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New York’s Orthodox Jews are expanding into these towns, and some residents aren’t happy
But the haredi influx has led to friction with longtime residents. The battle has coalesced around the construction of an eruv — the artificial boundary that, according to Jewish law ...
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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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Some towns in New Jersey don’t want an eruv. Now they’re getting sued for it.
(JTA) — Three New Jersey towns are being sued for legislating against the construction of an eruv in their borders. Meanwhile, the front-runner in the state’s gubernatorial race also ...
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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 ...