New York – Hundreds Line Up To Attend Koch’s NYC Funeral

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New York Police Department officers escort a hearse carrying the casket of former New York Mayor Ed Koch into Temple Emanu-El for his funeral services in New York, February 4, 2013. Koch, the voluble three-term mayor who helped bring New York back from the brink of fiscal ruin in the 1970s and came to embody the city with his wry, outspoken style, died on February 1, 2013 at the age of 88. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonNew York – About 350 people were already standing in lines over an hour before Ed Koch’s Manhattan funeral.

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Some streets were closed Monday morning around Temple Emanu-El, at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue.

The crowd braved temperatures in the low 20s and a fierce wind while waiting in two lines outside the temple. But the skies were bright blue.

Helicopters hovered overhead. The area also was filled with TV satellite trucks.

Six motorcycle officers were at the ready near 66th Street and Madison.


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DRE53
DRE53
11 years ago

350 people?
That’s a number for a levaye of an average frum person.
Had he lead a frum lifestyle, he would’ve had 350 einiklich

JEFFr
JEFFr
11 years ago

Some people leave deep footprints behind them. They guide so many people and are a source to thousands of people. When you make such a huge impact on everyone’s life then people will remember you and respect you for the contribution you have made to their lives. Strong people live even after their time. Their courage and fortitude in life is admired by everyone.

ModernLakewoodGuy
ModernLakewoodGuy
11 years ago

BDE – May he rest in eternal peace with his creator.

Sherree
Sherree
11 years ago

B”DE, you will be missed!

TexasJew
TexasJew
11 years ago

BD”H- great politician. Will be missed.

Boochie
Boochie
11 years ago

very moving

11 years ago

About a year ago, when Mayor Koch publicly criticized Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes for not releasing the names of those orthodox Jews arrested for child abuse, I emailed the Mayor, at his law office, asking if he could be of assistance in securing legislation requiring that all religious school employees be fingerprinted and background checked. The Mayor, who I never personally knew before, did try to help. May his memory be for a blessing, and may his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

11 years ago

We should take pride that even when they are not frum, yidden have contributed greatly to America, our state and city…Koch and Bloomberg will be remembered as among the greatest mayor in city history.

Butterfly
Butterfly
11 years ago

Bloomberg will be remembered for tickets, taxes, and bicycle lanes!!

downtoearth
downtoearth
11 years ago

Sorry but i can’t get past the fact that he requested to be buried in a church graveyard. even if it was the only spot left in Manhattan

ShaloiOsaniGay
ShaloiOsaniGay
11 years ago

בְּגַפּוֹ יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ יֵצֵא

shalomke
shalomke
11 years ago

RIP Mr. Mayor

11 years ago

In fact many Jewish cemeteries are divided ones. One side non Jews the other side Jews. I have seen this in America, France and other countries. So if he did that it is a Jewish cemetery

Aryeh
Aryeh
11 years ago

Pity he never married. Nice man.

Tzi_Bar_David
Tzi_Bar_David
11 years ago

How something called “The Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum” which is in the backyard of the Church of the Intercession, could become, somehow, a Jewish burial ground is amazing to me… I guess with Hashem all things are possible.

Smokey
Smokey
11 years ago

Oy gevalt! I heard of a Jew who calls himself frum and he lives on Church Street in Brooklyn! What frum Jew would live on a street named after a church? And I heard of a woman who calls herself frum and she gave birth to twins in Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, a hospital, get this, which was named after William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. Can you imagine that, with all the Jewish hospitals located in Queens, she chose to give birth in a goyishe hospital. I don’t know what their Jewish names are, but their English names are Peter and Paul. Someone complained, so the hospital changed its name to New York Hospital at Queens. However, as far as I know, the boys are used to telling people that they were born in a succah.