The eruv would enable observant Jews to carry walking aids and push pushchairs on Shabbat - but some locals are not happy about the plans. Plans to build an eruv in the small northern English village ...

Construction of an eruv in the Conejo Valley was nearly complete last month when area residents began complaining to public officials about aesthetics and safety concerns as well as a lack of proper ...

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Frum Jews are allowing their children to scooter to shul on Shabbos in the confines of an Eruv, leading some to question ...

An unusual but inspiring event occurred last Friday in the city of Ofakim, when the wires for the city's eruv were torn in several places. The eruv is a symbolic perimeter around a city that combines ...

I’m old enough to recall the pre-eruv days, when we were not permitted to carry items to shul or push baby strollers on Shabbat. As a youngster, I remember my parents reminding me before Shabbat to ...

A federal judge has removed a major legal roadblock to the construction of a controversial eruv religious boundary in Long Island’s tony East End. In a June 17 ruling, U.S. District Court Magistrate ...

Long Island is home to about 20 eruvs, but for the first time a hospital has erected one to enclose its own campus. North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset has created an eruv, a symbolic ...

The words "walled city" hardly bring to mind images of Los Angeles’ 3.5 million people and the busiest freeways in the country. But for a wide segment of the Sabbath-observant community, much of Los ...

Due to the massive snowstorm, there are concerns in the Jerusalem rabbinate that the city's eruv - which demarcates limits within which certain actions such as carrying objects become permissible on ...

At the end of July, a group of disgruntled residents of Westhampton Beach, N.Y., filed a lawsuit contesting the building of an eruv in their neighborhood. In a dispute made famous by “The Daily Show” ...