The last time I was in New York it was for sheva brachos, that was the last time I saw most of my friends and family (besides for the tech folks who come for work and the outdoors folks that…
Tag: Far Rockaway
The White Shul knows their herring
I think the only good thing that came out of my recent trip to Far Rockaway to visit the old man and fulfill my obligation to kivud av, was the kiddushim I got to take part in. Far Rockaway isn’t…
Dear Heshy: I was perturbed by your Far Rockaway articles
So I got a complaint via email today and I wish I received more of these. Most of the critics just make simple comments or write hateful things on my facebook wall, I am inclined to agree with most of…
God knew I would hate Far Rockaway
I firmly believe that God knows the future and I’ll tell you how I came to this belief, it all has to do with my father moving to Far Rockway. It’s hard to imagine the horror I felt when my…
Shabbos in Far Rockaway: The White Shul
For the first time in moths I stayed in Far Rockaway for shabbos, I figure I live there so I don’t have to put myself through the agony of a shabbos in Far Rockaway. I say agony because the shuls…
My first meaningful Yom Kippur
For many people including me Yom Kippur is one of the most dreaded days of the year. As someone who can’t even sit through all of shul on shabbos, Yom Kippur is one of the closest things to hell on…
Will learn for free food
Its Carlos and Gabbys night at the yeshiva, this usually means high attendance, the people who run the place aren’t stupid. If you want to get some punk ass 15 year old priority one kid in the door on a…
I moved to NY a month ago – my thoughts
Its hard of me to believe or admit it, but just over a month ago I moved to New York. I have sworn for years that I would never move to New York, this has been my longest stretch in…
Far Rockaway and its sexual tension
The bridge was too narrow for people to work in twos, therefore every time you came upon a group of people you had to go single file and make eye contact for too long to be comfortable. It was unnerving…
My first shabbos in Far Rockaway with my new family
I tried to have an open mind, I really did, Far Rockaway cant be that bad can it? I mean aesthetically its reminiscent of my college which was probably designed by the same people that designed prisons in Siberia, but…