LA Jewish Guide: Los Angeles Synagogues

LA-Jew.com — A synagogue, also spelled synagog ( בית כנסת beyt knesset, meaning “house of assembly”; בית תפילה beyt t’fila, meaning “house of prayer”; שול shul; אסנוגה esnoga; קהל kal) is a Jewish house of prayer.
 
Synagogues have a large hall for prayer (the main sanctuary), and can also have smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study, called the beit midrash (Sfard) “beis midrash (Ashkenaz)—בית מדרש (“House of Study”).
 
Synagogues are consecrated spaces that can be used only for the purpose of prayer; however, a synagogue is not necessary for worship. Communal Jewish worship can be carried out wherever ten Jews (a minyan) assemble. Worship can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However, there are certain prayers that are communal prayers and therefore can be recited only by a minyan. A synagogue does not replace the long-since destroyed Temple in Jerusalem.
 
Israelis use the Hebrew term bet knesset (assembly house). Jews of Ashkenazi descent have traditionally used the Yiddish term “shul” (cognate with the German Schule, school) in everyday speech. Spanish and Portuguese Jews call the synagogue an esnoga. Persian Jews and Karaite Jews use the term kenesa, which is derived from Aramaic, and some Arabic-speaking Jews use knis. Some Reform Jews use temple. The Greek word synagogue is a good all-around term, used in English (and German and French), to cover the preceding possibilities.
 
Synagogues often take on a broader role in modern Jewish communities and may include additional facilities such as a catering hall, kosher kitchen, religious school, library, day care center and a smaller chapel for daily services.

LOS ANGELES SYNAGOGUES

Creative Arts Temple
P.O. Box 461407,
Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA

Congregation Beth Meier
11725 Moorpark Street,
Studio City, CA 91604, USA

Congregation Beth Torah
3521 Lomita Boulevard, Suite 202,
Torrance, CA 90503, USA

Congregation Mogen David
9717 W. Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Congregation Tifereth Jacob
1829 N. Sepulveda Boulevard,
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, USA

Adat Ari El Synagogue
12020 Burbank Boulevard,
North Hollywood, CA 91607, USA

Hollywood Temple Beth El
1317 N. Crescent Heights Boulevard,
Hollywood, CA , USA

Knesseth Israel
2364 S. Robertson Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Miskon Tefilo
206 Min Street
Venice, CA , USA

Temple Aliyah
6025 Valley Circle Boulevard
Woodland Hills, CA , USA

Temple Beth Am
1039 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Temple Beth Haverim
5126 Clareton Street #140
Agoura, CA ,USA

Temple Beth Torah
11827 Venice Boulevard
Mar Vista, CA ,USA

Temple Beth Zion
5555 W. Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Temple Etz Chaim
1080 E. Janss Street
Thousand Oaks, CA ,USA

Temple Ner Maarav
17730 Magnolia Boulevard
Encino, CA ,USA

Temple Ramat Zion
17655 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA ,USA

Temple Shaarei Torah
550 S. 2nd Street
Arcadia, CA ,USA

Valley Beth Israel
13060 Roscoe Boulevard
Sun Valley, CA ,USA

Valley Beth Shalom
15739 Ventura Boulevard
Encino, CA ,USA

Adat Shalom
3030 Westwood Boulevard
West Los Angeles, CA 90034, USA

Burbank Temple Emanuel
1302 N. Glenoaks Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91504, USA

Congregation Beth Shalom
21460 Centre Point Parkway
Santa Clarita, CA 91350, USA

Congregation Ner Tamid
5721 Crestridge Road
Palos Verdes, CA 90275, USA

Congregation Shir Ami

20400 Ventura Boulevard
Woodland Hills, CA 91364, USA

Haym Solomon Jewish Community Center
11827 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

Kehillat Ma’arav
1715 21st Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA

Knesseth Israel of Hollywood
1260 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029, USA

Or Emet – A Congregation for Jewish Living
P.O. Box 55442
Valencia, CA 91385, USA

Pasadena Jewish Temple
1434 N. Altadena Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91107, USA

Shomrei Torah Synagogue
7353 Valley Circle Boulevard
West Hills, CA 91304, USA

Sinai Temple
10400 Wilshire Boulevard
Westwood, CA 90024, USA

Adat Chaverim Valley, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
13164 Burbank Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401, USA

