“A few hundred mourners gathered in the frigid cold Monday morning for a funeral for a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor said to have left behind more than 2,500 descendants.Yitta Schwartz, who died about 6 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, is thought to have had the largest extended family of anyone in the generation of […]
” The bitter fight between rival factions of Satmar Hasidim took a dramatic turn Thursday when mourners hastily dedicated a new cemetery just outside Kiryas Joel to bury a 41-year-old man who died that morning. One side in the Satmar rift claims Kiryas Joel’s ruling faction refused to let Eziel Perlstein be buried in the […]
Kiryas Yoel, New York – Lakewood, New Jersey: Kol Koreh Below. According to the Lakewood Mashgiach for KJ Poultry, Reb Ahran Kaneivsky, the chicken is Nevaila. According to Satmar they are doing Bedikos that are not required in America. Update: According to Lakewood:
A Rav from Lakewood visited the Bais Hashchita in Kiryas Yoel and found […]
“Kiryas Joel, NY - A frum magazine known for its pro-Israel stance, a Rebbe associated with an anti-Zionist stance—and now, an article in that very magazine about that very Rebbe. How the times are changing. In its pre-Pesach edition, the popular Israel-based Mishpacha magazine is running a lengthy feature on Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, shlita, Kiryas […]
“About 20 years ago, the family of Baila Moskowitz had an idea. And what an idea.
In the fledgling Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel, they founded ABC Toys. Now it overflows with everything a child could want — Torah tapes and CDs, tiny figurines of Hasidic families, Hanukkah coloring books, pencils and rulers, and Hebrew memorization […]
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 […]
Some of the Hasidic women read the story about Sterna “Gitty” Grunwald soon after it came out in New York magazine. Others read it after hearing about it from friends. The reactions were similar. “Sadness for Gitty,” said Rosalie Sentor. “Tremendous pain that this happened,” said Eva Friedman. The five women, all of whom live […]
