MIAMI BEACH – A group of five Hasidic men, who were among a group
visiting in Miami Beach, Florida, were pulled into the ocean by a riptide
before noon on Tuesday. Two died; the other three were rescued.
One of the victims was Chaim Parnes, a resident of the Village of Kiryas
Joel. The other man was identified as Yitzhok Rosenberg, president of
Congregation Yetev Lev in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Two of the men who survived are also residents if Kiryas Joel.
Parnes was a diamond dealer, who was robbed of $35,000 in gems, pistol
whipped and had his tired slashed while visiting North Miami in November
2015.
Rosenberg owned a lumber company and property owner in Williamsburg.
