Institution
Hatzolah: How a Small Williamsburg Group Built America's Largest Volunteer Ambulance Network
The story of Hatzolah, founded in Williamsburg by R' Hershel Weber (1965 or late 1960s, sources differ), and how its volunteer…
Topic
Brooklyn
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History
"The Jews' Highway": How a Bridge Created Jewish Williamsburg
The Williamsburg Bridge (opened 19 Dec 1903) and the Lower East Side Jews who crossed it, then the postwar Hasidic refugees under…
Store
Moisha's Supermarket
Moisha's is a kosher supermarket on Avenue M in Brooklyn that began as a small corner grocery in 1995.
Institution
Misaskim
Misaskim is a Brooklyn chesed organization, founded in 2004, that helps mourners and safeguards the dignity of the deceased…
Street & neighborhood
13th Avenue (Boro Park)
13th Avenue is Boro Park's commercial heart – a mile of Jewish stores, restaurants and banks.
Street & neighborhood
Bedford Avenue
Bedford Avenue is Brooklyn's longest street, running through Chasidic Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Flatbush and Midwood.
Store
Green's Bakery (Babka)
Green's is a world-famous kosher bakery in Brooklyn that bakes over a million babkas a year.
Rabbi
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky zt"l was a rosh yeshiva at Torah Vodaas and a renowned posek, especially in kashrus.
Institution
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
One of America's oldest yeshivas, today in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Institution
Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)
The Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, continuing the famed yeshiva of Mir in Europe.
Institution
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
A Litvish yeshiva in Brooklyn with every division from preschool to kollel.
Institution
Shomrim (Shmira)
Volunteer Jewish patrols that guard Haredi neighborhoods and help find missing people.
Store
Kemach Food Products
Brooklyn maker of strictly supervised pareve products, Pas Yisroel and Yoshon.
Singer
Isaac Honig
Isaac Honig is a Brooklyn-born Jewish singer known for his heartfelt chuppah and wedding performances.
Media
BoroPark24
BoroPark24 is a news source covering happenings in and around the Boro Park, Brooklyn community.