Kiryas Joel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish קרית יואל (kris yual).

Proper noun

Kiryas Joel

  1. A village in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree.
    • 2024 March 21, “American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York”, in UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies‎[1], archived from the original on 1 April 2025:
      Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States.
    • 2025 June 6, Lana Bellamy, “Orthodox communities see surge in population”, in Times Union‎[2], archived from the original on 3 July 2025:
      The village of Kiryas Joel, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree, is a well-known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community.
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