The mayor of the village of Kiryas Joel, Abraham Wieder, has sent a letter to Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on behalf of the village's residents, asking him not to attend Netanyahu's address to Congress next week.

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Attacking Netanyahu, swinging Kiryas Joel.

The following is the text of a press release by True Torah Jews:

Abraham Wieder, mayor of Kiryas Joel, the largest Orthodox Jewish town in the United States, has sent a letter to President Obama.

Click here to read the letter.

The anti-Zionist Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel has grown faster than any other community in New York state from 2000 through 2006, according to census data released on Monday - and reported by the Patriot News.