Joel Teitelbaum
Rabbi, Deceased Person
1887 – 1979
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Who was Joel Teitelbaum?
Joel Teitelbaum was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty. A major figure in the postwar renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a strictly conservative and isolationist line, rejecting modernity. Teitelbaum was a fierce opponent of Zionism, which he decried as inherently heretical.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1887
Sighetu Marmației - Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Haredi Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Judaism
- Hasidic Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United States of America
- Kingdom of Romania
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 19, 1979
Mount Sinai Hospital
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on July 23, 2013
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