Editing Highland Park, New Jersey (section)

==Community==
Highland Park has at times been a bedroom community for nearby [[Rutgers University]] and [[Johnson & Johnson]] in New Brunswick, with a resulting academic flair to the community. Nobel laureate [[Selman Waksman]] ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]], 1952) lived in the borough until he moved to Piscataway in 1954, and laureate [[Arno Penzias]] ([[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]], 1978) lived in the borough until the 1990s.<ref>Lurie, Maxine N.; Mappen, Marc. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_r9Ni6_u0JEC&pg=PA363&lpg=PA363 "Highland Park"], ''[[Encyclopedia of New Jersey]]'', p. 363, [[Rutgers University Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|0-8135-3325-2}}. Accessed June 27, 2011. "In addition, the borough was home at various times to two Nobel Laureates, Selman Waksman and Arno Penzias."</ref>

There is a new state-of-the-art environmental center on River Road, just a few hundred feet upstream from the [[Albany Street Bridge]]. The borough's Environmental Commission envisions this center as a stop along a riverbank walking trail that would link Johnson Park with Donaldson Park and beyond, to the Meadows environmental area on the Edison border.<ref>[http://www.leoraw.com/hpenv/news/ Highland Park Environmental News 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212063345/http://www.leoraw.com/hpenv/news/ |date=December 12, 2006 }}, accessed January 3, 2007.</ref>

In 1978, Highland Park became the first municipality in New Jersey to have an [[eruv]], a symbolic enclosure that allows [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]] to perform certain activities outdoors on the Sabbath that would be otherwise prohibited.<ref>Selinger, Janice. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/17/archives/new-jersey-weekly-highland-park-site-of-states-first-eruv.html "Highland Park: Site of State's First Eruv"],''[[The New York Times]]'', December 17, 1978. Accessed July 19, 2022. "This transition came about through the establishment of an eruv — New Jersey's first — by Rabbi Pesach Raymon of Ahavas Achim Congregation in New Brunswick."</ref> Through an arrangement with New Jersey Bell (now [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]]), a continuous wire was strung from pole to pole around portions of the borough. Eventually this expanded and includes portions of [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] and connects with [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]]. The wires are inspected every Friday to ensure that the connections are complete. When intact, this eruv satisfies most Orthodox Jewish religious requirements allowing residents to carry objects during the Sabbath.<ref>[https://hperuv.org/text Map], Highland Park Eruv. Accessed July 19, 2022.</ref>