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 |  Subject: Ozschwitz: Jews seek religious freedom with a ring around St Ives  Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:32 pm | |
| A JEWISH group plans to overcome an ancient and restrictive religious commandment by creating a virtual wall around an entire North Shore suburb.
But its push for greater freedom has caused angst among some St Ives residents, who say it will block their views and create a "Jewish ghetto".
Under Jewish law it is forbidden to push or carry objects beyond the private home on the Sabbath and during holy festivals such as the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, which began at sunset on Monday.
That means parents are often unable to take babies and young children to synagogues or parks because they cannot push them there in prams. Likewise, the elderly and disabled cannot be pushed in wheelchairs.
But the creation of a part-symbolic, part-physical zone known as an eruv allows Jews to carry out such activities within its boundaries. "Really the ultimate aim is to basically help families, liberating people from their homes, such as young mums with kids in their prams," said David Guth, 32, of St Ives.
The married father of three children, including a five-month-old baby, is a member of Northern Eruv, a group seeking Ku-ring-gai Council's approval to create an eruv around St Ives.
An eruv already exists in the Waverley area, including along the promenade at Bondi Beach, but is so inconspicuous few people know it is there.
Most of the 20-kilometre boundary of the St Ives eruv would be demarcated using wires, cables and telegraph poles owned by Optus, Foxtel and EnergyAustralia. But about 20 per cent would be formed by erecting 26 aluminium poles six metres high in 14 locations across St Ives. The poles would then be linked by a wire.
The development application drew 21 public submissions. Four, including one from the NSW Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, were supportive.
Most objectors were concerned about the impact the poles would have on views but some went further, claiming an eruv would benefit one religious group at the expense of others.
The chief executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Vic Alhadeff, dismissed the concerns, saying the plan would have little effect on the environment because it was "in the form of existing poles and wire".
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| | Subject: Re: Ozschwitz: Jews seek religious freedom with a ring around St Ives Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:37 pm | |
| Fucking morons!
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