Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Shabsi Rosenberg, zt”l
We return to old Williamsburg’s Moore Street, the beginning of Brooklyn Jewry’s establishment—where the.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Osher Yonah Weinberger, zt”l
The aftermath of the great Churban found Williamsburg half-a-century into its Jewish settlement—with a rapid.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Shraga Leib Brill
As we continue our journey through the streets of old Williamsburg, and the foundations of the Jewish community that were being formed there.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Daniel Shapiro
Way back in the 1920’s, when Eastern European Jews were fleeing the upheaval, poverty, starvation and suffering in the aftermath of WWI, a.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Shlomo Zalman Richtman
The 1940’s Works Progress Administration photos are a gift to history lovers. On one “virtual tour” of old Williamsburg, we came.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rabbi Eliezer Alter Silverman
A noted rov in Williamsburg of yore was Rav Alter Silverman, a son of Rav Mordechai Meir Silberman of Pinsk who also served in this.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Kapisher Rov
Rav Yaakov Segal Lebovitz, the Kapisher Rov, was a prominent dayan in postwar Williamsburg, the menahel of the Hisachdus Harabanim of the United.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Brooklyn Navy Yard
YS GOLD On the outskirts of Williamsburg sits the enormous Brooklyn Navy Yard where ships used to be built for the United States Navy,.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The 100-Year-Old Water Aqueduct
YS GOLD The breathtaking and historic photos that we present here today were taken one hundred years ago, in the summer of 1925. They.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Avraham Halevy Sochen
In 1931, Williamsburg welcomed an illustrious Lithuanian rov by the name of Rav Avrohom Sochen. He served as the spiritual leader of Adas Bnei.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Domino Sugar Refinery
YS GOLD There is a legend that when Robert Moses designed the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, he cut right through Williamsburg,.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Iconic 571 Bedford Avenue - Home of the Admorim of Skver
YS GOLD The legendary address of 571 Bedford Avenue has been the Williamsburg home of the Admorim of Skver for three quarters of a.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: 500 Bedford Avenue
YS GOLD The address of 500 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is well known to our readers as a center for Torah and avodah— a place.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Yosef Horowitz-Sternfeld, Zamoshter Rov
Williamsburg in the postwar era was home to a sizable population of Holocaust survivors. While the majority of them hailed from Hungary, many came.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Williamsburg Bridge
YS GOLD Originally known as the East River Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903 and, at 7,308 feet long, was the.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Shimon Brenner
Rav Shimon Brenner was born to his parents, Reb Menachem Mendel and Esther Brenner, in Snatyn, Ukraine, in the year 1903, and in 1906 the family.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: When The Rebbes Went to the White House
YS GOLD With much of the Jewish world celebrating President Donald J. Trump’s win earlier this week, Williamsburg365 takes a look.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Chaptzem! Chronicles of Shomrim’s Founding
YS Gold Readers of Williamsburg365 are surely well-familiar with the Shomrim organization and.... read more
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