Monsey Scoop reported on Wednesday morning that a long-serving Shabbos Goy and security guard working in New Square has been let go after a sudden and shocking discovery was made: he is Jewish. The revelation came to light during a casual conversation with a resident, where the “Shabbos Goy” mentioned that his grandmother was Jewish and had lived in a village near Kiev, Ukraine. The news spread like wildfire, and having been provided the information, the Skvere dayanim instructed local askanim to research and verify the facts before the next Shabbos.

The Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County on Tuesday hosted a bipartisan panel with Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), in which the Congressmen gave their views on Israel and the U.S. role in its recovery from the October 7 massacre by Hamas, confronting antisemitism, and ensuring institutions can […]

A financial crisis is rocking the chinuch system, with boys and girls schools – including elementary schools, high schools, mesivtos, and batei medrashim – feeling a serious cash crunch. The money woes are not isolated to one particular town or geographic area, with mosdos chinuch spread throughout the U.S. suffering from far fewer big donors and a growing number of parents […]

The Town of Ramapo has announced the addition of a new Chametz burning site to be operational this Erev Pesach in the Suffern Airmont area. The newly designated site is located at Clark Park, 59 Campbell Avenue, Airmont, NY 10901, and will begin operations on Monday, Erev Pesach, from 6:00 AM. This new location joins […]

A levaya will be held Thursday for the three sifrei torah that were tragically burnt in the fire that ravaged the “Chasidim at 110” Shul in Pomona Heights early Wednesday morning. The levaya and divrei chizzuk are scheduled to take place at 4 PM outside the burnt shul, 34 North Ridge Road in Pomona. Additionally, […]

A massive fire destoryed a Shul in Pomona Heights, early Wednesday morning. The “Chassidim at 110 Shul” located at the corner of North Ridge Road and Overlook Road, was quickly engulged in flames, after a propane tank reportedly exploded at around 5:45am, Monsey Scoop reported. Bichasdei Hashem, the shul was unoccupied at the time of […]

Thousands of bochurim gathered in multiple locations last week to hear divrei hisorerus before the upcoming Pesach bein hazmanim. The gatherings, sponsored by Agudas Yisroel and arranged with the help of dedicated askanim in the respective locations, included close to 3,000 talmidim in Lakewood, 1,000 in Monsey, and a hookup to Montreal, and were directed […]

Tragedy struck the Monsey community on Friday when a Jewish family headed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, for Shabbos was involved in a deadly single-vehicle accident on the I-84. According to police, Yeruchem and Serach Kagan, along with their four children, were approximately 20 minutes from Scranton when their vehicle veered off the roadway and flipped, rolling […]

High winds in northern New Jersey and Airmont caused trees along roadways to crash down onto vehicles, but miraculously, the drivers in both incidents emerged without any serious injuries, Monsey Scoop reported on Monday. The first incident unfolded in Upper Saddle River, in northern New Jersey, when a tree collapsed onto a car with a […]

At the Orangetown Democratic Committee meeting this Tuesday, Rockland County Legislator Aron Wieder declared his candidacy for the New York State Assembly’s 97th District, emphasizing his dedication to community representation. “This campaign is about amplifying our community’s voice in Albany,” Wieder remarked. “With the new district lines, we have a real opportunity to address the […]