Los Angeles Jewish & Kosher Guide 2025: Kosher Info in Los Angeles, California

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About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the second largest city in USA with a population of 3.8 million, it is situated in Southern California, with a Mediterranean climate, set in a large coastal basin on the Pacific coast. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1811 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood. The city is built on a grid system apart from the more mountainous areas. Many of the roads that run through the city are very long Foothill Boulevard is over 60 miles (97 km) long. Los Angeles is known for Hollywood and Los Angeles is often billed as the "Creative Capital of the World", due to the fact that 1 in 6 of its residents works in a creative industry.

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Jewish History, POI & Kosher Establishments in Los Angeles

With more than 660,000 Jews in the metropolitan area (490,000 in city proper), the region has the second largest population of Jews in the United States. Many of Los Angeles' Jews now live on the Westside and in the San Fernando Valley, though Boyle Heights and Northwest Los Angeles once had large Jewish populations. Many varieties of Judaism are represented in the area, including Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reconstructionist. The Breed Street Shul in East Los Angeles, built in 1913, was the largest synagogue west of Chicago in its early decades. (It is no longer a sacred space and is being converted to a museum and community center) The Kabbalah Centre also has a presence in the city. Jewish Los Angeles started in 1841 with the arrival of the first Jew Jacob Frankfort by 1850 there were 8 Jews. Many Jews arrived in the 1910s and continued to arrive, by 1950 there were 300,000 Jews in Los Angeles. After 1979 many Iranian Jews arrived in Los Angeles changing the Jewish nature of the city.

With the fifth largest Jewish community in the world, Los Angeles has everything you need for kosher Jewish travel. There are more than 100 Synagogues and five mikvahs. The kosher restaurant scene is booming with almost 150 kosher restaurants and shops. Be sure to check out our listing of Passover Programs in the United States and Los Angeles area.


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What Is *JOFY?

JOFY, or "Jewish Observant Friendly" Establishments are lodging establishments offering special services for Jewish Observant guests such as Shabbat meals, accommodation on lower floors and regular keys for the rooms. It can also be a NON KOSHER establishment located in walking distance from the local Shul, community or kosher restaurants area.

Please note - *JOFY does NOT mean that KOSHER food is served on the premises!

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