Satmar

Trump meeting brings estranged Satmar Rebbes face to face for first time in decades

The Jerusalem Post previously reported that some members of the delegation were expected to discuss various key issues affecting the ultra-Orthodox community with Trump.

US President Donald Trump meets with Reb Aharon Teitelbaum and Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum at the White House. September 4, 2026.
Martin Marks, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Jewish Engagement.

Editor's Notes: The man who decides which Jews the president hears - comment

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

Trump to meet anti-Israel Hasidic rebbes at White House, raising concerns over IDF draft

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.

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


New lawsuit claims B&H discriminates against non-Jewish employees

NY Supreme Court filing alleges only Jewish workers were given a 'baby bonus'

B&H Photo and Video store in New York City

Anti-Israel Satmar group forges UK rabbis’ pro-Corbyn letter

London haredi umbrella group said "the letter is fake and bears no authority from any of the assigned names."

Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, Satmar rebbe in Kiryas Joel

Satmar rebbe condemns US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

“Just as Haredi Jews did not recognize President Truman’s declaration in 1948 that Israel is the Jewish state, we don’t recognize it today.”

Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, Satmar rebbe in Kiryas Joel

'Don’t make aliya, Israel makes Jews non-Jewish'

The leader of the Ultra-orthodox sect tells French Jews that immigration to Israel makes Jews 'too secular.'

The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg Zalman Lieb Teitelbaum speaking to French Jews, July 2017

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York protest IDF draft law

Anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic group joins Israeli Orthodox in campaign against Orthodox conscription into the IDF.

Orthodox anti-draft rally Barclays Center

Videos leaked from Satmar camps show kids protesting Israel

Not all in the community approved of the activities.

Satmar Hasidim in the Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the town of Kiryas Joel, New York

Satmar rebbe makes large donation to haredi institutions that refuse money from Israel

Grand rabbi of anti-Zionist, hassidic dynasty instructs youth not to present at IDF recruiting office for recruitment.

MEN SEARCH the cloak room for their jackets at a mass gathering of Satmar Hassidim in New York

Satmar Jewish school in London indoctrinates kids to hate 'evil' goyim

UK 'Independent' reports students taught that those who perpetrated Holocaust were 'goyim,' making no distinction between non-Jews and Nazis; Satmar says there is no Yiddish word for Nazis.

A member of the Jewish community walks in north London

Satmar hasidic school bans mothers from owning smartphones

Women are strictly forbidden from using a smartphone and may only own a “basic phone.”

Apple's iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus.

Ex-hasid who committed suicide had mental issues, says family

In an interview with 'The Daily Mail,'Finette Lerman-Russak said that her cousin Faigy Mayer, 30, had exaggerated her isolation from former friends and family.

Faigy Mayer