This is the Forward’s coverage of Satmar, a Hasidic sect in New York City.
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Community NYC Is Cracking Down On Yeshivas — And The Satmar Rebbe Has Declared War
For years now, the Hasidic community has feigned compliance with New York State Education laws. While Hasidic yeshivot don’t typically provide much secular education at all, they have at least claimed that they were complying with the law. However, a recent speech by the Satmar Rebbe Aron Teitelbaum disabuses once and for all the notion…
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Fast Forward Cuomo Won Satmar Rebbe’s Endorsement After Promising Hands Off Yeshivas
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly promised not to interfere with the state’s yeshivas before receiving an endorsement from the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Gothamist reported. Cuomo visited Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum at his home Thursday, where they came to the agreement, according to multiple reports. Yeshiva World translated the initial reporting by Israeli blog BeChadrei…
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News Orthodox Rabbis Order Jews To ‘Stick To Budweiser’ — Or Skip Beer
Better put down that pint of Guinness, and don’t even think about cracking a Corona. This month, some Orthodox rabbis are telling New York Jews they should stick to Budweiser — or not drink beer at all. The unusual edict was made after the rabbis who keep watch on New York’s kosher food supply realized…
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News Cuomo Called The Rebbe. The Rebbe Prayed To God. The Budget Deal Got Done.
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo picked up the phone and called the spiritual leader of the New York Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, Satmar Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, to try to shake a compromise out of a recalcitrant state senator. According to two people familiar with the negotiations, the call was part of an effort…
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Fast Forward Hasidic-Owned Concrete Companies Plead Guilty To $800K Tax Fraud
Three concrete corporations run by Hasidic Jews in upstate New York pled guilty to withholding $780,000 in taxes, the Times Herald-Record reported. Two principals of the mixing companies, David Gross and David Friedman, were also sentenced to misdemeanor tax fraud. The sentences were given in late December. Two of the companies — Concrete On Demand…
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Community Ex-Haredim Cannot Save Liberal Judaism
The recent Netflix documentary One of Us — which depicts the lives and tribulations of three Jews who are attempting to or have already left Hasidic Judaism — has led several commentators to reflect on the subject of those who leave the ultra-Orthodox community. One commentator, Anshel Pfeffer, who believes that there is currently a…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Village’s Massive Condo Development Will Be Denser Than Manhattan
Officials in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, in New York, gave final approval this month to a major development that will increase the village’s population by 40 percent over five years, the Times Herald-Record reported. Kiryas Veyoel Gardens, a 1,600 condo development, is expected to bring 9,000 residents to a currently undeveloped 70-acre plot…
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Fast Forward Satmar Rebbe Condemns U.S. Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
(JTA) — The head of one of the Satmar Hasidic sects slammed the United States’ announcement that it recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of Kiryas Joel on Saturday night at an event at the New York Expo Center in the Bronx condemned the announcement made on Wednesday at the White House by…
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