauer, who came to the area from a strong.... read more
Monsey Memories: Congregation Bnei Jeshurun Closes Final Chapter
By: Yitzy Fried This week, demolition crews dismantled one of Monsey’s iconic Shuls, Congregation Bnei Jeshurun, closing the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Vignettes from YSV History
By: Yitzy Fried Yeshiva of Spring Valley is an institution in the Monsey community, with decades of history to its credit. Today,.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Rockland County Committee for Soviet Jewry
By: Yitzy Fried The early 1970’s found a powerful movement of young Orthodox Jews to free Soviet Jewry from the terrible.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Nosson Horowitz, zt”l
By: Yitzy Fried As we have noted here in the past, the rov of Beis Yisroel during its heyday was Rav Noson Horowitz, zt”l, whose.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Yehuda Leib Pessin, zt”l.
By: Yitzy Fried The phone rang in the Pessin home on the Lower East Side, and Mrs. Pessin was astonished to hear Rav Moshe Feinstein,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rabbi Israel Klavan
By: Yitzy Fried Around 1950, Rabbi Israel Klavan—a rov and an activist who hailed from an important rabbinic family—moved into.... read more
Monsey Memories: Suzanne Lake
By: Yitzy Fried Suzanne Lake holds many memories for Monsey residents over many generations. Decades of strolling around the lake,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Nussen Yosef Meisels, Longtime Satmar Rosh Yeshiva
By: Yitzy Fried A legend in the Satmar chassidus, and right hand of the Divrei Yoel—whom he entrusted with everything that was.... read more
Monsey Memories: Thirty-five Years Since the Young Israel was Vandalized
By: Yitzy FriedOn Tuesday, July 28th 1987, mispalelim of Young Israel of Spring Valley arrived to see the horrific site of swastikas.... read more
Monsey Memories: Reb Moshe Fischman, z”l, Founder of Monsey Boyaner Kehillah
By: Yitzy FriedA pioneer of the Monsey community since the settlement of the Torah Vodaath bachurim there, and the founder of the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Abba Berman and his Yeshiva Iyun Hatalmud
By: Yitzy FriedIt was the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the Monsey community was in its infancy, when Rav Abba Berman arrived to.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt”l
By: Yitzy Fried One of the great Roshei Yeshiva of the postwar era in America was Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt”l, of Torah Vodaath, who.... read more
Monsey Memories: Brewer Fire Engine Co.
By: Yitzy Fried It is an icon of old Monsey, a landmark known to generations of Monsey residents, and older than anyone alive..... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Yisroel Moshe Gnat
By: Yitzy Fried On the Monsey Beis Hachaim stands a kever from 1946 with the sad inscription, Rabbi Israel Moses Gnat… AGE YEARS..... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Yosef Meir Hakohen Kantor, zt”l
By: Yitzy Fried Nearly two years have gone by since the passing of Rav Yosef Chaim Kantor, a legend in the Monsey community and Rov of.... read more