Sunday, February 04, 2007

LA Jewish Journal: "The eruv is disrespectful to all life"

The threat to endangered bird species from evil, non-sustainable, Colonialist Apartheid Eruvs looms ever larger, but the red-tailed hawks of Conejo Valley are at least safe for now:
Construction of an eruv in the Conejo Valley was nearly complete last month when area residents began complaining to public officials about aesthetics and safety concerns as well as a lack of proper permits. Last week the eruv's organizers ordered all remaining portions along the enclosure's 5-mile perimeter be dismantled . . .

Some residents were also upset that three red-tailed hawks, which are protected by the Migratory Bird Act, had been downed, one fatally, by injuries that could be consistent with flying into a wire. The birds were discovered between Dec. 28 and Jan. 7, according to Oak Park resident Peggy Abate, which correspond to eruv construction dates . . .
QED, Dude!
For Carol Rosenberg, a 25-year resident of Agoura Hills and a member of the Westside Jewish Renewal congregation B'nai Horin, that would be a tough sell. Rosenberg sees the eruv as a threat to wildlife as well as an un-neighborly imposition of religious rituals on a community.

"The eruv is disrespectful to all life," she said. "There is no way that this would work." [...]

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