Satmar

Sohlberg issues injunction against Satmar org. accused of bribing voters to abstain from election

A petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government alleged that a Satar-affiliated organization offered payments of NIS 200 to haredim who vowed not to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections.

Chairman of the Central Elections Committee (CEC), Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, Acting Director-General of the CEC, Attorney Din Livne, and committee members attend the registration of party lists ahead of the upcoming Israeli elections at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026.
US President Donald Trump meets with Reb Aharon Teitelbaum and Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum at the White House. September 4, 2026.

The critics saw hassidim, but the White House saw American Jewish leaders - opinion

US President Donald Trump meets with Reb Aharon Teitelbaum and Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum at the White House. September 4, 2026.

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

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


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

NY governor vetoes bill to block haredi annexation of land

The decision prompted immediate celebration from the ultra-orthodox community.

Kiryas Joel, New York.

‘Major progress made on addressing sexual abuse in orthodox community’

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, the founder of Project YES, speaks about the improvements made in reporting abuse in the haredi community and the challenges that remain.

An Orthodox family in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park

Rival Satmar faction blasts rebbe

Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum had called on the parents of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah to repent for causing their deaths.

 Satmar Hassidic Jews. [File]

World Jewry denounces Satmar Rebbe

Leader of hassidic sect Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum blames kidnapped teens’ deaths on parents.

Aaron Teitelbaum.

Satu Mare Jewish community welcomes Limmud FSU founder

The namesake city of Satmar Hasidism, located in was is now Romania, once hosted a vibrant Jewish community that largely perished in the Holocaust.

Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (R) with Nicolae Decsei head of the Satu Mare Jewish community.

Annexation of land by Satmar village polarizes New York community

Kiryas Joel's desire to acquire over 500 acres of undeveloped land in a nearby town sparks opposition from non-Satmar neighbors.

 Satmar Hassidic Jews. [File]