B’nai Horin – Children of Freedom
10281 Cresta Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

Shtibl Minyan, The
1525 S. Robertson Boulevard
The Workman’s Circle
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Makom Ohr Shalom
P.O. Box 5086
Los Angeles, CA 91308, USA

Congregation N’Vay Shalom
137 North Larchmont Boulevard #409
Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA

Beth Chayim Chadashim
6000 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Movable Minyan
8339 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Shuva Israel Congregation
18527 Ventura Boulevard
Tarzana, CA , USA

Young Israel of Las Vegas
1724 Winner Cup Drive
Las Vegas, NV , USA

Congregation Beth Ohr
12355 Moorpark Street
Studio City, CA 91604, USA

Congregation Or Ami
26115 Mureau Road Suite B
Calabassas, CA 91302, USA

IKAR
5870 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Institute of Jewish Education
8339 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Nachshon Minyan
4924 Balboa Boulevard #423
Encino, CA 91316, USA

Nashuva
P.O. Box 64196
Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

Synagogue for the Performing Arts
11727 Barrington Court #205
Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

Bais Chabad of Simcha Monica
1428 17th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA

Chabad of Brentwood
644 South Bundy Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

Chabad of Mid City Center
420 N. Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax, CA 90036, USA

Jewish Center of the Bay Cities
1130 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA

Jewish Community Center Chabad
2108 2108 Vail Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90278, USA

Chabad of Bel-Air
10421 Summer Holly Circle
Bel-Air, CA 90077, USA

Agudath Israel of L.A.
7114 Rosewood Avenue
Fairfax, CA , USA

Aish Center
9106 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Beit Midrash of Woodland Hills
5850 Fallbrook Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA , USA

Chabad House of Santa Monica
1428 17th Street
Santa Monica, CA , USA

Chabad of Beverly Hills
409 Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA , USA

Chabad of Pasadena
1090 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA , USA

Chabad of Ventura
1259 Callens Street #A
Ventura, CA , USA

Congregation Lubavitch of Beverly Hills
9017 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Congregation Ohel David
7967 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Etz Jacob Congregation
7659 Beverly
Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Kollel – Los Angeles
7466 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Nessah Israel
1537 Franklin Avenue
Santa Monica, CA , USA

Ohr HaEmet and Ohr HaEmet Young Singles
1030 S. Robertson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Torah Learning Center
949 Sunset Avenue
Venice, CA , USA

Torah Ohr
7200 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Westwood Village Synagogue
824 Hilgard Avenue
Westwood, CA , USA

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon – Chabad
7215 Warning Avenue
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Yismah Moshe Sephardic Synagogue
7675 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Yula Beis Midrash
9760 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Aaron David Congregation
138 North June Street
Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA

Adat Yeshurun Congregation
12405 Sylvan Street
North Hollywood, CA 91606, USA

Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue
731 N. La Brea Avenue
La Brea, CA 90038, USA

Aish Los Angeles
1417 South Doheny Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Anshe Emes
1490 S. Robertson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Atzei Chaim Orthodox Synagogue
8018 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Bais Bezelel
8850 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Beis Medresh – Or Simcha
12430 Oxnard Street
North Hollywood, CA 91607, USA

Beis Midrash Toras Hashem
12422 Chandler Boulevard
Valley Village, CA 91607, USA

Bet Midrash Rav Shimon Bar Yochai – West Coast Rabbinical Court
331 N. Alta Vista Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Beth Jacob Congregation
9030 W. Olympic Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA

B’nai David Judea Congregation
8906 Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Calabasas Shul, The
23930 Craftsman Road
Calabasas, CA 91302, USA

Chabad at CSUN
8921 Chimineas Avenue
Northridge, CA 91325, USA

Chabad House Israel Center
1520 S. Robertson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Chabad Larchmont Village
637 N. Lucerne Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Chabad of Agoura
30345 Canwood Street
Agoura, CA 91301, USA

Chabad of Century City
2151 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA

Chabad of Chatsworth
20735 Devonshire Street
Chatsworth, CA 91311, USA

Chabad of Cheviot Hills
3185 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

