Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal

Borough Park

Police Injuries As Thousands Take To Boro Park Streets To Mourn Grand Rabbi

BORO PARK — Police struggled to control thousands of mourners on Tuesday who came out to funeral services to honor a Grand Rebbe. Funeral procession of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (Photo: Todd Maisel)During the funeral procession at 58th and 14th Avenue, two on-duty police officers went to

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Rabbi Yisroel ‘Skulen Rebbe’ Dies at 95

BORO PARK — Thousands of mourners will descend upon Borough Park to honor The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal who died Monday. He was 95. The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal at Masbia in Boro Park. (Photo: Compliments of Masbia)The Rebbe died at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,