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The '''Edah HaChareidis''' is an organization representing the most radical faction of anti-Zionist [[Haredi Judaism]] in [[Jerusalem]] and surroundings.
The '''Edah HaChareidis''' is an organization representing the most radical faction of anti-Zionist [[Haredi Judaism]] in [[Jerusalem]] and surroundings.


Groups affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis include Satmar, Dushinsky, Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok.
Groups affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis include Satmar, Dushinsky, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, and several others.


The leadership of the Edah HaChareidis currently consists of:
The leadership of the Edah HaChareidis currently consists of:

Revision as of 05:09, 15 November 2007

The Edah HaChareidis is an organization representing the most radical faction of anti-Zionist Haredi Judaism in Jerusalem and surroundings.

Groups affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis include Satmar, Dushinsky, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, and several others.

The leadership of the Edah HaChareidis currently consists of:

  • President: Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik
  • Chief Rabbi: Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss
  • Head of Rabbinical Court: Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch
  • Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman
  • Rabbi Meir Brandsdorfer
  • Rabbi Naftoli Hertzke Frankel
  • Rabbi Yaakov Mendel Yuravitch
  • Rabbi Yeshayeh Rosenberger

The main stronghold of the Edah HaChareidis is Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood.