Monsey, New York
Monsey, New York | |
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 Location inRockland Countyand the state ofNew York | |
  Monsey Location within the state of New York  Monsey Monsey (the United States) | |
| Coordinates:41°7′10″N74°3′57″W/ 41.11944°N 74.06583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| County | Rockland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
| • Land | 2.29 sq mi (5.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 548 ft (167 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 26,954 |
| • Density | 11,754.91/sq mi (4,539.32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5(Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4(EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 10952 |
| Area code | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-48010 |
| GNISfeature ID | 0957535 |
| NWS SAME code | 036087 |
Monsey(/ˈmʌnsi/,Yiddish:מאנסי,romanized:Monsi) is ahamletandcensus-designated placein the town ofRamapo,Rockland County,New York,United States, located north ofAirmont,east ofViola,south ofNew Hempstead,and west ofSpring Valley.The village ofKaseris surrounded by the hamlet of Monsey. The 2020 census listed the population at 26,954; a 46% increase since the 2010 census.[2]
The hamlet has a large, and growing, community ofHaredi Jews.[3]
History
[edit]Rockland County was inhabited by theMunseeband ofLenapeNative Americans,who were speakers of theAlgonquian languages.Monsey Glen, a Native American encampment, is located west of the intersection ofState Route 59andState Route 306.Numerous artifacts have been found there and some rock shelters are still visible. The Monsey railroad station, which received its name from an alternate spelling of the Munsee Lenape, was built when theNew York & Erie Railroadpassed through the glen in 1841.[4]
In 1943, RabbiShraga Feivel Mendlowitzpurchased a property in Monsey with the intention to raise the education level of Torah teachers. Named Aish Dos (Pillar of Fire), the institute comprised on two buildings on a sixteen-acre plot. In 1944 it was reconstituted as Beth Medrash Elyon, the first Jewish institution in Monsey[5]
In the 1950s, Monsey was a one stoplight town with a singleyeshiva.In 1979,[6]Rabbi Ezriel Tauber together with a group of lay leaders purchased land in Monsey for the american campus of theOhr Somayach Yeshiva.[7]
By 1997, Monsey had 112synagoguesand 45yeshivas.[8]
Located in Monsey is theHouser-Conklin House,listed on theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2010.[9]
Having the largest Orthodox Jewish community in Rockland County, Monsey has become a metonym for Orthodox Jews in all of Rockland, including those who live in neighboring hamlets and villages such as Viola, Airmont, and Spring Valley.[10]
Geography
[edit]Monsey is located at41°7′10″N74°3′57″W/ 41.11944°N 74.06583°W.[11]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau,the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.90%) is water.
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8,797 | — | |
| 1980 | 12,380 | 40.7% | |
| 1990 | 13,986 | 13.0% | |
| 2000 | 14,504 | 3.7% | |
| 2010 | 18,412 | 26.9% | |
| 2020 | 26,954 | 46.4% | |
| Source:[12] | |||
As of thecensus[13]of 2017, there were 22,043 people, 3,984 households, and 2,596 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,554.3 inhabitants per square mile (2,530.6/km2). There were 4,244 housing units at an average density of 1,400.0 per square mile (540.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.8%White,3.0%African American,0.03%Native American,1.05%Asian,0.01%Pacific Islander,0.70% fromother races,and 1.08% from two or more races.HispanicorLatinopeople of any race were 2.86% of the population. 43.98% speakEnglishat home, 41.48%Yiddish,6.88%Hebrew,2.69%Frenchor aFrench creole,1.85%Spanish,and 1.24%Russian.[14]
There were 2,981 households, out of which 58.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.0% weremarried couplesliving together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.9% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.74 and the average family size was 5.16. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 48.6% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 19 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,194, and the median income for a family was $45,911. Males had a median income of $41,606 versus $33,576 for females. Theper capita incomefor the CDP was $14,000. About 25.4% of families and 30.6% of the population were below thepoverty line,including 37.8% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
Jewish community
[edit]Monsey is a major center ofOrthodox Judaismin the United States, along with several other cities such asKiryas Joel,Kaser,Spring Valley,andNew Square.It is the largest center ofHasidic Judaismin the United States outside of New York City, with approximately 5,400 households (4.2% of the world's Hasidic population).[15]The migration to Monsey began in the late 1940s when New York City's Orthodox Jews were seeking affordable real estate for their quickly growing communities. These spaces offered the possibility of moving en masse and establishing enclaves where they could lead lives based onhalakha(Jewish religious law) without coming into regular conflict with their non-Orthodox neighbors. This represented a major, distinct suburban demographic shift for these communities.[16]Major Hasidic sects represented in Monsey includeSatmar,Vizhnitz Monsey,SanzandBelz,with theRebbesofBerditchev,Lizensk,Lizensk (Rokeah),Nikolsburg,Sambor Yerushalayim-Monsey,Sassov,Shinave,Spinka Monsey,Stanislov,and Vizhnitz Monsey sects being resident in the community.[15]Vizhnitz maintains a cemetery in Monsey.[17]
On December 28, 2019, Monsey was the site ofa mass stabbingin the home of a Hasidic rebbe of theKosonyu sectwho was hosting aHanukkahparty, leaving four injured and one dead.[18][19]
Notable people
[edit]- Shalom Auslander(born 1970), author ofForeskin's Lament,which covers his time growing up in Monsey[20]
- Julia Haart(born 1971), fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Steven Hill(died 2016), actor,Mission: Impossible,Law & Order
- Yaakov Kamenetsky(died 1986), rabbi who lived in Monsey from 1967 until his death.
