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.