Joel Teitelbaum

Joel Teitelbaum
Personal life
Born	(1887-01-13)January 13, 1887 Máramarossziget, Austria-Hungary (today Sighetu Marmației, Romania)
Died	August 19, 1979(1979-08-19) (aged 92) Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, United States
Nationality	Hungarian Romanian American
Spouse	Chavah Horowitz ​ ​ (m. 1904; died 1936)​ Alte Faige Shapiro ​ (m. 1937)​
Children	Esther (died 1921) Rachel (died 1931) Roysele (died 1953)
Parent(s)	Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum Chana Ashkenazi
Occupation	Rabbi
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Other	Founder of the Satmar dynasty
Buried	Kiryas Joel Cemetery

Joel Teitelbaum (Yiddish: יואל טייטלבוים, romanized: Yoyl Teytlboym, IPA: [jɔɪl ˈtɛɪtl̩bɔɪm]; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty.

A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a strictly conservative and isolationist line, rejecting modernity. Teitelbaum was a fierce opponent of Zionism, which he decried as inherently heretical.