Satmar Calls for Yom Tefillah on Shiva Asar B' Tamuz for spiritual threats in the USA and EY

Satmar Rebbe has called for a yom Tefilla this coming Sunday the fast of שבעה עשר בתמוז to beseech Rachmei shomayim as there is a threat of gezeiras shmad in New York State and a geziras giyus in Eretz Yisrael.

DOE seeks to impose and implement guidelines to the  curriculum in the yeshivos which will limit the hours of Torah study. Additionly it seeks to force the school to teach subjects that are not in line with the torah.

Earlier this week,  the New York state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who sought to enact strict oversight of private-school curricula, suddenly announced her resignation. At this point the threat to the yeshivos is still active.