The attached images (see below) were taken on Wednesday on the Q train from Manhattan to Brooklyn.
An eye-witness took the photos and submitted them to YWN.
In his own words, he tells YWN the following:
“Upon entering a packed Q train in Union Square, I immediately noticed an observant Jew sitting on a seat, and on his left there was a disheveled man who from exhaustion has fallen asleep & rested his head cradled in the Jewish mans shoulder.
The young fellow – possibly a Yeshiva boy – didn’t flinch and sat there like a soldier allowing the man to rest the entire train ride unhinged by those surrounding him.
All took notice as he showed selfless compassion for another human being and did it with a smile.
If that wasn’t enough, he than gave his personal food to a homeless man who walked into the train. When I confronted him after and thanked him for his inspiration, he humbly replied “G-D gave us shoulders to use for good”.
YWN notes that is 2013 a photo went viral on mainstream media outlets of a black man sleeping on the shoulder of an Orthodox Jewish man – also on a Brooklyn-bound Q train.
This is an incredible act of pure kindness & compassion for another human being with no discrimination based on race, religion etc.
Please share this story in the hopes that the mainstream media will once again publicize this incredible story and spread this Kiddush Hashem!
(Charles Gross – YWN)
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16 Responses
so he had a homeless man to his left and stevie wonder to his right
No surprise here! Isaac is a super human being and a real mensch! Kol Hakavod
OMG I recognize him! An amazing person. He goes to BJX and is a student of Rabbi Fingerer. I am so impressed…The apple clearly doesn’t fall far from the tree. Keep it up!!
wow
its my friend from high school
Isaac Schrem
# 1 I think the homeless person in in front of him standing on the second photo. The person who fell asleep is not homeless, I guess he was up working all night. I doubt anyone would give their shoulders to homeless man. The Kiddush hashem only worked because the person next to him was a guy. If it was a female what would he do?
Strong work!!!
Could it be that he was too frightened to say or do anything?
Alexfromny, thank you for the clarification. But does no one else see that Stevie Wonder is sitting next to him (with the sunglasses)? And don’t tell me that isn’t Stevie Wonder because it vadai is.
to alex frommy(?)
bbecause in shumayim they wanted to mezakeh him with kiddush hashem they sent him a male.Anyway whats your point…if it had beeb a female and it was you what would you do? be fore you answer learn evenhuazer simen 21 thru.
I once gave up my seat for an elderly woman. I’m sorry no one was around to take pictures and send them into YWN.
So this story is 4 yrs old?? Nice
And how about the fact that there are thousands and thousands of yidden who are Moser nefesh to be frum, who go through alot of challenges in todays world but are nonetheless ehrlich and keep strong to our Mesorah. Isn’t that a kiddush Hashem?? We tend to get caught up with these small anecdotes while not recognizing the larger picture. Let’s acknowledge the real and true Kiddush Hashem!
Stevie told me he doesn’t ride the subway.
I saw a Yid on the subway so engrossed in the Gemora that he missed his stop.
Now THAT’S a real K”H!!
My husband was once approached on the subway by a young man who asked him to give him a shiur. My husband isn’t the type of person who will generally do that on the fly, but he did. It was at least 25 years ago. No selfies in those days.
No nearly as impressive as the photo of Isaac Thiel with a guy sleeping against him that went viral a few years ago