Satmar

Israeli-American charged with spying for Iran, documenting Israeli officials' homes

Yaakov Perl lived in Morocco for several years, and was affiliated with the Satmar Hassidic sect, who believe that the existence of the State of Israel contradicts religious principles.

 The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)
AT THE ruins of the Jobar Synagogue in Aleppo.

From Satmar to Syria: The hassidic mission to discover relics of ancient Jewish civilizations

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Grenade found strapped to utility pole near synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey

 Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, leader of the Satmar Hasidic sect.

'Terrible desecration of God's name:' Satmar rebbe slams anti-Israel protesters


Satmar Grand Rebbe visits convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison

The visit, and the weekly series of articles in Kiryas Joel Vochenshrift, have riled advocates for sexual abuse victims in the Hasidic community.

The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg Zalman Lieb Teitelbaum speaking to French Jews, July 2017

Satmar Rebbe: Trumpism has infiltrated Judaism, twisted many minds

The Grand Rebbe's words came two days after the US midterm elections, during which Democrat Kathy Hochul became the governor of New York state, beating out Jewish Republican Trump ally Lee Zeldin.

Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, Satmar rebbe in Kiryas Joel

Boys in hasidic schools regularly beaten, denied basic secular education - NYT

A year-long investigation into the New York hasidic school system by The New York Times found that the children in these schools were suffering from severe educational deprivation.

 An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Several Americans wounded in Jerusalem terror attack

According to reports, the four US citizens injured in the attack are visiting Israel from their neighborhood of Williamsburg, New York.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting attack outside Jerusalem Old City, August 14,2022.

In Brooklyn, some rabbis ask followers to turn down free food from ‘Zionists’

Williamsburg’s Satmar Hasidic community is warning followers not to accept food from the Met Council or the Zionist charity United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg.

 Volunteers helped distribute food at a Satmar distribution center in Williamsburg, April 10, 2022.

How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an American theocracy

Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in Upstate New York, is an enclave of Satmer Hasidim that has their own legal traditions and customs.

Satmar Hasidim in the Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the town of Kiryas Joel, New York

Grapevine November 10, 2021: Americans of the Mosaic persuasion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at the unveiling of the street exhibition of photographs to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the President's Residence.

Hasidic Jews are the real counterculture in gentrified Brooklyn

There’s a variety of reasons why they end up becoming distanced, and they see it as a way of protecting themselves and their community from negative influences.

A man arrives at a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in the Brooklyn borough of New York December 2, 2015

Thousands attend Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, many from Europe and Israel

The wedding is the latest example of the lack of compliance in Hasidic communities with protocols meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus

Thousands gathered for the wedding of the son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam, grand rabbi of a faction of the Bobov Hasidic sect

Rabbi Teitelbaum, Satmar Hasidic leader, tests positive for COVID-19

The Satmar community has been implicated in a number of large gatherings over the last several months, in defiance of state and city guidelines.

The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg Zalman Lieb Teitelbaum speaking to French Jews, July 2017

Letters to the Editor December 9, 2020: Samaria semantics

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters