Hollywood, FL – Synagogue’s Neighbors File Federal Appeal of Settlement

Hollywood, FL – City officials made their peace with a Lubavitch synagogue earlier this year, but a turf battle between the Orthodox Jewish synagogue and its Hollywood Hills neighbors is not over yet.

Six neighbors have taken their dispute to a federal appeals court, complaining that the synagogue, City Hall and a federal judge each cut them out of the picture when Hollywood in July settled a discrimination case filed by them, as was reported here on VOS IZ NEIAS.
In their appeals brief, neighbors argued the settlement created a “zoning change” that affects their enjoyment of their homes.

The neighbors, who live within 300 feet of the synagogue, claim they were not allowed to oppose such a zoning change when U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lenard denied them a chance to appear before her in July.
Lenard erroneously ruled the case was a religious discrimination dispute and the zoning change was incidental, attorney Vincent Vaccarella wrote on behalf of the neighbors.