The Orthodox Union called on an appeals court to allow a Sabbath boundary to be rebuilt. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will hear oral arguments Thursday in a Tenafly, N.J., case that pits town leaders against Orthodox Jews who want the religious boundary, or eruv, so they can carry items on the Sabbath.
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