Entries Tagged as 'Lakewood'

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Getting Ready for Pesach in Lakewood

Be it people buying last minute chametz, new clothing for Yom Tov, or wine for the Seder - YWN takes you there in this exclusive photo essay that covers what erev Pesach is like in Lakewood - all the way from mechiras chametz to the burning of the chametz in Lakewood Cheder, and everything in […]

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

Lakewood, N.J: As Orthodox Population Grows, So Do Tensions

Many Orthodox Jews have been drawn to Lakewood by the prestige of the town’s yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the largest rabbinical colleges in the world. The yeshiva was founded in 1943 by a Polish-born rabbi, Aaron Kotler. In 1962, when Rabbi Kotler died, the school had 250 students. It now has about 5,000. […]

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