Satmar

The critics saw hassidim, but the White House saw American Jewish leaders - opinion

Wherever we live, in Israel or America, however we vote, however we pray, we are one people. We can disagree, and we will, but we will still be able to wish each other a Shana tova.

US President Donald Trump meets with Reb Aharon Teitelbaum and Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum at the White House. September 4, 2026.
US President Donald Trump meets with Reb Aharon Teitelbaum and Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum at the White House. September 4, 2026.

Trump meeting brings estranged Satmar Rebbes face to face for first time in decades

Martin Marks, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Jewish Engagement.

Editor's Notes: The man who decides which Jews the president hears - comment

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

Trump to meet anti-Israel Hasidic rebbes at White House, raising concerns over IDF draft


NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings despite COVID rules

Members of the Hasidic community say the weddings aren’t likely to stop, in part because cases are not translating into the large number of hospitalizations and deaths seen in the spring.

Residents of Hasidic Williamsburg have largely returned to pre-pandemic life, as seen on Sept. 29, 2020.

NYC fines Satmar $15,000 for mass wedding

New Satmar wedding takes place in upstate Satmar town of Kiryas Yoel Monday night

A Satmar wedding takes place in Williamsberg, breaking coronavirus restrictions. November 2020

Satmar wedding ‘disrespectful, deceitful, illegal,’ says NY Gov. Cuomo

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York City should do ‘robust investigation’ of incident and ‘bring the full consequence of legal action to bear.’

A Satmar wedding takes place in Williamsberg, breaking coronavirus restrictions. November 2020

Secret Satmar wedding bypasses COVID restrictions in NYC - watch

According to video obtained, there were thousands of men seated within the bleachers of the 7,000 person capacity synagogue, singing and dancing into the night.

SATMAR HASSIDIM celebrate Lag Ba’omer in Kiryas Joel, New York, in 2012

‘Ways of the evil’: Satmar rabbi denounces Borough Park protests

“None of you should be seen at these protests,” the Satmar leader told a crowd. “Praise unto the person who doesn’t follow in the ways of the evil.”

The Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar synagogue on October 19, 2020 in Williamsburg. A wedding planned for a grandchild of Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, a grand rabbi of the Satmar sect, was ordered to be shut down after authorities were alerted that the event could draw as many as 10,000 celebrants

I blew the whistle on the 10,000 person Satmar wedding. Here’s why

My motivation for reporting such irresponsible behavior outweighs the unpleasantness of the online harassment, although I am unfortunately well aware that it could escalate to physical violence.

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

NY synagogue scraps wedding due to 'unwarranted' COVID violation claims

The synagogue supposedly took precautions to ensure the wedding would abide by regulations and not attract 10,000 attendees, but “nobody verified our plans before attacking us.”

Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York

10,000 expected to attend Satmar wedding in New York despite coronavirus

The sheriff's department has ordered the wedding be postponed or canceled, should it not be limited to 50 people.

Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York

Satmar leader who called to follow health rules, dies of COVID-19 at 70

Mayer Rispler, 70, died Friday, according to Vos Iz Neias, an Orthodox news site.

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

Major Satmar Hasidic leader critically ill with COVID-19

Flyers circulated online Wednesday morning calling for prayers for Mayer Rispler, a community leader in the Aronim faction of the Satmar community.

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