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  1. Kiryas Joel (Yiddish: קרית יואל, romanized: Kiryas Yoyel, Yiddish pronunciation: [ˈkɪr.jəs ˈjɔɪ.əl]; often locally abbreviated as KJ) is a village coterminous with the Town of Palm Tree in Orange County, New York, United States. The village shares one government with the Town.

  2. Mar 9, 2022 · American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York with David Myers | My Jewish Learning. Date: Wed. Mar. 09, 2022. Past Event. Time: 10:00 am EST. Cost: Free.

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  3. Jan 3, 2012 · Comprised almost entirely of Ultra-Orthodox Satmar Hasidic Jews, Kiryas Joel is considered the poorest town over 10,000 people in the country, and has stirred up controversy over a welcome sign...

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  5. Feb 23, 2022 · Kiryas Joel is now a town of twenty-five thousand people; by 2040, according to one estimate, it might approach a hundred thousand, making it the world’s first Hasidic city.

  6. Feb 20, 2023 · By Jay Root. Photographs by Jonah Markowitz. Feb. 20, 2023. For years, Kiryas Joel, a bustling village north of New York City, has run one of the most unusual public school districts in...

  7. Jan 19, 2022 · American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York | My Jewish Learning. Date: Wed. Jan. 19, 2022. Past Event. Time: 6:00 pm EST. Cost: Free. Add to. Nomi M. Stolzenberg holds the Nathan and Lily Shapell Chair at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

  8. Mar 21, 2024 · Stolzenberg and Myers document how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. American Shtetl won the National Jewish Book Award, was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year, and received Honorable mention for the Saul Veiner Book Prize, American ...

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