This stance gave birth to the Satmar position: opposition to the State of Israel not merely politically, but theologically.

Congressman Lee Zeldin vs. Governor Kathy Hochul. Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, one of the two Grand Rebbes of Satmar and the chief rabbi of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York, is urging his ...

The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, on Monday shared with young Chassidim at the yeshiva in Williamsburg, having just returned from a short trip in Israel, the horrors of his visit: “We drove ...

Satmar ideology holds that there should not be a Jewish state and the Jews should remain in exile until the redemption, or coming of the Messiah. Zalman Teitelbaum was in Israel to present the heads ...

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 Hasidic ...

Kiryas Joel officials confirmed Monday that Satmar Grand Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum has tested positive for COVID-19 and is resting at home in Kiryas Joel. Teitelbaum, 73, leads one of two branches of the ...

The Satmar Rebbe yesterday addressed the report about increased enforcement among IDF deserters, including yeshiva students and kollel members of conscription age, and called for steadfast adherence ...

We bounce, five ultra-Orthodox Jewish Satmars and me, through Williamsburg in a white SUV late one Sunday night in hot pursuit of Moses Friedman, the white-bearded gabbai (royal adviser) to Rebbe ...

Four state judges based in Brooklyn are expected to decide soon on a dispute over control of a New York real estate empire worth more than half a billion dollars. The assets at stake include 26 ...

(New York Jewish Week) — The Satmar “Grand Rebbe” Zalman Teitelbaum paid a visit to convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison last month, according to a Yiddish-language newspaper serving ...

The father [the Satmar Rebbe] says that if we don’t do something, this [the tragedies] will not end.” Amen. I look forward to hearing what they come up with. In the meantime, I may have to discontinue ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday did not refute reports that he assured a prominent rabbi he would keep his hands off yeshivas in exchange for an endorsement — instead pointing to his lack of control over ...