SHMAIS.com has learned that earlier this week the Rebbe’s Shliach to Princeton, NJ, Rabbi Dovid Dubov, Rabbi Chaim Schapiro of Morristown, NJ and Rabbi Dubov’s two sons Sholom Ber - age 11 and Motty - age 9 met with the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum in his Kiryas Yoel home. The purpose of the […]
THE Hasidic enclave of South Williamsburg is a good place to be a shoe repairman. Several cobblers there make a living thanks to the distinctive formality of the local Hasidic Jews, a formality that spares only the babies. In a community where men and boys wear long, double-breasted coats with matching felt hats, where women […]
This past Thursday afternoon, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly made a personal visit to the Satmar Rebbe from Williamsburg, Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum Shlita to wish the Rebbe and all Satmar Chassidim a safe and secure Yom Tov of Pesach. The Rebbe welcomed the commissioner warmly to his home, and wished him much luck in all his future endeavours, […]
While Israeli state schools are busy marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who revived the modern Hebrew language, he is presented in the ultra-Orthodox pamphlet as”a wicked man who spent his life fighting with hatred against religion and wanted to uproot it totally.”
The pamphlet states: “If today the Sabbath is openly […]
First he couldn’t hold Natalie Portman’s hand - and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie.Abe Karpen, 25, a married father of three, was cast as Portman’s husband in “New York I Love You,” a film composed of 12 short stories about love […]
Kiryas Joel — A chief rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim has decreed new laws to cut down on the increasingly extravagant cost of weddings among Hasidic Jews in the United States and throughout the world.Grand Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum issued his new laws last month in a recording accessed by phone by many of the 100,000 […]
A Williamsburg community activist who would be the first Hasidic Jew on the City Council if elected has decided to run for David Yassky’s seat.Isaac Abraham, a hardware store owner and tenants advocate, said he is responding to “very strong” pressure from friends, colleagues and community residents to seek the post Yassky must vacate in […]
Rachel Freier, a Hasidic woman, explains to a crowd Sunday evening at Congregation Eitz Chaim in Monroe that different sects of Hasidic men wear different hats. Freier, a lawyer, was there to help correct misconceptions people might have about Hasidic life in Kiryas Joel, where she lives.
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The split between the two heirs to the Satmar Hasidic dynasty spilled over into the political arena this week.
According to Yiddish-language listservs and blogs hosted in Israel, there is a an Internet campaign underway to urge Satmar residents in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to vote for Hillary Clinton, while at the same time urging […]
You don’t have to do more than glance into the window of Moishe’s Bake Shop at 115 Second Ave. to know that this store is the real thing — the king of kosher bakeries in Manhattan.
You’ll see platters piled with traditional Jewish noshes like hamantashen, rugelach, mandelbrot, sugar kichels and chocolate babka, pastries baked the […]
When one of the two warring factions of the Satmar Hassidim was looking to advertise its annual commemoration of the late Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum’s escape from the Nazis, it decided to hire a pro. Jpost.com
It was late one night over the summer when the Greenberg family was frightened by a menacing phone call. Then came threats, and then vandalized cars. As the days turned into weeks and the police canvassed the neighborhood, knocking on doors and interviewing potential witnesses, they were met with silence.This was not the troubled streets […]
