Satmar (Hasidic Dynasty) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Satmar (or Satmar Hasidism or Satmarer Hasidism) ( ) is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (1887-1979), who was the rabbi of Szatmarnemeti, Hungary (currently Satu Mare, Romania). The town's name in German is Satmar. The name Satmar was also used by the Yiddish-speaking population, Yiddish being then the common language of the local Jews. Members of the movement are usually referred to as Satmar Hasidim or Satmarer Hasidim.