Sorry about me petting my cat. I didn't realize how distracting this is! Chloe loves to come for pets during interviews 😆

Thank you both for sharing so much of the inside history of Satmar.

This video is truly a treasure! ❤

Thank you both. For us "outsider" Jews, and not, you made sect differences and agreements/divisions so much more understandable. It is definitely complicated.
And please, Mr Lowry, come back again and sing and speak about Hasidic music. I love it.

This gentleman is such a Mensch, thank you for this video and explanation.

I hope you’re able to have Yumi Lowy back for another interview. Really enjoyed this hour-plus from start to finish. Todah!

Hi we need a second part this was so interesting I was very young when this happened so much information that I didn't even know please make a second part

Just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put in translating the yiddish and giving additional context in the subtitles!

Nice video. Yumi Lowy is very passionate about this topic and appears fair and knowledgeable. Would love to have him back on for more discussions.

Thank you dear Frieda for this timely and informative interview. Mr Lowy’s oral history so appreciated! Really helped fill in so many details. Shkoyach!

Such a great conversation. I really appreciate this perspective on the split in Satmar and the personalities involved. Fascinating.

Bring him back for a part 2

Frieda, I am very grateful for all of your work, and especially on YouTUbe. This episode was very helpful in understanding the nearly incomprehensible.   I want to wish you a sweet, sweet year ahead!

that fight was a very big chillul hashem

Hi Frieda... Thanks for adding the sub titles to the video, so that we can understand what is being discussed.. and, You deserve a huge round of Applause for taking the time and putting in the hard work to make the video understandable to us!!   I was not aware that there was a meeting in the White House, but it must have been very interesting!!   Your channel is the Best!!!  💢🥀

Thanks Frieda. This conversation was extremely interesting and informative.

Please bring Yumi back to talk about his music and journey

One important part of the Satmar split that goes back much further than the well-known dispute between the two brothers, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum and Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, is what happened after Grand Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum passed away.

After World War II, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum was left without any surviving sons who could eventually succeed him. When he passed away, there was therefore a major question of who would take over the leadership of Satmar. During that period, his wife, the Rebbetzin, remained an extremely important figure in the community while the question of succession was being settled.

Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi Yoel’s nephew, eventually became the successor. However, a significant group of people did not agree with Rabbi Moshe taking over the leadership and remained aligned with the Rebbetzin. So it wasn’t necessarily a personal fight between the Rebbetzin and Rabbi Moshe himself, but rather a division within the community between those who accepted Rabbi Moshe’s leadership and those who opposed it and stood with the Rebbetzin. That division continued through the remainder of the Rebbetzin’s lifetime.

This earlier division is where the roots of the conflict within Satmar began, long before the later and much more well-known split between Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum’s two sons, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum and Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum.

I think this earlier part of the history is important when discussing how the Satmar split developed, because the conflict between the two brothers didn’t simply appear out of nowhere. There was already a long history of division within the community before the dispute over which brother would ultimately lead Satmar.

Frieda, as a former Brooklynite (Midwood/Flatbush from 50’s& 60’s) I am fascinated with all your podcasts.  But this interview is most insightful in understanding Satmar Communities in particular, AND human nature in general.
As another follower alluded, this family feud offers insight into family dynamics AND world history over thousands of years.
I look Forward to touring modern Brooklyn with you someday soon. Please send link to schedule. כל הכבוד❣️
Paul

Hi, I got really excited when I saw the title of the video I had loved that the previous video talked about the Bobov sect. This time I felt the interviewee was someone who spoke about the topic with a lot of respect, always picking up on the questions to keep reflecting on each point of view. I also loved the questions you asked, Frida. But this time, since English isn’t my first language, I don’t understand Yiddish, and my religion isn’t Jewish, I found it hard at times to keep up. I should probably work on my English

So happy to see this video right after taking your tour. Having seen some of the locations that you reference in this interview made it come alive. I can't say that I followed all the nuances, but it was interesting and oh so human. I hope you interview Yumi again. He's very engaging.