The Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum was in Lakewood, NJ yesterday to pick up $4 million from a resident of Vienna, Austria, Mordechai Furhand, who gave Teitelbaum the money to use to build a new Talmud Torah building. While he was there, Teitelbaum paid a social call on an old family friend and supporter – a felon who made millions stealing the life savings of poor, illiterate Eastern European peasants.
Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum Pays Social Call On Felon Who Stole Life Savings Of Poor Illiterate Eastern European Peasants
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum was in Lakewood, NJ yesterday to pick up $4 million from a resident of Vienna, Austria, Mordechai Furhand (Forhand?), who gave Teitelbaum the money to use to build a new Talmud Torah building. Here's a photo of the deal being signed. Teitelbaum is facing the camera; Furhand is writing on the document:
Furhand reviewing the contract:
While he was in Lakewood, Teitelbaum stopped in to see Rabbi Moshe Chaim Strulovics, a felon who stole millions of dollars from poor, often illiterate Eastern European peasants.
This isn't the first time Teitelbaum has honored Strulovics. In February 2011 Teitelbaum seated Strulovics in a place of honor at a small gathering held in Teitelbaum's honor in Lakewood.
Satmar was instrumental in getting Strulovics – a major donor to Satmar institutions and a "confidant" of the previous Satmar Rebbe – a sweetheart plea deal.
Here's a photo of yesterday's Teitelbaum-Strulovics visit. Teitelbaum is at left, Strulovics at right: