Kiryas Joel, NY – VIN News has learned that Mr. Jacob Banda, a respected long-time leader in New York’s diamond industry and resident of Kiryas Joel, has passed away Friday night after a brief illness. He was 62.
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Born in Israel, Mr. Banda, a Satmar Chosid, resided in the United States since 1964. Starting out the diamond industry as a diamond cutter, he followed in the footsteps of his father. He dealt in polished goods with a specialty in fancy colored goods and was an acknowledged expert in both large stones and colored stones of all sizes.
Most significantly, he served as president of the prestigious, influential Diamond Dealers Club, bringing that body into the modern era with the introduction of several major Internet-based systems. He was an institution in New York’s Diamond District, centered on 47th Street, where he worked for over 30 years.
In his native Satmar Chasidic community, Mr. Banda was known as an icon of philanthropy who used his G-d-given abundance to be among the first to support the now-legendary Hatzolah organization in its infancy. He was equally known for giving substantial amounts of charity, and also ran for mayor of Kiryas Joel in 2005.
Mr. Banda is survived by his wife, 10 children, close to 40 grandchildren, and a grieving community.
The levya will be held tonight in the Village of Kiryas Joel at 11:30 PM
He was a good man gave lots of tzedakah, burech dayen huemes
BDE. Wasn’t this the guy who mailed his candidacy papers for the major of KJ and then was disqualified because the paperwork was postmarked after the official deadline?
BD”E.
Obviously you dont know everything!!!
BD”E. He was a true example of a special, wonderful beloved yid. In the village where he lived, if one can say that about anyone, it says more than stam azoi. He died on shabbos and also on erev rosh chodesh, he had to be something special.
he was a sample of a gentleman, he was rspected by eveyone who knew him
Borech dayan emes
What a pity – he had a major heart attack this summer that left him comatose for weeks. Then miraculously we heard that he awoke and was slowly recovering. What happened now? What a pity – such a nice person. BDE
He donated the first ambulance truck for hatzolah
i new him personly he was a real good guy
Why would they schedule the lavayah of such a chusheve yid for midnight motzi shabbos when many who might want to come will not attend. Couldn’t they wait until Sunday morning or were all the facilities already reserved
Which cemetery will he buried?
He was an amazing man ! May he RIP !
Bd”H what a terrible tragedy bashsefer hub shoin rachmunes
yoimer leturoisany die
he opened the shel 4:00am evrey day
was a real talmid chochum
will all miss him
wow shocking news. many years ago when i had a tire blowout on the ny thruway he stoped fo me and tied helping me puting on the new tier but for some reason it didnt go. we called a tow truck it was late and he waited about 45 min till they came and gave me $200 cause i didnt have any money on me . a real nice guy
You are incorrect . In heimishe circles the burial takes place ASAP even at 2 Am in the middle of the night
bdh he was a special person
Its rosh chodesh so no haspidem…..
So y wait
I personally worked with him on many cases in the DDC. This man sat a whole day just doing toivess for ppl. How many times he helped brokers get back stones from ppl who wouldnt pay etc. What a loss!!! What a loss for his whole family & friends!!! BDE!!!
What a special person, we had personal favors from him in the diamond club, he was an amazing example of a yid, a real pride for Satmer.
That tahare wasn’t done yet why so long ??????
i work in the diamonnd distirect i know for a fact he tried to help everybody to make parnusa with anyway he was able to help he was a very very good man….
what was his relation to pomagranite store in brooklyn
A Uncle
BDE, I know him personally for many years, he always stood up for hid believes, he always woke up 3-4 AM and learned or tehilim, and then got to the bus on 7-8, this man was a very earlicha mench, and never could you get away with him if it wasn’t 100% kosher,it’s a loss for both the family and the ppl around him, he was only 61 and one child left home, what a petty to everyone, may hasham help us all,
Shreklach! such a nice guy full of life, he opened the shul every morning at 3:45 am on the button, learned a couple of hours, before starting the day.
yehi zichroi burich!
He was a very good man a lot of mitzvahs great man
he did a lot of favors to me and saved me a lot i used to go over the gemura he or i lerned in his office in the club he was a tzadik. memberof ddc. ldg
r’ yakov yoel bandau z”l will be remembered by all of us residents of kiryas joel monroe n.y. being a sample of a modest baal habais ,spending his life in all 3 foundations of the world .torah,avoidah.&gemilas chasudim ..yehei zichroy burich
a great man ,he would always let me in the diamond dealers club to visit my tatty even though i was not old enough ,and he was a strong example that a chasidishe yid can become a president of such a great organisation ,What a kiddush Hashem !,
yehei zichro boruch ,
Avromi
r’yankal ztal will be missed a fine man and great leader