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Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Levi Yitzchok Landman, zt”l, Tarnopoler Rebbe

Rav Levy Yitzchok Landman, zt”l, a scion of the greatest Chassidic and rabbinic dynasties in Galicia, who.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Reb Shlomo Zalman Hakohen Sander

A legendary establishment in Williamsburg is Sander’s Bakery which has been around for more than half a century,.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Yehoshua Baumol

He hailed from an illustrious rabbinic family in Galicia, and was a prominent and esteemed rov in Williamsburg of.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Hagaon Rav Avraham Tropp, zt”l

Rav Avrohom Chaim was born to his father, the legendary Ga’on, Rav Naftoli Tropp, zt”l, known as the.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Zalmanowitz zt”l

In the lore of talmidim of Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon, the tradition is repeated about Rav Moshe.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Avrohom Shloime Blumenkrantz

The aftermath of the Holocaust found Williamsburg teeming with survivors from the terrible Churban. Prominent among.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Avrohom Levovitz

Williamsburg was home to a sizable contingent of Mirer alumni, mostly European-born talmidim of the legendary yeshiva who kept the memories and.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Manis Mandel

The first, and longest-serving, of the early institutions in Brooklyn is the Yeshiva of Brooklyn—founded in the 1920’s in Williamsburg. But.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: The Fire on Clymer Street

YS GOLD This week, we focus on a fire that took place in the winter of 1982 at the Satmar Yeshiva on Clymer Street, as reported by the.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Ephraim Berman

This is the story of a rov and talmid chochom from who valiantly stood at the helm of Congregation Beis Aaron Beis.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Pinchos Ingberman

In August of 1955, an El Al plane was shot down over Bulgaria, in an act that its government would later admit was.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: The Helmetzer Rov

Postwar Williamsburg saw an influx of Rabbonim from prewar Hungary—great men who had presided over kehillos and yeshivos, only to see it all go.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Congregation Ahavas Israel, 108 Noble Street

Roughly a mile from the Williamsburg Bridge lies what is today known as the “Greenpoint Shul,” also known as Congregation Ahavas Israel, at.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Yoel Fink, zt”l

One of the pioneers of establishing Torah Judaism in America— a ga’on b’Torah whose heart that burned with yearning for Hashem—Rav Yoel.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Zev Wolf Hirschprung, zt”l

Adjacent to the ohel of the Sadigerer Rebbe lies the grave of Rav Zev Volf Hirschprung of Krakow, a ga’on and.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Menachem Mendel Leib Lokshin

Our previous foray into the early history of Williamsburg involved the most prominent concentration of Yidden at.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Firschein Press

Long before there was text messaging and emails and other media to spread the word in rapid fashion about events.... read more

Iconic Williamsburg: Rabbi Kalman Solomon

Rabbi Kalman Solomon founded Ahavas Sholom Beis Aaron at 98 Scholes Street back in the late 1800’s, and it turns out that Rabbi Solomon led.... read more