Satmar

There’s a variety of reasons why they end up becoming distanced, and they see it as a way of protecting themselves and their community from negative influences.

The wedding is the latest example of the lack of compliance in Hasidic communities with protocols meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus

The Satmar community has been implicated in a number of large gatherings over the last several months, in defiance of state and city guidelines.

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Despite these comments, Satmar hassidim, including the grand rabbi himself, were overtly political during the recent presidential election.

Members of the Hasidic community say the weddings aren’t likely to stop, in part because cases are not translating into the large number of hospitalizations and deaths seen in the spring.

New Satmar wedding takes place in upstate Satmar town of Kiryas Yoel Monday night

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York City should do ‘robust investigation’ of incident and ‘bring the full consequence of legal action to bear.’

According to video obtained, there were thousands of men seated within the bleachers of the 7,000 person capacity synagogue, singing and dancing into the night.

“None of you should be seen at these protests,” the Satmar leader told a crowd. “Praise unto the person who doesn’t follow in the ways of the evil.”