Satmar’s judicial shenanigans are well known among judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers in Brooklyn. In 2004, the Honorable Melvin S. Barasch, rejected an attempt by the Aron Teitelbaum Kiryas Joel faction of Satmar to sieze control of the property and powers of the Williamsburg Yetev Lev Satmar Congregation under the control of Zalman Leib Teitelbaum. Judge Barasch’s […]![]()
