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The Jewish community around Emerald Hills

Which street you buy on decides your walk to shul, your school run and how far the Friday shopping is. Here is what is actually around, and who to ask about a specific address.

Stirling Road is the spine of this community. The markets, most of the kosher food and two of the three main shuls sit on it or a block off it, which is why the streets between Stirling and Sheridan carry a premium that has nothing to do with the houses themselves.

Nothing below is a recommendation of a kashrus standard or a school. It is a map of what is here, so you can work out what a given address costs you in minutes on a Friday afternoon and on a Shabbos morning.

Schools are the other half of it, and most of them are a bus ride rather than a walk. Two are in Hollywood itself and the rest run from Davie and Fort Lauderdale out to Miami Beach. Routes change year to year, so confirm the current one with the school before you settle on a street. Camp is worth asking about at the same time, because the summer is long and the school buses stop running.

85 of these are mapped. The rest are in the list below with their addresses; they are here, they just could not be placed on a building precisely enough to pin.

Shuls

  • Chabad of Emerald Hills

    Chabad, Nusach Ari

    4001 N Park Road, Hollywood, FL 33021 · 954-965-9933

    Inside Emerald Hills itself, which is why so many of the streets around it are bought by families who want to walk.

    chabademeraldhills.com

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale

    Orthodox, National Council of Young Israel and the OU

    3291 Stirling Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · 954-966-7877

    The anchor shul of the Stirling Road corridor. A mikvah operates at the same address.

    yih.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Bet Midrash Ohr Hachayim Hakadosh

    Rabbi Menachem Razla

    2863 Stirling Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

    Next door to The Grove, so the Friday shopping and a minyan are the same stop.

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Hollywood Community Kollel

    Rabbi Moshe Parnes

    4008 N 46th Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021

    Inside Emerald Hills on N 46th Avenue, with learning as well as minyanim.

    hollywoodkollel.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Shul of Hollywood Hills

    2215 N 46th Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021

    The reason a buyer looking at Hollywood Hills is not automatically choosing a drive.

    shulofhollywood.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Kehillas Hollywood Hills

    Orthodox

    1401 E Hawthorne Circle, Hollywood, FL 33021

    Confirmed August 2026

  • HCS Chabad of Hollywood

    Chabad

    4200 Sheridan Street, Hollywood, FL 33021

    On Sheridan Street, which is the northern boundary of Emerald Hills.

    hcschabadhollywood.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • B'nai Sephardim Synagogue

    Sephardic Orthodox, daily minyanim in Sephardic nusach

    3670 Stirling Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

    The Sephardic address on Stirling, and the one families ask about when nusach matters.

    mybnai.com

    Confirmed August 2026

  • David Chai Synagogue

    Sephardic and Mizrachi nusach, Rabbi Ezra Sharbani

    4601 Thomas Street, Hollywood, FL 33021 · 954-274-0401

    The Sephardic option on the Hollywood Hills side rather than down on Stirling.

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Mishkan Yisrael

    4200 Sheridan Street, Hollywood, FL 33021

    On Sheridan Street, the northern boundary of Emerald Hills.

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Bais Mordechai

    Shul and Kollel Avreichim of Hollywood

    4200 N 66th Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33024 · 954-625-4580

    West Hollywood rather than Emerald Hills, so it is a drive from the neighborhoods on this site. Worth knowing about if you are looking wider.

    baismordechai.com

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Congregation Judea Chabad

    Chabad, Rabbi Joseph Bronstein

    6736 Stirling Road, Hollywood, FL 33024 · 954-986-2685

    Further west along Stirling Road, past the stretch the Emerald Hills families walk to.

    congregationjudea.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Healing Hearts

    Nusach Ari

    916 N Park Rd, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (305) 450-8287

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Beis David

    Nusach Ari

    1022 S 56th Ave, Hollywood, FL 33023 · (754) 299-1014

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Bais Shmuel

    Ashkenaz

    5600 Douglas St, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (347) 612-1320

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Beis Medrash Heichal Hatorah

    Ashkenaz

    5100 N Hills Dr, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (754) 232-5521

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Yeshiva Bet Menachem

    2863 Stirling Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (954) 907-3016

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Aish South Florida

    Ashkenaz

    4010 N 46th Ave, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (954) 989-2474

    aishfl.com

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Hey Mincha

    Sefard

    2901 Stirling Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (972) 897-8683

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Eliyahu Hanavi Beit Midrash for Kiruv

    Edut Mizrach

    2615 Stirling Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (305) 305-9949

    eliyahuhanavi.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Beis 3770

    Nusach Ari

    3770 N 55th Ave, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (786) 488-4814

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Shuva Israel Fort Lauderdale

