KIRYAS JOEL—Members of a group of ultra orthodox Hasidic Jews living in Kiryas Joel who criticize the village’s annexation of Monroe claim they are being suppressed. Members of the Kiryas Joel Committee for Peace and Harmony spoke to The Epoch Times on Nov. 26 about their differences with village government.
Rabbi Joel Loeb, named after the founder of Satmar Hasidic Judaism, leads an informal group of Kiryas Joel residents who do not agree with how the present leadership has governed Kiryas Joel and has alienated the village’s neighbors.
The committee members say they are pained by the antagonism of their non-Jewish neighbors.
