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
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 and other.... 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 Boyaner kehillah in.... 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 establish a.... 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 settled in.... 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. On Saddle River.... 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. Searching for.... 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 the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Beis Yisroel of Monsey
BY: Yitzy FriedIt was Monsey of the 1940’s, when the only heimishe Yidden to inhabit the hamlet were the Beis Medrash Elyon bachurim and a handful.... read more
Monsey Memories: the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe Green, zt”l
By: Yitzy FriedClose to two years have passed since the petirah of Rav Moshe Green, zt”l—one of Monsey’s most important figures of all time,.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Avraham Baddouch’s Journey Morocco to Monsey
By: Yitzy FriedThe serenity of Monsey has traditionally attracted numerous great men who sought to shape their talmidim away from the hustle and.... read more
Monsey Memories: Reb Daniel Goldstein, Z”l
The Goldstein family is synonymous with valiantly swimming against the current in America, and of building generations of Torah-true Yidden amid the.... read more
Monsey Memories: Rav Tzvi Hirsh Meisels, zt”l, Veitzener Rov
By: Yitzi Fried On 92 Main Street stands an ancient building, One of Monsey’s oldest shuls, Beth Israel of Monsey—whose storied history we will.... read more