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Valley Beth Shalom (informally called VBS) is a Conservative synagogue at 15739 Ventura Boulevard in Encino, Los Angeles, California, in the United States. [1] With approximately 1,500 member families, [2] it is one of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States.
On Passover, 1912, the Los Angeles Jewish Home began when a small group of neighbors gave shelter to five homeless Jewish men. [2] In 1916, the first permanent structure for the Home was purchased in the Boyle Heights section of downtown Los Angeles. The Jewish Home made plans for a facility in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. This ...
The congregation first met in a B'nai B'rith hall on Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, [2] then from 1909 to 1925 in a building at 12th and Valencia, just west of what is now the Los Angeles Convention Center. That building then became the Welsh Presbyterian Church, and was named a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1977. In 2013 ...
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A Los Angeles City Council proposal to give $1 million in security services to Jewish houses of worship, community centers and schools was amended Tuesday to bolster security at spaces of all ...
Rabbi Neches was heavily involved in establishing Kashrut laws in California and Orthodox Jewish education in Los Angeles. In 1930, the "Agudath Eretz Israel of Los Angeles" was established as a unique Zionist-Jewish organization in the American Southwest, with Rabbi Neches serving as president. [1]
The B'nai B'rith Lodge on South Union Avenue in Westlake served as a hub for the Jewish community and later as the heart of the labor movement in L.A. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)
The influences of these cuisines, as well as Californian cuisine, the organic food movement, and the plentiful local produce have created a new unique Los Angeles Jewish cuisine. There are also a multitude of kosher restaurants throughout Los Angeles serving Jewish, Persian, Israeli, Moroccan, Yemenite, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Italian and others.