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Plans for Jewish eruv spark influx of antisemitism in small English village

The eruv would enable observant Jews to carry walking aids and push pushchairs on Shabbat - but some locals are not happy about the plans.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tzurat Hapetach, part of Eruv, Avnei Eitan, Golan Heights.
Rabbi Avraham and members of the Belmonte Jewish community outside the town synagogue

Portuguese town to get country’s first eruv in 500 years

The eruv is due to be completed on Monday and will be fit for use this coming Shabbat.

|ByJEREMY SHARON
Eruv construction

Hasidic Jews in Staten Island remove eruv after antisemitic backlash

The lawn signs, created by the Westerleigh Improvement Society, read: “Westerleigh Strong. We’re Not Selling.”

|ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
A downed eiruv vandalized with a sticker reading "Coercers go home" found in Jerusalem.

Anti-religious vandals suspected of damaging Jerusalem eruv

The fact that both of them were cut means that tens of thousands of religious Jewish residents in these neighborhoods unknowingly violated the Sabbath last week.

|ByJEREMY SHARON

Jewish group wins New Jersey eruv battle

Town of Mahwah agrees to allow pipes, wires to remain, will pay $10,000 in legal fees.

FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The Old city of Jerusalem's Eruv at Tower of David.

New Jersey attorney general sues city for right to extend eruv

The attorney general filed a nine-count complaint that related the situation to the racism from white Americans to keep African-Americans out of their neighborhoods in the 1950s.

OCTOBER 31, 2017
An eruv wire seen at the edge of a settlement