This is the Forward’s coverage of eruv enclosures, outdoor public areas marked off by wire that symbolically extend the private domain of Jewish households so that Jews can carry items in public, an activity otherwise forbidden on Shabbat.
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Culture Why that New York Times article on the Brooklyn eruv is sparking controversy
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Fast Forward Hasidic Jews In Staten Island Remove Eruv After Anti-Semitic Backlash
(JTA) — An eruv, or symbolic boundary for Sabbath-observant Jews, was removed from a neighborhood on Staten Island. The eruv had been put up on utility poles around the neighborhood by a group of Hasidic Orthodox Jewish residents. They removed it after other residents put up lawn signs expressing opposition to an influx or religious…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Town Of Mahwah Will Scrap Eruv Ban To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
(JTA) — A New Jersey township has agreed to repeal an ordinance prohibiting the construction of an eruv, that state officials said discriminated against Orthodox Jews. The announcement this week resolved a lawsuit the state attorney general’s office filed against Mahwah last October. The ordinance said the affixing of PVC pipes on utility poles to demarcate…
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Fast Forward Man Charged With Vandalizing Eruv Near Boston
(JTA) — A local man was arrested a day after the Sharon Massachusetts Police Department posted on Facebook that the community’s eruv had been repeatedly vandalized. Sharon Police on Friday in a Facebook post reported that the eruv “has been the subject of extensive vandalism over the last few weeks.” The post included photos of downed…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Township Settles Lawsuit Over Anti-Eruv Ordinance
(JTA) — A New Jersey township has settled a lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish group that alleged city ordinances illegally targeted Jews. The Mahwah Township Council, which had proposed an ordinance prohibiting the construction of some materials necessary for the construction of an eruv, approved the settlement with the Bergen Rockland Eruv Association in a 5-2…
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Fast Forward Will ‘Anti-Semitic’ New Jersey Town Settle Lawsuit Over Eruv Ban?
A New Jersey town accused of passing laws meant to keep Hasidic Jews from living there has rescinded a controversial ordinance allegedly aimed at targeting observant Jews, JTA reported. Mahwah, New Jersey, was sued by the state’s Attorney General in October for passing discriminatory ordinances to prevent the “infiltration” of Hasidic Jews into the township….
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