    Edut Mizrach

    2425 Stirling Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (954) 681-5175

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Or Hamaharitz

    Temani

    2541 SW 58th Manor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (240) 938-8423

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Midrash David

    Edut Mizrach

    3670 Stirling Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (954) 591-7930

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Hollywood Torah Center

    Sefard

    5860 SW 36th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (954) 706-2141

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Hanefesh Haelokit

    Nusach Ari

    5650 Stirling Rd, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (631) 961-6373

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Congregation Or Yaacov

    Edut Mizrach

    5995 Brookfield Cir, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · (305) 788-8896

    oryaacov.org

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Sw40th Ave Kehilla Minyan

    Sefard

    5980 SW 40th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 · (646) 678-0115

    Confirmed August 2026

Jewish day schools

Kosher markets

Kosher restaurants and bakeries

Mikvah

Summer camps

  • Camp Gan Israel Hollywood

    Chabad of East Hollywood

    1350 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL 33020

    The local day camp, which matters more than people expect: the summer is long and the school buses stop running.

    chabadeh.com

    Confirmed August 2026

  • Machane Miami

    Preschool through sixth grade

    1051 N Miami Beach Boulevard, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

    A Miami-Dade day camp plenty of Hollywood families use, on the same run as the yeshivos down there.

    machanemiami.org

    Confirmed August 2026

Eruv

  • Hollywood Community Eruv

    FL

    The map here takes an address, which is the question when you are looking at a house: a listing will not tell you whether the street is inside. It does not carry the weekly status, so check that with your shul before Shabbos rather than assuming it.

    eruvfinder.com

    Confirmed August 2026

What families ask before choosing a street

Which Hollywood neighborhood is walkable to a shul?
Emerald Hills is the answer for most families, because Chabad of Emerald Hills sits inside the neighborhood on N Park Road and Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale and B’nai Sephardim are on Stirling Road along its southern edge. Whether your particular street is a comfortable walk depends on where in Emerald Hills it is, and the neighborhood runs from Stirling Road to Sheridan Street. Rivka Zerbib works these streets and will tell you the walk from a specific address to the shul you daven at.
Where do you buy kosher food in Hollywood, Florida?
Stirling Road. KC Market at 5650 Stirling Road, formerly Kosher Central, is the full grocery run, and The Grove Kosher Market at 2889 Stirling Road is the second. The kosher restaurants and bakeries sit on the same stretch. The Winn-Dixie on Stirling that carried a kosher section has closed, so a plan built around it needs redrawing.
Which Jewish day schools do Hollywood families use?
Two are in Hollywood itself: Ohr HaTorah Yeshiva High School on Hollywood Boulevard for boys, and Sha’arei Bina Torah Academy for girls on Taylor Street. In Broward, Brauser Maimonides in Fort Lauderdale, David Posnack in Davie, Landow Jewish Academy in Fort Lauderdale, and Hebrew Academy Community School in Margate. A lot of families bus into Miami-Dade instead, most often Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes or Yeshiva Elementary School, and some go north to Katz Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton. The full list with addresses is on this site.
Is there a school bus from Emerald Hills?
For most of the schools families here use, yes, and it is how the Miami-Dade schools are reachable at all. Routes and pickup points are set by each school and change from year to year, so confirm the current one with the school rather than assuming it, and do it before you commit to a street. A twenty minute difference in pickup is a different morning for a family with several children.
Where are the mikvaos?
Two on the Stirling Road corridor. The Young Israel mikvah at 3291 Stirling Road runs by appointment, booked online, and has a keilim mikvah on the west side of the building open during business hours. The Anidjar Mikvah at B’nai Sephardim, 3670 Stirling Road, opens daily fifteen minutes before sunset and the building is accessible.
What do families here do for camp?
Camp Gan Israel on Harrison Street is the local day camp, and a lot of families send to Machane Miami in North Miami Beach, which sits on the same run as the yeshivos down there. Worth thinking about early: the summer is long, the school buses stop running, and a camp that is a forty minute drive is a different summer from one that is ten.
Is there an eruv in Hollywood, Florida?
Yes. The Hollywood Community Eruv covers the area, and eruvfinder.com maps it and will take an address, which is what you want when you are looking at a house: a listing will not tell you, and the boundary does not follow neighborhood lines. It does not carry the weekly status, so check that with your shul before Shabbos rather than assuming it.
Who should I talk to about buying near the shuls in Hollywood?
Rivka Zerbib is a Realtor in Hollywood, Florida who works Emerald Hills, Hollywood Hills and the surrounding neighborhoods, and who knows which streets put you inside a walk and which only look like they do. Send her an address and she will tell you what it commits you to.
Why does the same house cost more a few streets over?
Proximity to a shul and to Stirling Road is priced into this market whether or not a listing says so. Two houses of the same size and age a few blocks apart can sit at different numbers because one is a walk and one is a drive. That premium is real, and knowing where it starts and stops is most of the job.

Places open, close and move. KC Market was Kosher Central, and the Winn-Dixie on Stirling that carried a kosher aisle is gone. If something here is out of date, tell Rivka and she will fix it.

Ask about a specific street

Send her an address and she will tell you the walk to the shul you daven at, whether it is inside the eruv, and which school run it commits you to.

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