Kiryat Sanz, Netanya

Kiryat Sanz (Hebrew: קריית צאנז, also spelled Kiriat Tzanz) is a Haredi neighborhood located at the northwestern end of Netanya, Israel.

[1] Founded in 1956 by the previous Klausenburger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, who established his court there in 1960,[2] Kiryat Sanz is the world center for Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidism.

In the 1950s, as the nascent State of Israel began building its population, the Klausenburger rebbe — who had emigrated to the United States in 1947 after surviving The Holocaust and living in displaced persons camps — applied to the Israeli government for land on which to build a Hasidic settlement for Holocaust survivors[2][4] and chose land on the Netanya beachfront.

[9] Halberstam, his family, and 50 followers moved to Israel to Kiryat Sanz on 20 December (19 Kislev) 1959.

From his home in Kiryat Sanz, he directs the Sanz Torah and chessed organizations in Netanya, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Haifa, Safed, Ashdod, Modiin, Beitar Illit,Tiberias,Elad,Monsey N.Y., Boro Park N.Y., Williamsburg N.Y, Lakewood N.J., and Union city N.J..[16] He is also directly responsible for all the institutions built by his father in Israel, including Laniado Hospital, where he serves as president.