Hasidic dynasty
Satmar
Satmar was founded in 1905 by Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum in the town of Szatmár (today Satu Mare, Romania). After the war the Rebbe…
Topic
Williamsburg
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Hasidic dynasty
Bobov
Bobov traces its origins to the Galician town of Bobowa and was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, a grandson of the Sanzer Rav.…
Hasidic dynasty
Belz
Belz was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the “Sar Shalom,” in the town of Belz in Galicia. After the…
Hasidic dynasty
Vizhnitz
Vizhnitz was founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager in the town of Vizhnitz in Bukovina (today in…
Hasidic dynasty
Skver
Skver is a branch of the House of Chernobyl, founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky (Reb Itzikl) in the town…
Community
Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn, New York, beside the Williamsburg Bridge that leads to Manhattan. After…
Community
Borough Park (Brooklyn)
Borough Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Brooklyn, New York, and is counted among the largest Jewish neighborhoods in the…
Place
Kiryas Joel (New York)
Kiryas Joel is a village in Orange County, New York, founded by Satmar Chassidim in the 1970s at the behest of the Satmar Rebbe,…
Music
Jewish (Hasidic) Music in the 2000s
The first decade of the 2000s was a vibrant era for Hasidic and Orthodox music: veteran stars such as Mordechai Ben David and…
Event
9/11 and the Hasidic & Orthodox Community
Hundreds of Jews were killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York. Volunteers of Chevra Hatzalah rushed to…
History
Hasidic Life in New York, 2000–2007
The years 2000 to 2007 were a time of strong growth for New York's Hasidic communities: Borough Park had the most births in the…
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…
History
"Der Yid": The Newspaper That Grew Up With Hasidic Williamsburg
How Aaron Rosmarin founded Der Yid in 1953 after losing his job at the Morgn-Zhurnal, how Satmar community leaders acquired it,…
Customs & life
The History of the Shtreimel: From a Polish Fur Hat to the Crown of Shabbos
What is actually known about the shtreimel: theories of origin, the Sigismund legend (no documentary basis), 17th–18th century…
Community
Kiryas Joel: The Satmar Rebbe's Dream in the Hills of Monroe
From 14 Satmar families in summer 1974 to a village of 32,954 (2020 census): the founding by the Satmar Rebbe, incorporation in…
Hasidic dynasty
From 300 Survivors to a Worldwide Court: How Bobov Rose Again After the Holocaust
The story of the Bobover Rebbe R' Shlomo Halberstam (1908–2000), who started with a 16-boy yeshiva in Manhattan and rebuilt Bobov…
Hasidic dynasty
The Satmar Rebbe in Williamsburg: How Satmar Became America's Largest Hasidic Group
From the Rebbe's arrival on the MS Vulcania (26 Sept 1946) to Congregation Yetev Lev (1948), rapid growth (4,500 in 1961; largest…
Hasidic dynasty
Pupa: From a Hungarian Yeshiva to a Williamsburg Community
The Pupa dynasty from the Arugas Habosem to the Vayechi Yosef, R' Yosef Greenwald (1903–1984), who lost his family in the…
Hasidic dynasty
Vizhnitz in America: The Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey and His Court
The Vizhnitz dynasty from the Tzemach Tzaddik to R' Mordechai Hager (1922–2018), who came to America in 1948 and led…
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…
Restaurant
Gottlieb's Restaurant
גאטליבס איז א באקאנטער גלאט-קאשער דעליקאטעסן-רעסטאראן אויף ראבלינג סטריט אין וויליאמסבורג. לויט זייער אייגענע וועבזייטל שטייט ער…
Bakery & food
Oneg Heimishe Bakery
עונג היימישע בעקעריי אויף לי עוועניו אין וויליאמסבורג באקט אלעס אין זייער ברוקלינער לאקאל. דער בעקעריי שרייבט אז זיי זענען…
Grocery
Landau's Supermarket (Williamsburg)
לאנדאו'ס איז א קאשערע סופערמארקעט אויף בעדפארד עוועניו אין וויליאמסבורג, מיט פרוכט, פלייש, מילכיגס און געבעקס פאר דער היימישער…
Newspapers & media
Der Yid (newspaper office)
"דער איד" איז א אידיש-שפראכיגע וואכנשריפט אין ניו יארק, געגרינדעט אין 1953 דורך אהרן ראזמארין, וואס האט ערשט ארויסגעגעבן די…
Newspapers & media
Der Blatt (newspaper)
"דער בלאט" איז א אידישע וואכנשריפט אין ניו יארק, ארויסגעגעבן דורך סאטמארער חסידים וואס שטיצן דעם רבי ר' אהרן טייטלבוים. די…
Bakery & food
Satmar Matzah Bakery
די סאטמארער מצות בעקעריי אין וויליאמסבורג באקט מצות פאר פסח.
Halls & catering
Eden Palace
עדן פאלאס איז א זאל פאר שמחות אויף פלאשינג עוועניו אין ברוקלין.
Shul
Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney St)
די גרויסע סאטמארער שול אויף 152 ראדני סטריט אין וויליאמסבורג איז היינט די הויפט-שול פון די חסידים פון דעם סאטמארער רבי ר' זלמן…
Emergency
Hatzolah of Williamsburg
די ערשטע הצלה איז געגרינדעט געווארן אין וויליאמסבורג דורך ר' הערשל וועבער אין די שפעטע 1960ער יארן. הצלה איז א פרייוויליגע…
Charity
Satmar Bikur Cholim
ביקור חולים דסאטמאר איז געגרינדעט געווארן אין 1956 דורך די רבנית פייגא טייטלבוים און גיטל קאהן. די הויפטקווארטיר איז אויף 545…
Music
Kol Mevaser / Yiddish24
קול מבשר איז א אידישע נייעס-האטליין, געגרינדעט אין 2005 דורך זלמן ווידער, דער הויפט-נייעס-זאגער. היינט איז עס אויך באקאנט אונטער…
Singer
Beri Weber
Beri Weber is a Williamsburg-raised Chasidic singer known for "Rabi Shimon".
Store
Gottlieb's Restaurant
Gottlieb's is a legendary Hungarian kosher deli in Williamsburg, open since 1962.
Street & neighborhood
Bedford Avenue
Bedford Avenue is Brooklyn's longest street, running through Chasidic Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Flatbush and Midwood.
Institution
Satmar Bikur Cholim
Satmar's bikur cholim, founded in Williamsburg in 1956, bringing food to Jewish patients in hospitals.
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Childhood memories (2000–2007) — part 1
A trip back to the early 2000s: the toys, games and snacks we grew up with and almost forgot.
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — בלאג „עולם החסידות“
How Brooklyn's Hasidim celebrate Sukkos ↗
A warm, detailed look at how a large Hasidic family in Brooklyn prepares for Sukkos weeks ahead and celebrates at home, in the…
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — בלאג „עולם החסידות“
When Hasidim sit down to the Shabbos meal ↗
A step-by-step account of the Friday-night meal in Brooklyn Hasidic homes — besamim, kiddush and the fixed traditional dishes —…
װיקיפּעדיע (ייִדיש)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Yiddish Wikipedia) ↗
Yiddish Wikipedia's long article on Williamsburg, from its Dutch colonial beginnings in the 1600s to today's large Hasidic…
Rabbi
Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky
Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986) was a student of Slabodka, a rabbi in Lithuania and Canada, and for many years rosh yeshiva…