Editing Kiryas Joel, New York (section)

==History==
[[Image:Bde1.jpg|left|thumb|The main [[synagogue]] in Kiryas Joel]]

Kiryas Joel is named for [[Joel Teitelbaum]], the late ''[[rebbe]]'' of [[Satu Mare|Satmar]] and driving spirit behind the project.<ref name="Nathan-Kazis 2017 j087">{{cite web | last=Nathan-Kazis | first=Josh | title=Why Are Satmars Calling New Hasidic Town 'Palm Tree'? | website=The Forward | date=November 10, 2017 | url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/387338/why-did-satmar-hasidim-call-their-new-town-palm-tree-kiryas-joel/ | access-date=October 26, 2023}}</ref>

The Satmar [[Hasidim]] came from [[Satu Mare]], Romania, known when under Hungarian rule as Szatmár.<ref>Mintz, Jerome R., ''Hasidic People. A Place in the New World''. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1992, pp. 28. {{ISBN|0-674-38115-7}}</ref> Teitelbaum, originally from [[Austria-Hungary]], rebuilt the Satmar Hasidic dynasty after [[World War II]].

In 1947, Teitelbaum settled with his followers in the [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], a [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[New York City]].

By the 1970s, he decided to move the growing community to the [[Monroe (town), New York|Town of Monroe]], a suburban location in [[Upstate New York]] that was more secluded from what he considered the harmful influences and immorality of the outside world, yet still close enough to the [[New York metropolitan area]]'s commercial center. The land for Kiryas Joel was purchased in the early 1970s, and 14 Satmar families settled there in the summer of 1974. Monroe town officials initially expressed skepticism over Teitelbaum's and his followers' plans to build [[multi-family housing]] in Kiryas Joel, but they eventually allowed the village to incorporate in 1976.<ref name="NYT" /> When he died in 1979, Teitelbaum was the first person to be buried in the village's cemetery. His funeral reportedly brought over 100,000 mourners to Kiryas Joel.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/20/archives/rabbi-joel-teitelbaum-dies-at-92-leader-of-the-satmar-hasidic-sect.html "Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Dies at 92, Leader of the Satmar Hasidic Sect"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723065644/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/20/archives/rabbi-joel-teitelbaum-dies-at-92-leader-of-the-satmar-hasidic-sect.html |date=July 23, 2018 }} [[The New York Times]], August 20, 1979. Accessed May 27, 2018.</ref>

In 2001, Kiryas Joel held a competitive election in which all candidates supported by the grand rebbe were re-elected by a 55–45% margin.<ref name="NYT-Chen">[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DE143EF93AA35755C0A9679C8B63 "A Hasidic Village Gets a Lesson In Bare-Knuckled Politicking"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204080231/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DE143EF93AA35755C0A9679C8B63 |date=February 4, 2009 }} by David W. Chen, [[The New York Times]], June 9, 2001. Accessed December 14, 2006.</ref>

In 2019, the village of Kiryas Joel separated from the town of Monroe, to become part of the town of [[Palm Tree, New York|Palm Tree]], New York's first new town in 38 years.<ref>Oster, Marcy, "Town of Palm Tree becomes first official U.S. Haredi Orthodox town", January 6, 2019, https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/national_news/town-of-palm-tree-becomes-first-official-u-s-haredi/article_11c6aee2-e1bc-5370-8942-e70ff2de33e0.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108122441/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/national_news/town-of-palm-tree-becomes-first-official-u-s-haredi/article_11c6aee2-e1bc-5370-8942-e70ff2de33e0.html|date=January 8, 2019}} Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa |date=November 20, 2017 |title=Call It Splitsville, N.Y.: Hasidic Enclave to Get Its Own Town |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/nyregion/hasidic-kiryas-joel-upstate.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120194525/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/nyregion/hasidic-kiryas-joel-upstate.html |archive-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> On July 1, 2018, governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to create Palm Tree, triggering elections for the first governing board. The new town had 10 elected positions on the November 2018 ballot, including a supervisor, four council members, and two justices to preside over a town court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKenna |first=Chris |title=Cuomo signs bill to start Town of Palm Tree in 2019 |language=en |work=recordonline.com |url=http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180702/cuomo-signs-bill-to-start-town-of-palm-tree-in-2019 |url-status=live |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702163438/http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180702/cuomo-signs-bill-to-start-town-of-palm-tree-in-2019 |archive-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref>

The name "Palm Tree" is a [[calque]] (translation) of the surname/family name of Joel Teitelbaum.<ref name="Nathan-Kazis 2017 j087"/> In [[Yiddish]], ''teitel'' (טייטל) means "[[Date (fruit)|date palm]]" and ''baum'' means "tree".<ref>{{Cite web |title=What does Teitelbaum mean? |url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/Teitelbaum#:~:text=Teitelbaum%20(Hebrew:%20%D7%98%D7%B2%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%B1%D7%9D%E2%80%8E;,%22)%20is%20a%20Jewish%20surname. |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=www.definitions.net}}</ref>