Group seeking Westhampton Beach eruv scores court victory
Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | The original request for an eruv in the Hamptons, made by The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, divided the community and led to the creation of Jews Against the Eruv, a group that argued an eruv could change the character of their village. (October 13, 2010)
An Orthodox Jewish group seeking to construct an eruv, or symbolic fence, in the Westhampton Beach area has won one battle in federal court, while attorneys said the long-running dispute could be nearing a resolution.
Judge Leonard D. Wexler of U.S. District Court in Central Islip this week dismissed a lawsuit by the Jewish People for the Betterment of Westhampton Beach, which is trying to...
