Orange County, NY – The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in New York became what is said to be the first official haredi Orthodox town in the United States.
Join our WhatsApp groupSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email
Kiryas Joel on Jan.1 became the town of Palm Tree when it officially split from the Town of Monroe located in New York’s Orange County, the Times Herald-Record reported on Saturday.
The new town is a town is made up of the 164 acres Kiryas Joel had annexed from Monroe and 56 additional acres.
Kiryas Joel’s roots date back to the mid-1970s, when Hasidic Jews began settling in the area under the guidance of Satmar Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum.
Over 80 percent of Monroe voters in November 2017 backed a measure to make Kiryas Joel, a village of over 20,000 Yiddish-speaking Jews associated with the Satmar Hasidic sect, the state’s first new town in 35 years. Palm Tree, the town’s name, is an English translation of the Satmar rebbe’s surname, Teitelbaum.
New square is not a town?
What does this mean in terms of their upkeep? Who maintains their roads, garbage, snow removal, school buses, etc.?
GEVALDIK!
The last time I checked, New Square was still in NY
they had palm trees in Europe?
Bless them
May peace and tranquility rain upon them.
It will be interesting watching the tight 3 way race for Mayor among Yoyel, Yoylie and Yoylish.
What is the difference?
Does the change mean anything?
How can an American government have an ‘official’ religion?
Yes the town will continue to have the highest birth rate and take revenge on both hitler, nazis and the muslims.
The towns dress code will be to be tznuis as required by our torah.
Yes it will have the highest percentage of govt programs. but its people are law abidding and not smoking weed or rapping people in the street. Its govt money well spent.
all those haters, the fact is satmar is LEGALLY using government benefits to their advantage that is a fact., don’t like them doing, vote libertarian and do away with the welfare state.
You missed on the main topics
Is the town going to have the biggest rate of mitzvos and maasim tovim like limud hatorah and tzedoko and helping other yiden per capita ?
Is the town going to be the lowest in violent crime like guns, rape etc.?
Please check the history of the neighborhood from the passed 40 years plus.
So apparently not committing blue collar crimes entitles you to welfare? Makes sense.
Ah Yid is ah Yid is ah Yid.