''Der Blatt'' ( yi, דער בּלאַט, "The Page" or "The Newspaper") is a weekly

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

newspaper published in

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Satmar Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...

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History

''Der Blatt'' was established in 2000, as a direct result of the Satmar succession feud. Prior to that time, there was only one Satmar newspaper, ''

Der Yid ''Der Yid'' ( yi, דער איד, "The Jew") is a New York City, New York-based Yiddish language, Yiddish-language weekly newspaper, founded in 1953. The newspaper is published by Satmar (Hasidic dynasty), Satmar Hasidic Judaism, Hasidim, but is ...

''. In the dispute over the succession, ''Der Yid'' came under the control of the supporters of Rabbi

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. This left the supporters of his rival, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, without a platform for

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and

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, prompting them to establish a newspaper of their own. The resulting publication, but promotes Rabbi Aaron, rather than Rabbi Zalman, as the legitimate successor of the previous

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. The publication adheres to a strict interpretation of

tzniut ''Tzniut'' ( he, צניעות , , ; " modesty" or " privacy"; ) describes both the character trait of modesty and discretion, as well as a group of Jewish laws pertaining to conduct. The concept is most important within Orthodox Judaism. D ...

that prohibits photographs of women on its pages. ''Der Blatt'' follows Satmar's anti-Zionist stance.

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