History

18 May A walk through Williamsburg with Phillip Lopate

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The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...

20 Mar Building series: A new interactive map-tour of Brooklyn’s Bais Yaakov history

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An interactive tour of the birth of Bais Yaakov in...

02 Feb Interview with Harry Weiss, former Williamsburg resident

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Another video in my conversation series...

07 Jan Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 2

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Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...

05 Jan Looking at old Bais Yaakov Williamsburg yearbooks with Naomi Seidman

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIyJzbSehY Today I am sharing a YouTube conversation with Naomi Seidman,...

08 Dec In conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, co-author of ‘A Fortress in Brooklyn’

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https://youtu.be/Y-7QlD92o6k I had the great pleasure to talk in a zoom...

11 Oct Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 1

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As I've spent years exploring the story of Williamsburg, I’ve...

02 Oct Building series: 1876 synagogue that still serves the Jewish community

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Site: Temple Beth Elohim / now Pupa Kindergarten Location: 274 Keap...

30 Sep Building series: former Bais Yaakov seminary

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Site: former Bais Yaakov Seminary Address: 143 South 8th Street, Brooklyn,...

11 Sep Interview with Gerald Friedman

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A conversation with a diner at Gottlieb's deli, former WB...

06 Apr Book review: ‘Worlds Apart’ by Sudy Rosengarten

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Some notes from a small book of memories of early...

26 Aug Building series: the Church that shrank

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The story of one church's transformation...

21 Aug A Williamsburg architecture brush-up

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Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...

27 May The pandemic and persecution complex: a new Forward article

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A new article on the persecution complex and COVID-19...

18 Mar Hasidic kids learn an incoherent world history

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Into the world of coloring books and car phones...

04 Jan I don’t own many $60 book: ‘Historical Atlas of Hasidism’

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A new fantastic atlas of Hasidic history by Marcin Wodzinski...

30 Dec A new podcast and Flaum’s Deli

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A new podcast on Jewish history has a pilot episode...

26 Aug Do Hasidim smoke?

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Among Satmar Hasidic Jews, women never smoke. It’s really unheard...

16 Apr Violent cidelock cutting

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Here is an answer from history:[1] Paraphrased and copied (with...

29 Mar A tour of Hasidic Williamsburg 35 years ago ($6.50!)

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Sociologist George Kranzler did it first....

04 Mar Williamsburg wasn’t always a haven for Jews…

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Can you imagine a Williamsburg without a Jewish congregation? Here's a...

04 Mar Building series: the House of the Prince of Peace once in Williamsburg

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Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...

04 Aug An interview with Philip Fishman; author of ‘A Sukkah is Burning’

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Many Jews remember Williamsburg before its Hasidic transformation; when centrist...

30 Jul The future of the historic Hanover Club/Vien’s School?

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When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...

23 Jul “Williamsburg!” The iconic song by Yomtov Ehrlich

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Yom Tov Ehrlich was probably one of the most important...

22 Jul Building series: Clymer Street shul, and the last star of david

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The Clymer Street Synagogue is the site for the last...

10 Jul A Wedding officiated by R. Teitelaum and R. Feinstein

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A 1954 wedding announcement in the Brooklyn Eagle made note...

27 Jun Building series: It used to be a theater 2: Vien Synagogue

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Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...

24 Jun Assault and impropriety on Lee Avenue

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A very dramatic story went down on a Friday Night...

18 Jun How the streets in Williamsburg got their names…

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Taylor, Wilson, Clymer...

15 Jun Building series: Leonard and Phillip Lopate’s home

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Site: Childhood Home of radio host Leonard Lopate Location: 151 Ross...

10 Jun A 1992 photo collection of Hasidic Williamsburg

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Photos by Melodie McDaniel photography. I'm not sure what to...

09 Jun Building series: inside the Hanover mansion / Vien’s school

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I wrote about the Hanover Mansion that's now the Vien's...

07 Jun Building series: it used to be a theater 1 – Klausenberg Synagogue

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Site: Klausenburg Synagogue Location: 131 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 [image: NYC...

26 May Building series: Vien’s Girls’ school building; the Williamsburg story

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Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...

25 May Building series: the Wonder Bread factory—now the Skverer Yeshiva

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Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...

23 May How the Williamsburg Bridge changed Williamsburg

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When the Williamsburg Bridge was built in 1903, Jewish immigrants...

23 May Building series: missionary Jews in Williamsburg

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A century ago a Christian Mission to the Jews stood...

23 May A High School essay by Deborah Feldman

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This really interesting first-person account of Hasidic Williamsburg was written...