Posts Tagged: Satmar
Experiencing a Satmar Celebration
My close friend, Herman Shiya Friedman, invited me to attend the wedding celebration of his son on Tuesday night in Williamsburg, hosted by the ultra-Orthodox...
New York Governor Cuomo Demands Probe Into ‘Deceitful’ Hasidic Wedding After Thousands Attend
i24 News - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for an immediate investigation into reports that the Satmar Hasidic community held a wedding at which...
New York Gov. Cuomo Bans Wedding of Satmar Jews, Expected to Draw 10,000 People
i24 News - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the cancellation of a large ultra-Orthodox wedding that was set to take place in Williamsburg after...
Are the Haredim Coronavirus Villains and as Awful at Sex as Netflix Says?
Read the news and you’ll probably get the impression that Haredim are villains. They refuse to close their synagogues, wedding halls, and large religious gatherings...
How Can So Many in the Orthodox Community Refuse a Basic Education to Their Children?
Earlier this week, I briefly visited New York for a wedding -- and, once again, I came face-to-face with the controversy that continues to rage...
Hasidic Volunteers Sift Through 300 Tons of Garbage to Find Lost Tefillin With Sentimental Value to Distraught Owner
A recent massive two-day search at a Rochester, New York landfill for a missing bag containing a tallit and tefillin (Jewish prayer shawl and phylacteries) was successful,...
New York Times Column Smears Satmars as Ignorant Welfare Sponges
The latest salvo in the New York Times’ one-sided campaign against traditional Jewish education comes in the form of a column by Ginia Bellafante that...
Great-Grandson of Fiercely Anti-Zionist Rabbi Joins IDF (VIDEO)
Haim Maizlish, the American-born great-grandson of a major rabbi of the New York-based Satmar rabbinic dynasty - known for it's staunch opposition to both Zionism,...
Attending a Satmar Bar Mitzvah Celebration
A friend, Herman Friedman, invited me to attend the bar mitzvah celebration of his son, and I was one of a handful of non-Charedi attendees...
Satmars Remove Embarrassing Anti-Army Poster After it Appears to Promote IDF Enlistment (PHOTO)
The Satmar Chasidic movement held a massive rally this weekend in Manhattan to protest the Israeli government's efforts to draft yeshiva students into the military....
Religion’s Most Repellent Idea
The most dangerous and offensive of all religious ideas is that innocent people suffer because of their sins. This notion, so easily abused, makes...
