Shiezoli · Aug 10, 2026
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In an unusual move that set off waves across Jewish communities in the United States, the Satmar Grand Rebbe, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, strongly condemned Charedi elements who are leading a campaign against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and rejected attempts to classify him as an antisemite. Rabbi Teitelbaum warned that such rhetoric conflicts with what he called Torah principles governing Jewish life in exile and could provoke hostility toward Jews. The remarks came during the Grand Rebbe’s annual address commemorating the death of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the founding Satmar Grand Rebbe, in one of the community’s largest yearly gatherings.
