Nathan Greenfeld

[AP @Average_NY_Guy]

Let me tell you a little bit about Kiryas Joel.

Kiryas Joel was founded in the mid-1970s by Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe, as an intentional act of preservation and responsibility. Post-war NYC had become loud, immodest, and chaotic, and he believed that a serious Torah-centered life, especially one focused on raising large families, couldn’t realistically survive there long term. Instead of protesting culture or demanding the city change, the community chose separation and self-governance. They bought land in Orange County and built an entire town from the ground up around shared values.

Homes, schools, shuls, mikvaos, and social institutions were all planned with families in mind. Everything was built within walking distance and oriented around community life.

Today, Kiryas Joel is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in NY. The population is overwhelmingly young. Families are large. Streets are full of children. And there’s essentially no crime. Not low crime. No meaningful crime. No violent crime. No gangs. No carjackings. No muggings. Break-ins are extremely rare. Police presence is minimal because it’s basically unnecessary. Social accountability, shared norms, and strong family structures do what policing often fails to do elsewhere.

Children walk alone. Elderly residents move freely. Parents don’t live in fear. It isn’t enforced by surveillance or force, but by culture.

What truly sets Kiryas Joel apart, though, isn’t just safety. It’s moral infrastructure.

The community is widely known in the Jewish world for adopting children with Down syndrome. The rate of adoption is extraordinary. Families routinely step forward to take in these unfortunate and special children that others might refuse. These children come not only from Satmar families but from Jewish communities across the country. They aren’t hidden. They attend family events. They’re part of daily life. They’re treated with dignity and patience, not pity. In a world that endlessly lectures about inclusion, Kiryas Joel practices it quietly and consistently.

The chesed network is massive and deeply embedded.

Hatzalah operates entirely on a volunteer basis and is completely free. EMTs respond within minutes. No insurance discussions. No billing. No forms mailed later. Lives are saved because that’s the obligation, not because there’s profit involved.

Sha’arei Chemla and Hamaspik are homes and schools for special-needs children, giving them structure, safety, education, and dignity. These aren’t institutions that warehouse people. They’re carefully run environments focused on care, development, and long-term stability. Children who would otherwise be forgotten are raised, educated, and protected in a way most societies struggle to provide, even with massive government budgets.

There are organized chesed groups that drive patients hundreds of miles to major hospitals and specialists, often overnight, often repeatedly, at no cost. Volunteers take days off work, sleep in cars, and do it without recognition. There are medical advocates who sit with families in hospitals, translate medical language, and fight bureaucracies on their behalf, all for free.

Interest-free loan funds help families cover weddings, medical emergencies, housing needs, and business setbacks. Food distribution networks ensure that no family goes hungry, especially before Shabbos and Yom Tov. Clothing drives, furniture exchanges, and emergency response teams operate year-round.

It all runs on trust, obligation, and volunteers.

And this isn’t a community built on poverty or dependency, no matter how some have tried to paint it.

Kiryas Joel produces significant economic output. Many multimillion-dollar companies are owned by people from the community or run by residents who live there. The owners of Mehadrin and KJ Meat are based in the community. Fabuwood, owned by Joel Epstein, grew into one of the largest cabinetry manufacturers in the United States. Akiva Klein, one of the largest Amazon sellers in the country, operates a massive national e-commerce business competing at the highest level of modern retail. Beyond these recognizable names, there are large logistics and trucking companies, national wholesalers, importers, manufacturers, and major real-estate operators with portfolios across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and beyond. Together, these businesses employ thousands of people nationwide and move enormous volumes of goods, all while remaining largely invisible to the public eye.

Men work. Women work. Teenagers volunteer. Responsibility starts young. Charity is expected. Family stability is assumed. Elders provide continuity. Young couples receive support. The community plans long term.

Haters will focus on what Kiryas Joel isn’t. It isn’t flashy. It isn’t loud. It doesn’t perform morality for outsiders. It doesn’t apologize for wanting separation, discipline, or a life built around values that aren’t negotiable.

They call it a “closed” town. They call it “segregated,” “backwards,” or “dependent.” They obsess over voting patterns, poverty statistics completely out of context, language, dress, and demographics, while carefully and deliberately ignoring outcomes.

They never mention the absence of crime.
They never mention children walking freely at night.
They never mention families adopting special-needs children no one else wanted.
They never mention volunteer emergency services that arrive faster than most paid departments.
They never mention chesed networks that quietly replace entire welfare bureaucracies.
They never mention businesses employing thousands of people across the country.

But if you judge societies by outcomes instead of aesthetics, the results are hard to ignore.

A town with basically no crime.
Children raised without fear.
An unmatched culture of chesed and good deeds.
Families adopting the most vulnerable.
Economic productivity without chaos.
Social order without force.

You don’t have to agree with their lifestyle.
You don’t have to want to live there.

But taken honestly, without bias, the conclusion is simple.

It works.

