Kiryas Square
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Kiryas Square is a planned 400 acres (1.6 km²) Skver hasidic "shtetl
" in the hamlet of Spring Glen, New York
, prompted by a housing shortage in the town of New Square. The property, former Homowack Resort, was purchased by the Skver community in 2006. Dedication of the site was in August 2007. The New York State Department of Health cited the property which was used as a summer camp for girls for “numerous, persistent and serious violations,” including inoperable fire alarms, pervasive mold and water running over electrical boxes. The health department issued a mandatory order of evacuation. In addition to problems with the health department, some local residents have also voiced opposition to the building of a hasidic village. The site was evacuated in August 2009 as a result of a judge’s deadline.
Shtetl
A shtetl was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe until The Holocaust. Shtetls were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia and Romania...
" in the hamlet of Spring Glen, New York
Spring Glen, New York
Spring Glen is an unincorporated hamlet of the Town of Wawarsing in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is located just off US 209 just north of the Sullivan County line. It has the ZIP Code 12483....
, prompted by a housing shortage in the town of New Square. The property, former Homowack Resort, was purchased by the Skver community in 2006. Dedication of the site was in August 2007. The New York State Department of Health cited the property which was used as a summer camp for girls for “numerous, persistent and serious violations,” including inoperable fire alarms, pervasive mold and water running over electrical boxes. The health department issued a mandatory order of evacuation. In addition to problems with the health department, some local residents have also voiced opposition to the building of a hasidic village. The site was evacuated in August 2009 as a result of a judge’s deadline.