Brooklyn Satmar rabbi to skip Rosh Hashanah due to rising COVID-19 cases

Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum will remain in Kiryas Joel for Rosh Hashanah because of new cases of COVID-19 in his upstate town, according to an announcement from a local synagogue shared on social media.

rand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum speaks at a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in New York

rand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum speaks at a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in New York

(photo credit: REUTERS/ANDREW KELLY)

BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 06:52