Satmar

In footage released by Channel 13, another participant in the meeting, Emet LeYaakov chairman Israel Gafner, can be heard comparing Israel to North Korea.

Following the endorsements, both Cuomo and Mamdani responded, thanking the community's leaders and promising to make New York better for all.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a liberal muslim, and not antisemitic, Satmar's Williamsburg, Brooklyn, community leadership wrote in newsletter Der Blatt.

Thousands of haredi Orthodox men gathered outside Israel’s New York consulate to protest mandatory IDF conscription, echoing growing tensions in Israel over the Supreme Court’s draft ruling.

Yaakov Perl lived in Morocco for several years, and was affiliated with the Satmar Hassidic sect, who believe that the existence of the State of Israel contradicts religious principles.

Despite the current lack of Jewish presence, Satmar Hassid Moshe Klein says it is obvious that a great many Jews once lived in Syria.

Police continue to investigate the incident although currently no information has been released to the public as to the perpetrators or their intentions.

Satmar, a major hasidic group, is known for its extreme conservatism and anti-Zionism. Based in New York post-WWII, it maintains a strong Yiddish education and media system.

The visit, and the weekly series of articles in Kiryas Joel Vochenshrift, have riled advocates for sexual abuse victims in the Hasidic community.

The Grand Rebbe's words came two days after the US midterm elections, during which Democrat Kathy Hochul became the governor of New York state, beating out Jewish Republican Trump ally Lee Zeldin.