In recent years, Rabbi Zalmen Teitelbaum’s visit to the grave of Satmar founder Joel Teitelbaum on the anniversary of his death has stoked tensions, since Kiryas Joel is the home base of his older brother and rival, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum. Tuesday’s visit proved to be a little different, as rumors of violence were quickly overtaken […]
KIRYAS JOEL — Hundreds of boys and young men in dark coats and hats stood in the blazing sun at the cemetery gate, awaiting a Brooklyn rabbi they either adored or — didn’t adore. Rabbi Zalmen Teitelbaum, leader of one of two warring factions in the Satmar Hasidic movement, was coming to pray Wednesday afternoon […]
The struggle between secular and Orthodox Jews in the capital has reached the public parks. A family of ultra-Orthodox Jews attempting to spend a relaxed day in a park located in the secular Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hakerem were driven away from the area by a number of residents.The family arrived at the park with […]
“Schneerson’s the reason you see dark-suited young men like Balulu in Union Square every Friday calling to passersby and asking: “Are you Jewish?”—and also the reason there are Chabad houses in Laos and Bangkok and South Africa. The nerve center, however, remains 770 Eastern Parkway, which has such cachet because it was the home […]
Haredi rabbis call for renewing Temple Mount ban
Israel’s leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis are waging a new offensive against Jews visiting Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Rabbis Shalom Elyashiv, Chaim Kanievsky and Ovadia Yosef sent a letter recently to Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, the overseer of holy places in the Western Wall complex, urging him to reiterate the religious decree […]
Rabbi Elozor Reitchik compiled what the Rebbe said about the Olympics. The bottom line? The Olympic Games are an related to idol worship and no Chabad outreach should be done near, or in connection with, the games!
Unfortunately, Chabad has joined in the celebration and there have been articles about the games in Chabad publications. Naturally, […]
Presenting Matisyahu the model
“The Hasidic world is rocked. Matisyahu, a singer who shattered all boundaries in Jewish music and became a legend in the US and the world, has launched a modeling career as well. He has recently become Kenneth Cole’s newest icon, representing the company’s take on diversity in America.” Ynet
On Tuesday, Brooklyn marked the 17th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, one of its darkest episodes. The violence was sparked by the death of a seven-year-old black boy, Gavin Cato, who was hit by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew. When it was over, 29-year-old rabbinical student Yankel Rosenbaum was dead. NY1
