Kiryas Joel (Monroe NY)קרית יואל

Hudson Valley NY — Satmar HQ

Kiryas Joel, incorporated 1977 in Monroe NY, is the global headquarters of the Satmar Hasidic dynasty (the Aroni faction). With over 30,000 residents and the highest birth rate of any US municipality, it serves as the symbolic capital of the post-Holocaust Satmar revival under R. Yoel Teitelbaum and his successors R. Moshe Teitelbaum and R. Aharon Teitelbaum.

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