[Nathan Greenfeld @Nathan_Geee]

@benkellyone Biz

[Nathan Greenfeld @Nathan_Geee]

@grok @RapidResponse47 @grok Source ?

[Nathan Greenfeld @Nathan_Geee]

@BowesChay @grok where and when is this

[Nathan Greenfeld @Nathan_Geee]

@_ZachGriff Beautifully said. 🙏

And let’s also acknowledge that this incredible outcome wouldn’t have happened without President Trump’s leadership and unwavering support for Israel. 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[Mike Lawler @lawler4ny]

First, you are completely incompetent and have run our state into the ground. New York has the highest taxes in the nation, the worst business climate, and we lead the nation in outmigration. Your response: increase state spending by billions and raise taxes on small businesses once again in the state budget.

Second, when Democrats had complete control of Washington just 4 years ago, they failed to raise the cap on SALT by even $1. Nothing. Zero. Nada. You said nothing. Are you seriously suggesting a quadrupling (400% increase) of the SALT cap is bad? That’s pathetic and unserious.

Third, you believe in “tax the Rich” as both a political message and a policy — unlimited SALT would only benefit the very wealthy, so why are you demanding that? So you can tax everyone more? We are focused on providing middle class tax relief, which is why we fought to lift the cap, while not bringing back the AMT, keeping the standard deduction doubled, and expanding the child tax credit, among other key provisions. Are you actually opposed to that? Would you like the AMT to come back in full force?

Finally, you are the single worst Governor in America. Get your house in order.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

When you see the pro-Hamas supporters on our campuses, marching in our streets, and blocking our highways, these are the animals they are supporting. Actually I am doing a disservice to animals. These are the monsters they are supporting.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I keep finding articles today which say dismissively that Biden had a bad debate, but, the articles go on to say, so did Obama and others and they were able to recover and win the office.

The issue, however, was not that @POTUS Biden had a bad debate. Rather, in just a few minutes, the entire world, including all of our enemies became definitively aware, if they were not already, that the President of the United States is not fit for office, let alone a second term.

This is not just an issue of Biden’s fitness for office. It is an issue of national security.

We know from the rally the day after the debate that Biden is still capable of reading from a teleprompter. But being president of the United States requires more than reading words written by others. Leadership requires world class executive function, which in Biden’s case is clearly profoundly impaired.

If China invades Taiwan tomorrow, how comfortable do you feel with our Commander in Chief?

I would not be surprised that the DNC called for an early debate because it was concerned that Biden was deteriorating rapidly and sooner was better than later. It figured that with a friendly moderator, no @RobertKennedyJr, no audience, silenced microphones, and six days of prep at Camp David, he could make it through, or as @FLOTUS Jill Biden explained: ‘Joe you did such a great job! You answered every question!’

Some of a president’s most important decisions must come when he is awakened at 3am when disaster or a threat emerges suddenly. Our enemies will strike when we are most vulnerable.

How is this not incredibly frightening?

Now explain to me how anyone can continue to support Biden for a second term.

[Grant Cardone @GrantCardone]

I WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK CITY !

As a result of these findings.

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

President Biden, you're treating the war against Israel as if it were another political point of compromise. There is a primary reality: Hamas is a terror organization and they need to give the hostages back.

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made)

I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

[Chesky Deutsch @CheskyDeutsch]

We all know a picture speak a thousand words.

Here is one that speaks a lot more words, 6 million of them.

1/3

[Nathan Greenfeld @Nathan_Geee]

@jacksonmartin @TravelGov did you get your passport yet?

[Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz]

This is @GovKathyHochul’s New York. New Yorkers are ready for Governor Lee Zeldin. #NYGov

[Jon Kurpis @kurpis]

I tend to focus on NJ candidates & issues plaguing the Garden State. That said, NY residents will be very lucky to have @lawler4ny representing their interests in DC. Mike Lawler oozes work ethic, intelligence & political know-how & he will fight like a dog for his constituents.

[Mike Lawler @lawler4ny]

No @spmaloney, you didn't stutter. We heard you loud and clear: You support record inflation; sky-high gas prices; and an incompetent foreign policy. You support four more years of @joebiden and the American people don't!

[Lee Zeldin @LeeMZeldin]

A New York State Supreme Court Judge just ruled against New York City's new law allowing non-citizen voting. This is great news. Only United States citizens should be voting in our elections!

[Nicole Malliotakis @NMalliotakis]

UPDATE: We won!

The State Supreme Court ruled in our favor in our lawsuit to STOP 🛑 non citizens from voting in #NYC elections. A big victory in our fight to preserve the integrity of our elections. Only United States Citizens can vote! 🇺🇸

[Lieby Breuer @RealLiebyBreuer]

@leemzeldin Is a breath of fresh air for New Yorkers.

Although the @RocklandRepubs are continuously more stale than a Matzo on the 8th day of Passover in the humid Miami Beach.

And @A_NY_YR are just messengers of #TeachersUnion, they don't know Republican principles & policies.