"The eruvim of Boulder should withdraw their request for this lease"

Boker Tov Boulder has been covering the latest Eiruv controversy, this time in Boulder. As she notes in a recent post, the Boulder Daily Camera features a remarkably fatuous anti-eruv editorial by someone who has not quite mastered the usage of the word "eruvim":

The answer is simple but may be painful for the devout to hear: If the eruvim want an invisible but compellingly real boundary, they should use the type the Jews have brought to the world through the Ten Commandments -- which is belief in the word. The Eruv should not be constructed -- it should be instructed -- through the use of maps and verbal descriptions for the community members to memorize and heed, for the full enjoyment of their Sabbath.

The eruvim of Boulder should withdraw their request for this lease. They are the People of the Book -- and not people of the fishing line.

There's no arguing with those eruvim! Why do I get the impression that the author of this, one Anne B. Butterfield, hasn't gotten out much in recent decades?

Tags: Boulder, eiruvin, senility