Boca Beach Chabad has gotten so crowded that some congregants have told Rabbi Ruvi New they’ve stopped attending services.
That’s the last thing a rabbi wants to hear. But relief is finally coming: The Boca Raton synagogue has closed the deal on a bigger site near the Intracoastal Waterway after searching for a new location for almost a decade. The Orthodox congregation had originally hoped to move into a property near the beach but faced opposition from nearby residents, who sued in federal court to prevent the move.
The congregation will move into an existing 30,000-square-foot office building at 490 E. Palmetto Park Road, about a half-mile from their current building at 120 NE First Ave., which measures only 3,000 square feet…