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Drawing the Line: Hasidic Jews, Eruvim, and the Public Space of Outremont, Quebec
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Drawing the Line: Hasidic Jews, Eruvim, and the Public Space of Outremont, Quebec
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Analyzes the October 1999 religious and ethnic tensions that developed when Hasidic Jews in the Montreal suburb of Outremont requested official permission to erect “eruvim”. Usually taking the form of fishing line strung above public spaces, the “eruvim” serves as a symbolic extension of the home, thereby relaxing strict rabbinical provisions against carrying or pushing items, including canes, wheelchairs and strollers, outside the home on holy days. Some non-Hasidic residents of Outremont objected to the “eruvim” as an unwarranted religious intrusion on public property. The Quebec Superior Court ruled in favour of the Hasidim’s request in June 2001.
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History of Religions
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Vol. 43
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no. 1
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18-49
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2003
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en
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Stoker, Valerie. “Drawing the Line: Hasidic Jews, Eruvim, and the Public Space of Outremont, Quebec.” History of Religions Vol. 43, no. 1 (2003): 18–49.
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