Monsey Memories: Rabbi Avraham Moshe Gendel
By: Yitzy FriedAs we head into our shul, and the season of teshuva intensifies, we profile a man who inspired many souls toward teshuva in Monsey of.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Moshe Aaron Stern, zt”l
By: Yitzy FriedThe year was 1942, and the war was raging in Europe. All Americans of age were compelled to fill out draft cards—which is where we.... read more
Monsey Memories: When a Plane Crashed on Route 59
By: Yitzy Fried The afternoon of Sunday, May 6, 1979 was just another spring weekend in the hamlet of Monsey, when a small plane came crashing.... read more
Monsey Memories: The Bais Shraga Fire of 1965
By: Yitzy FriedIt was the winter of 1965, and Mesivta Bais Shraga—founded by a son and son-in-law of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz brought Torah to.... read more
Monsey Memories: “When Rockland was New York City’s Resort”
By: Yitzy Fried The story of Monsey’s metamorphosis from a hamlet into a burgeoning metropolis is well-known. Half a century ago, the Journal.... read more
Monsey Memories: Paul Toth, Spring Valley Chief of Police
By: Yitzy FriedLast week, Chief Paul Toth passed away at his home in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of eighty-nine. He dedicated thirty-two years of.... read more
Monsey Memories: When Holocaust Remains Were Buried in Monsey
By: Yitzy FriedFor years, the Holocaust Museum and Center for Tolerance and Education, in Suffern, NY, had in storage 75-year-old remains of kedoshim.... read more
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 every few.... 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 the year.... 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 tradition of.... 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 final chapter in.... 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, we bring you.... 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 oppression that they.... 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 rabbinic.... 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, zt”l, on.... 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, and.... 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 important to.... read more