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Photo: Giant Crowd Gives Williamsburg Rabbi Warm Sendoff To Jerusalem
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 21, 2013
Modified Jan 21, 2013
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When Williamsburg's Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum goes out of town, he doesn't just tiptoe to the airport without anybody taking the time to give him a warm sendoff. At least not when he's headed to Jerusalem to "disrupt Israel's national elections scheduled for Tuesday and to encourage haredim to resist the military draft," as Failed Messiah puts it. This photo shows the scene in South Williamsburg Saturday night before Teitelbaum's departure. Eat your heart out, Pandamonium!
According to his Wikipedia profile, "Prior to taking up his position in Williamsburg, Rabbi Teitelbaum was the rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim in Jerusalem. Before that, he was the rabbi of the Sighet Synagogue in Boro Park, which had once been his father's synagogue. Presently, both of those synagogues are led by sons of Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum. He is currently in control of the central Satmar synagogue in Williamsburg at 152 Rodney Street." Failed Messiah adds that Teitelbaum received a large police escort to the airport "that appeared to be supplemented with several private SUVs with (illegally) blaring sirens." here's video:
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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