HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A quiet residential street in Hollywood has become the center of a growing controversy as plans to tear down a home and replace it with a religious bathhouse face fierce opposition from neighbors.
The property at 1434 Monroe St. is currently a two-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family home built in 1949.
The plan is to demolish it and construct a modern Jewish mikvah, a ritual bath facility traditionally used for spiritual purification. While mikvahs are not new to Orthodox Jewish communities, residents say the location and secrecy surrounding the project have created deep concerns…