Hollywood, FL - Synagogue Is Given New Offer

Hollywood, FL - Commissioners offered a last-ditch offer to settle the religious discrimination case with the Orthodox synagogue.

As with a settlement proposed earlier in the week, the new offer calls for the city to pay $2 million to the Hollywood Community Synagogue, while the synagogue would be able to continue to remain in two homes in a residential neighborhood.

But compared to the previous proposal, the new offer would place stricter limits on the synagogue's right to expand in its current site without seeking city approval. The congregation could expand into no more than three additional lots in the neighborhood without seeking city approval.