This is the Forward’s coverage of Satmar, a Hasidic sect in New York City.
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Politics Hasidic leader defends support for Mamdani. ‘I’m taking beatings to save you’
Rabbi Moshe Indig said he’s weathering attacks for backing the mayor-elect as polls show most Jews still fear Mamdani’s impact
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
Mamdani has forged new relationships across a fractured Jewish electorate, despite skepticism over his record on Israel and antisemitism
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Yiddish World Satmar-raised singer Riki Rose becomes a Yiddish rock star
The social media influencer has appeared in comedies, cooking shows and concerts, gaining a loyal following on Instagram.
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Books In this new play, all unhappy (Jewish) families are alike — and some look suspiciously familiar
Literary gossip! Emotional affairs! Katie Holmes! 'The Wanderers,' Anna Ziegler's off-Broadway play about marriage and fidelity, has it all.
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Theater Two very different Jewish couples confront a very similar sense of dissatisfaction
Anna Ziegler's 'The Wanderers' arrives off-Broadway, starring Katie Holmes
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Fast Forward Hasidic rabbi assails Trumpism rampant among the Orthodox
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of the Satmar sect spoke a day after the victory of Kathy Hochul in competitive New York governor’s race
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Culture In Satmar Williamsburg, even the Legos wear yarmulkes
Frieda Vizel left the Satmar world at 25 — but she still visits twice a week to give tours of Hasidic Williamsburg
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Opinion Why did the Academy leave the Jews out of its museum, anyway?
Amid all the controversy created over the Academy Museum’s initial decision not to include the story of the motion picture industry’s largely Jewish immigrant founders in its permanent exhibit, one question remains unanswered: Why? Why would the museum organizers, with $484 million and more than 300,000 square feet, decide to tell the story of the…
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Opinion Israel gives in to the politics of debasement
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Looking Forward My irrational, possibly problematic obsession with an $85 yarmulke