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In 1944 it was reconstituted as Beth Medrash Elyon, Monsey's first Jewish institution. [5] In the 1950s, Monsey was a one stoplight town with a single yeshiva. In 1979, [6] Rabbi Ezriel Tauber and a group of lay leaders purchased land in Monsey for the American campus of the Ohr Somayach Yeshiva. [7] By 1997, Monsey had 112 synagogues and 45 ...
Ohel Torah was founded in 1987 by Shmuel Rosengarten—a grandson of Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg [2] —and Gabriel Bodenheimer. [1] The school is located in the College and Carlton neighborhood of the unincorporated place of Monsey, in the town of Ramapo, New York. [3]
Monsey was chosen because of its proximity to New York City (approximately 35 miles (56 km) northwest of the city) as well as the Jewish local infrastructure that ensured easy availability of kosher food and amenities. They maintained the name Ohr Somayach and enlisted Rabbi Israel Rokowsky as dean. [5]
The incident was the second stabbing attack in Monsey's Jewish community in as many months; a 30-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed several times by an unidentified assailant while he was on his way to pre-dawn prayers (vasikin) in late November, and underwent surgery.
Three brothers who grew up in Monsey before joining Lev Tahor, a fringe sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, were convicted Wednesday in the 2018 kidnapping of two children whose mother had removed ...
Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Satmar rabbi in Monsey, New York; Louis Kestenbaum (born 1952), American real estate developer [33] Meilech Kohn (born 1969), American singer [34] Aaron Teitelbaum (born 1947), rebbe of Satmar in Kiryas Yoel, New York; Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), founding rebbe of Satmar; Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), rebbe
The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation [1] [2] (established in 1989) is a non-profit Orthodox Jewish organization based in Monsey, New York, United States.The foundation is dedicated to spreading the teachings of Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim ( חָפֵץ חַיִּים "Seeker of Life" in Hebrew) and is based on his work of Jewish ethics of the same name.
Chaverim was started in Monsey, New York by Rabbi Shaya Zev Erps in July 1999. The grassroots organization opened a hotline to assist stranded motorists and elderly and handicapped individuals. Since its founding, the Boro Park Chaverim has logged over 100,000 calls, with hundreds of calls received daily.