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Plan for Jewish 'eruv' zone in London spark discrimination fears
Fishing wire would be suspended from 5.5m high poles to create a boundary Eruv would act as extension of home's walls giving Jewish community more freedom Hundreds of members of the Jewish ...
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New York’s Orthodox Jews are expanding into these towns, and some residents aren’t happy
The battle has coalesced around the construction of an eruv — the artificial boundary that, according to Jewish law, allows Jews to push and carry objects outside their homes on the Sabbath and ...
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Jewish eruv wire in Manhattan
An curved arrow pointing right. Unbeknown to most, there are transparent wires that wrap around over 200 cities in North America — including Manhattan — to mark a religious boundary. And every ...
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Some towns in New Jersey don’t want an eruv. Now they’re getting sued for it.
A few New Jersey towns on the border with New York have been trying for months to prevent the construction of an eruv, the artificial boundary that, according to Jewish law, allows Jews to push ...