Zurich establishes public zone for Jewish Sabbath

Jewish communities in the Swiss city of Zurich have set up a public zone that allows activities that are prohibited on the Sabbath. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A symbolic network of lines now connects several neighbourhoods, in particular Wiedikon, Enge and Wollishofen in Zurich. This is a so-called Eruv, a closed public zone. In Zurich, it covers around 14 square kilometres. In this designated area in the city of Zurich, relaxed rules now apply for Jews during the day of rest, the Sabbath. On the Sabbath, Jews are not allowed to carry any objects in public spaces from sundown on Friday until nightfall on the following Saturday. This includes prayer books and meals. Pushing prams and wheelchairs is also not permitted. Thanks to the Eruv, which translates from Hebrew as "shuffle", these rules have now been relaxed. This is because the eruv symbolises an extended private space. Boundaries marked The course of the approximately 18-kilometre-long border ...