- Yosef Mizrachi(born 1968),kiruvrabbi[21]
- Michael Rogers,publisher, journalist, fundraiser, activist
- Mordechai Shapiro(born 1989), singer[22]
- Tovia Singer(born 1960), counter-missionary radio host, author and speaker[23]
- Leib Tropper(born 1950), founding rabbi of theKol Yaakov Torah Center[24]
- Andrew Carpenter Wheeler(1835–1903), prominent theatrical reviewer, editor, author
Places of interest
[edit]- Houser-Conklin House,a historic structure dating to 1775
- Monsey Church(currently New Hope Christian Church), built in 1824
- Ohr Somayach,a men's college of Judaic studies
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Bais Hamidrash -
Community Synagogue -
New Hope Christian Church -
Monsey Glen Park -
Historic Monsey Cemetery
See also
[edit]- New Square, New York− an all-Hasidic village in the same county
- Lakewood Township, New Jersey– a majority Orthodox Jewish township
References
[edit]- ^"ArcGIS REST Services Directory".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedSeptember 20,2022.
- ^"Quickfacts: Monsey, NY".U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedApril 25,2023.
- ^"How Monsey became a center of Hasidic life in America".Haaretz.RetrievedJune 11,2020.
- ^Weinstock, Cheryl Platzman (February 10, 2002)."If You're Thinking of Living In/Monsey; Low Inventory, Lots of Kugel, Some Deer".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 2,2012.
- ^Rosenblum, Yonason "Reb Shraga Feivel" Mesorah Publications, Inc. 2002. Pages 291, 299
- ^"Ohr Somayach Monsey « Ohr Somayach".
- ^Dana Evan Kaplan (2009).Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal.ISBN978-0231137287."In 1979, Ohr Somayach opened a branch of their yeshiva in Monsey..."
- ^Berger, Joseph (January 13, 1997)."Growing Pains for a Rural Hasidic Enclave".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 2,2012.
- ^"National Register of Historic Places".WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 9/27/10 THROUGH 10/01/10.National Park Service. October 8, 2010.
- ^Berger, JosephNetflix Series Stirs Debate About the Lives of Ultra-Orthodox WomenNew York TimesOct. 27, 2021
- ^"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".United States Census Bureau.February 12, 2011.RetrievedApril 23,2011.
- ^"Monsey. DataUSA.io".datausa.io.RetrievedAugust 26,2020.
- ^"U.S. Census website".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedJanuary 31,2008.
- ^Modern Language Association,Data center results for Monsey, New York.Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^abWodzinski, Marcin (2018).Historical Atlas of Hasidism.Princeton University Press. p. 194.
- ^Margulies (2000). "The Spatial Culture of the Hasidic Community".Columbia University:40–60, 117–20.
- ^(May 18, 2020)"Viznitz Bais Hachaim in Monsey to Close Before Rosh Chodesh Sivan",Hamodia.Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^Christopher J. Eberhart; Steve Lieberman; John Bacon."5 stabbed in 'act of domestic terrorism' at Hanukkah party; suspect held on $5 million bail".USA Today.RetrievedJanuary 1,2020.
- ^Green, Emma (December 29, 2019)."'We're Not Safe as Jews in New York'".The Atlantic.RetrievedJune 11,2020.
- ^McGrath, Charles."Shalom Auslander: An Orthodox Jewish outsider grapples with his past",The New York Times,October 3, 2007. Accessed May 9, 2016. "MONSEY, New York — Shalom Auslander endsForeskin's Lament,his memoir of growing up in, and eventually breaking away from, the Orthodox Jewish community here, not with an acknowledgments page but with a list of people God might consider punishing instead of the author's family. "
- ^Rosenberg, David (November 4, 2016)"War of the 'Kiruv' Rabbis Escalates",Israel National News
- ^Besser, Yisroel (March 12, 2019)."We Can All Sing".Mishpacha Magazine.RetrievedJune 9,2020.
- ^Hoggman, Allison."Con Game",Tablet (magazine),January 13, 2010. Accessed May 9, 2016. "Aguiar said Kaplan introduced him to Tropper in 2003, after he had already begun studying Judaism with another Monsey rabbi, Tovia Singer, who specializes in reaching out to evangelical Christians who, like Aguiar, were born Jewish, and getting them to 'return' to Judaism."
- ^Nathan-Kazis, Josh."Rabbis Barry Freundel and Leib Tropper Ensnared in Scandals Tied to Conversions",The Forward,October 21, 2014. Accessed May 9, 2016. "The Tropper scandal centered in Monsey, New York, an ultra-Orthodox enclave far from Freundel's cosmopolitan Washington, D.C. congregation that includes beltway Jewish royalty like U.S. Treasury SecretaryJack Lew,former senator Joe Lieberman and Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic's longtime culture and arts editor. "
Further reading
[edit]- Green, Frank Bertangue (1886).The History of Rockland County.New York: A. S. Barnes and Co. p.271.
monsey true reformed dutch church.
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