Monsey Memories: Uncle Robert and Tante Ruth Krane
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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
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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
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Completed 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
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In the last two installments of this column, we traced the
Monsey Memories: Building Beth Tefilla
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In last week’s edition of this column, we wrote.... read more
BONUS Monsey Memories: The Fire That Consumed the Skverer Beis Medrash
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As we mourn the Churban of the Beis Hamikdosh, we recall the fire that consumed another.... read more
Monsey Memories: Beginning of Congregation Bais Tefilla
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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”
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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
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We tend to think that the changes coming over Rockland County today are.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Old Village of Piermont
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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’
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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
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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
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In the fall of 1968, 25 years ago, a dinner was held in Monsey, marking 25.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Kashauer Rebbe
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A holy and revered presence in old Monsey of the.... read more
Monsey Memories: When a Car Overturned, Sending Passengers to Spring Valley General
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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
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The phenomenon of Monsey being a bustling metropolis, with congested traffic and.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Tenure House on Saddle River Road
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On Saddle River Road in Monsey stands a home that was built in the year 1756 by Zacharia Ferguson, twenty years before the.... read more