How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an American theocracy

Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic village in Upstate New York, is an enclave of Satmer Hasidim that has their own legal traditions and customs.

Satmar Hasidim in the Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the town of Kiryas Joel, New York

Satmar Hasidim in the Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the town of Kiryas Joel, New York

(photo credit: REUTERS)

ByDAVID N. MYERS, NOMI M. STOLZENBERG, JTA

JANUARY 19, 2022 02:37

Updated: JANUARY 19, 2022 19:30

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