Chabad of Conejo
30345 Canwood Street
Agoura, CA 91301, USA

Chabad of Encino
4915 Hayvenhurst Avenue
Encino, CA 91436, USA

Chabad of Greater Los Feliz
1930 N. Hillhurst Avenue
Los Feliz, CA 90027, USA

Chabad of Hancock Park – Congregation of Levi Yitzchak
356 N. La Brea Avenue
La Brea, CA 90036, USA

Chabad of Malibu
22933 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265, USA

Chabad of Miracle Mile
8214 Blackburn Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Chabad of Mt. Olympus
8124 Laurelmont Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA

Chabad of North Beverly Hills
409 North Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Chabad of Northridge
17142 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325, USA

Chabad of Oak Park
30345 Canwood Street
Agoura, CA 90301, USA

Chabad of Palisades
15207A Sunset Boulevard
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, USA

Chabad of Palos Verdes
28041 S. Hawthorne Boulevard #202
Palos Verdes, CA 90275, USA

Chabad of Santa Clarita
23120 Lyons Avenue #19
Newhall, CA 91321, USA

Chabad of Santa Monica
1428 17th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA

Chabad of Sherman Oaks
14960 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA

Chabad of Simi Valley
4464 Alamo Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA

Chabad of South Bay
24412 Narbonne Avenue
Lomita, CA 90717, USA

Chabad of South Beverly Hills
P.O. Box 35721
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Chabad of Studio City
11927 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604, USA

Chabad of Tarzana
18181 Burbank Boulevard
Tarzana, CA 91356, USA

Chabad of the Beach Citites
2108 Vail Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90278, USA

Chabad of the Hills
1012 Cory Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA

Chabad of the Marina
2929 Washington Boulevard
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, USA

Chabad of Topanga
1459 Old Topanga Canyon Road
Topanga, CA 90290, USA

Chabad of West Hills
23747 Roscoe Boulevard
West Hills, CA 91304, USA

Chabad of Westlake
30345 Canwood Street
Agoura Hills, CA 91301, USA

Chabad of Westlake Village
2524 Townsgate Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361, USA

Chabad of Woodland Hills
20646 Ventura Boulevard
Woodland Hills, CA 91364, USA

Chabad on Montana
1111 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

Chabad Russian Synagogue
7636 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90046, USA

Chai Center
P.O. Box 66861
Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

Congragation Bais Naftoli
221 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Bais Yehuda
360 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Bet Elazar
P.O. Box 48165
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Congregation Etz Chaim
303 South Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Etz Jacob
7659 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Kehilas Yaakov
7211 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Magen David of Beverly Hills
322 N. Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Congregation Or Hachaim
155 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Sharei Tefila
7269 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Congregation Torah V’Chesed
6407 W. Orange Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Happy Minyan
9030 W. Olympic Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA

Hashalom Congregation
1111 S. La Cienega
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Jewish Learning Exchange
7223 Beverly Boulevard Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Midrasho Shel Shem
987 Schumacher Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Ohel David
7957 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Ohev Shalom
525 S. Fairfax
Fairfax, CA 90036, USA

Pacific Jewish Center
505 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291, USA

Shaarey Zedek Congregation
12800 Chandler Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91607, USA

Westwood Kehilla
10537 Santa Monica Boulevard
Westwood, CA 90025, USA

Yad Avraham
12426 Burbank Boulevard
Valley Village, CA 91607, USA

Young Israel of Beverly Hills
8701 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Young Israel of Calabasas
2764 Park Granada #208
Calabasas, CA 91302, USA

Young Israel of Century City
9317 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Young Israel of Hancock Park
225 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Young Israel of Los Angeles
660 N. Spaulding
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Young Israel of North Beverly Hills
9350 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Young Isr
ael of Northridge
17511 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325, USA

Young Israel of Woodland Hills
23231 Hatteras Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA

Young Israel Torah Learning Center
1014 Vernon Avenue
Venice, CA 90291, USA

Beth Jacob of Irvine
3900 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612, USA

Chabad of Irvine
5010 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, CA 92604, USA

Chabad of North Irvine
6 Yankee
Irvine, CA 92620, USA

Congregation Lubavitch (Chabad)
3981 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807, USA

Mishkan Israel
8237 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Shaarei Tefila Congregation
7269 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Kehillat Israel
16019 Sunset Boulevard
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, USA

Los Angeles Reconstructionist Congregation – