Hasidic school in upstate New York found operating with ‘hundreds of students inside’ The Orange County Health Department ordered the school on Kiryas Joel to close after visiting officials found hundreds of boys in the building, most not wearing masks or practicing proper social distancing.
Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi is reportedly diagnosed with the coronavirus It is unclear from the reports whether Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 73, is displaying symptoms.
Kiryas Joel is now Palm Tree, the first official US haredi Orthodox town Orange County, New York’s Kiryas Joel enclave on Jan.1 became the town of Palm Tree when it officially split from the Town of Monroe.