Tenafly - Town Votes for Marker Used by Jews

Tenafly, NJ - After five years of legal battles, the leaders of Tenafly, N.J. approved an agreement that enables an eruv.

For Orthodox Jews, the eruv extends the realm of the home, allowing them to do some work on the Sabbath within its boundaries, like pushing a stroller or carrying keys. Eruvin have been placed in other communities with Orthodox populations, including Englewood, Teaneck, Paramus, Fair Lawn and Fort Lee in New Jersey; Park Slope and Williamsburg in Brooklyn; and even in the neighborhood that includes the White House in Washington. Many are next to impossible to spot, and have been set up without protest.

The agreement, which the Borough Council approved by a vote of 5 to 0, with one abstention, reimburses the Tenafly Eruv Association for $325,000 in court costs.