Rabbinic Urbanism in London: Rituals and the Material Culture of the Sabbath
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This article offers an ethnographic and material culture analysis of a spatial phenomenon that I call "rabbinic urbanism," using the planning and construction of the London eruv as an example. My investigation focuses on a late-twentieth- century form of the eruv, through which I hope to contribute to an enlarged understanding of the ways in which Jews locate themselves in urban space. The type of rabbinic urbanism I observed in London and will elaborate below was characterized by ritualized uses and practices of space, legal designations, and sanctification of the mundane through a host of communal gestures and debates.
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Jewish Neighbourhoods Cities and Suburbs Main Topic: Other Jewish Space Orthodox Judaism Ethnography Shabbat Eruv
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Geographic Coverage
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11(3)
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36-57
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Link to article (paywalled), Rabbinic Urbanism in London: Rituals and the Material Culture of the Sabbath
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Rabbinic Urbanism in London: Rituals and the Material Culture of the Sabbath. 2005: 36-57. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1353/jss.2005.0021
