Kiryas Joel

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.

By Marcy Oster May 25, 2020 12:49 pm

Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi is reportedly diagnosed with the coronavirus

It is unclear from the reports whether Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 73, is displaying symptoms.

March 22, 2020 3:22 pm

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.

January 6, 2019 4:15 pm

Sense of siege in Kiryas Joel amid FBI raids and scrutiny of yeshivas

By Uriel Heilman May 17, 2016 6:12 pm

2 vacationing Hasidic Jews drown in Miami-area beach accident

May 17, 2016 3:13 pm

FBI raids of Hasidic Kiryas Joel reportedly part of sex abuse probe

May 13, 2016 1:46 pm

Federal agents raid New York Hasidic town of Kiryas Joel

May 12, 2016 11:58 am

Kiryas Joel delivery man charged for anti-Semitic graffiti

April 1, 2016 2:34 pm

FBI destroyed alleged evidence of Hasidic fraud submitted by whistleblower

October 1, 2015 4:10 pm

Whistleblower claims she was penalized for reporting Hasidic Medicaid fraud

September 24, 2015 5:38 pm

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