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  • Collection: St. Louis Park Eruv Jewish Neighborhood

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_WaterTower.jpg
St. Louis Park, an inner-ring suburb which borders the west side of Minneapolis, has a disproportionately large population of observant Jews, and close-knit Orthodox and Conservative communities are based there. Several of the city’s congregations,…

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_ChaimGoldberg.mp4
Rabbi Chaim Goldberger discusses the relationship between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_AllanBaumgarten02.mp4
Allan Baumgarten discusses the role of the Jewish community in the civic life of St. Louis Park.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_EruvStructure.mp4
Allan Baumgarten gives an overview of the structure of the community and the divisions within it.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_AllanBaumgarten01.mov
An eruv is a symbolically bounded space with roots in Jewish Talmudic tradition relating to the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat). For observant Jews, Shabbat (which occurs from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday) is a day of rest, with strict laws…