Satmar

Gerrer Rebbe, anti-Zionist Satmar billionaire discussed ICJ action against Israel over haredi draft

In footage released by Channel 13, another participant in the meeting, Emet LeYaakov chairman Israel Gafner, can be heard comparing Israel to North Korea.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Gur Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter seen after a meeting of the Council of Torah Sages regarding the Haredi draft exemption bill in Jerusalem, January 7, 2026.
Satmar Jews walk in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on December 16, 2023.

Satmar Ahronim rift: Leaders endorse Cuomo after another backs Mamdani

Following the endorsements, both Cuomo and Mamdani responded, thanking the community's leaders and promising to make New York better for all.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (R) visits a sukkah of Satmar community leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 10, 2025; illustrative.

Zohran Mamdani is not antisemitic, Satmar's Brooklyn leadership says

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a liberal muslim, and not antisemitic, Satmar's Williamsburg, Brooklyn, community leadership wrote in newsletter Der Blatt.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate outside of the Israeli consulate in New York City, October 19, 2025.

Thousands of haredi ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in New York City

Thousands of haredi Orthodox men gathered outside Israel’s New York consulate to protest mandatory IDF conscription, echoing growing tensions in Israel over the Supreme Court’s draft ruling.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

World Jewry denounces Satmar Rebbe

Leader of hassidic sect Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum blames kidnapped teens’ deaths on parents.

JULY 4, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Aaron Teitelbaum.

Satu Mare Jewish community welcomes Limmud FSU founder

The namesake city of Satmar Hasidism, located in was is now Romania, once hosted a vibrant Jewish community that largely perished in the Holocaust.

MAY 15, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (R) with Nicolae Decsei head of the Satu Mare Jewish community.

Annexation of land by Satmar village polarizes New York community

Kiryas Joel's desire to acquire over 500 acres of undeveloped land in a nearby town sparks opposition from non-Satmar neighbors.

APRIL 22, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Satmar Hassidic Jews. [File]