Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America by Adam Mintz PAPERBACK

Academic Studies Press

Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America\nby Adam Mintz\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Adam Mintz\nTitle: Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social groups: religious groups and communities\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9798887190839\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nJewish law forbids carrying objects between private or public areas on the Sabbath. However, rabbinic authorities deemed carrying permissible within a physical enclosure called an eruv. This book explores the rabbinic debates surrounding the creation of such enclosures in North American cities and examines the evolution of American Orthodox communities from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s..