Teitelbaum
Proper noun
Meaning
Teitelbaum (plural Teitelbaums)
A surname from Yiddish.
Examples
After being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (CFS/FMS) in 1975, Dr. Teitelbaum has spent the last 35+ years researching how to optimize energy production and vitality.
Feferman & Feferman, p.1 Life Alfred Tarski was born Alfred Teitelbaum ( Polish spelling: "Tajtelbaum"), to parents who were Polish Jews in comfortable circumstances.
In 1923, Alfred Teitelbaum and his brother Wacław changed their surname to "Tarski."
Last month, Satmar leaders canceled another wedding in Williamsburg, which they said expected 10,000 guests, that was to be held for the grandson of Rabbi Teitelbaum’s brother and longtime rival, Grand Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum.
Hundreds of leaders perished with their flock, while the flight of many notable ones as their followers were being exterminated – especially Aharon Rokeach of Belz and Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar – elicited bitter recrimination.
In New York, the Satmar Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum formulated a fiercely anti-Zionist Holocaust theology and founded an insular, self-sufficient community which attracted many immigrants from Greater Hungary; already by 1961, 40% of families were newcomers.