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Hmongtown Marketplace, St. Paul, MN

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Toua Xiong is the founder and owner of Hmongtown Marketplace

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These Amish buggies in southern Minnesota do not have the orange and red triangle that slow moving vehicles typically use. A group of Minnesota Amish went to court over the signs, claiming they burdened their religious beliefs.

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Two Amish buggies in southern Minnesota cross paths. The Amish use buggies instead of automobiles to keep their Christian communities small and close-knit.

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This example of Whipple Gothic architecture sits in the Lower Sioux Indian Community. It was built there in 1889 for a community of Dakota people returning after their exile in the aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862.

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Jains gather to pray at the Jain temple in Maple Grove.

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Kenesseth Israel is an Orthodox congregation, one of the oldest in Minnesota. It was founded in 1891 on Minneapolis's North Side, becoming a vital part of Jewish life there. In 1971, due to the large-scale migration of Jews to the northern and…

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_WendyGoldberg02.mp3
Wendy Goldberg talks about religiosity in the eruv.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_BarryWoolf.mp3
Rabbi Barry Woolf talks about the eruv's appeal as he sees it.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/omeka/St_Louis_Park_Eruv_Jewish_Neighborhood/SLP_WendyGoldberg01.mp3
Wendy Goldberg gives an example of an activity involving the whole of the Jewish community.