Feuding Hasidic Groups Brawl in the Burg

We lived on the South Side for two years and had no idea of the bitter feud that lay behind the insular facade of Hasidic Williamsburg. Yesterday, however, this feud boiled over into a full-fledged brawl, according to the New York Post, that drew dozens of cops in riot gear to the Synagogue where the trouble started. “There was chaos,” said worshipper Joel Klein, 29, who said he was pulled from the Yetev Lev Bikur Cholim synagogue on Rodney Street by cops. “It was like a war zone.” The bitter feud dates back to a longstanding dispute between two brothers who both claim to lead the Williamsburg Satmar congregation and its system of rabbinical yeshivas, religious schools and social services. Apparently a court decision last week in favor of one of the brothers sparked the melee, which occurred on the Jewish holiday, Shmini Atzeret. Did anyone of you happen to pass by this? Was it really as sensational as the papers suggest?
Hasidic Fued Boils [NY Daily News – Photo]
Clashing Satmars Brawl in Burg [NY Post]