Editing New Square, New York (section)

== Culture ==
The population of New Square is made up exclusively of [[Hasidic]] [[Jews]], mostly from the [[Skver]]er Hasidic movement, who wish to maintain a Hasidic lifestyle while keeping outside influences to a minimum. The predominant language spoken in New Square is [[Yiddish]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1252 |title=New Square community profile |access-date=September 19, 2007 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514232505/http://epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1252 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Young people typically marry around 18 to 20 years of age. Girls finish high school at around age 17, and then marry. Custom dictates that women who marry men from other Hasidic communities leave New Square. Some women who left New Square settled in the [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]] community in Brooklyn and the [[Monsey, New York|Monsey]] community in Ramapo, where the community is not as tightly knit. Men who marry women from outside of the community are encouraged to leave New Square. This is due to a shortage of space; thus, new housing is granted to couples of which both members are from the community.<ref name="Mintz202"/>

In 2005, the community's [[rabbinical court]] ruled that women should not drive cars.<ref>{{cite news| last=Weiss|first= Steven I.| url=http://www.forward.com/articles/2065/| title= Hasidic Village Keeps Women Out of the Driver's Seat| newspaper=[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]| date= October 14, 2005}}</ref> In a 2003 article, Lisa W. Foderaro of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described New Square as "extremely insular", and said that the community's residents do not own televisions or radios.<ref>{{cite news| last=Foderaro| first=Lisa| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/nyregion/21MOTH.html?ex=1376884800&en=080b0a3eaf5f9364&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND| title= New York Town Mourns a Generous Friend| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=August 20, 2003}}</ref>