Mahwah approves settlement over eruv litigation

MAHWAH – The Township Council approved an eleventh-hour settlement Tuesday night to resolve litigation with a New York Orthodox Jewish group that filed suit when the township threatened to remove an eruv built through town last year.

More: NJ Eruv: Timeline of the Mahwah eruv controversy.

Local officials had a deadline to authorize a settlement before Wednesday, when U.S. District Court sought a response to the eruv litigation.

Eruv leaders have said it’s needed to help Orthodox families in Rockland County, where there is already an eruv, fully practice their religion.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/mahwah/2018/01/30/mahwah-approves-settlement-over-eruv-litigation/1080493001/

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