The grand rabbi, or rebbe, plays a central role in the lives of the community. “He serves as an intermediary between his followers and God,” said David Pollock, associate executive director of ...

The former grand rebbe, Moses Teitelbaum, gave Aaron control over Kiryas Joel — the rural community where more than 15,000 Satmar live. Today, Aaron has undisputed control over the synagogue and ...

Judges Explore Dead Grand Rebbe’s Authority in $500M Property Dispute. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered ...

IT IS A BLOOD BATTLE for a 200-year-old global tribe, one that clings to rituals rooted in pogrom-ravaged Eastern Europe while today controlling a network of schools, synagogues and real estate wor… ...

He died yesterday at 91. He took — — with him one of the last connections to the Old World, the world — — that he and his uncle, the late Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, barely ...

(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 ...

The funeral of the Satmar grand rebbe went off on Tuesday night like a vast unchoreographed dance on the dark streets of Williamsburg, illuminated only by the yellow glow of streetlights and the ...

New York Aides sitting vigil with Satmar Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan say he's still gravely ill, but he has improved since Tuesday. "His blood pressure is hold… ...

Rebbei Mordechai Hager, grand rebbe and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Monsey, has died at 95. News Sports Rockland Westchester Food Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Thousands, led by the Gerrer Rebbe, escorted the former Rebbe's wife to rest yesterday. Her sons paid tribute: 'She enlightened her children with her wisdom and intelligence.' ...