Can Zionism bridge its religious-secular divide? - opinion
While many ultra-Orthodox Jews support Israel as the Jewish homeland, they oppose early Zionism's secular values.
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‘None of you should be seen at these protests’: Satmar rabbi denounces Borough Park protests
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum condemned protests that turned violent in Brooklyn earlier this month. (JTA) — A leader of a major Hasidic sect denounced protests earlier this month where local Orthodox ...
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Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi is reportedly diagnosed with the coronavirus
It is unclear from the reports whether Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 73, is displaying symptoms. Teitelbaum is one of two leaders of the Satmar Hasidic sect, which has about 65,000 to 75,000 members ...
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‘Who’s not going to go?’: NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings despite COVID rules
It takes enormous amounts of energy,” Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, leader of a Satmar faction based in Kiryas Joel, New York, said in the speech, which was printed on flyers posted in Brooklyn’s ...
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Report: Satmar Orthodox Jews hid massive wedding from public view
No such announcements were made for the Nov. 8 wedding, of a grandson of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, a leader of a Satmar faction based in Kiryas Joel, a town in upstate New York’s Orange County.
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Satmar rebbe condemns US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of Kiryas Joel said Satmar did not recognize President Truman's recognition of Israel as the Jewish state in 1948 and nothing has changed. (JTA) — The head of a Satmar ...
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FBI raids of Hasidic Kiryas Joel reportedly part of sex abuse probe
In a separate development, the leader of the Kiryas Joel Satmar, Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, recently spoke out against a bill proposed earlier this month in the New York State Assembly that ...