(JTA) — A leader of the extremist anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox Neturei Karta sect who once met with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has died. Rabbi Moshe Dov Ber Beck was 87.

The eldest coparcener (head of the family), which can be male or female, is known as the ‘Karta’ of the Hindu Undivided Family and is deemed responsible for handling all the family affairs.