Joel Teitelbaum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism
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Place of Birth: Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County
About Joel Teitelbaum
- Joel Teitelbaum (Hebrew: ???? ??????????, Ashkenazi pronunciation: IPA: [j?jl? te?t?lb?jm]; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) 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.
- His role as a Jewish community leader in Transylvania during the Holocaust remains controversial.
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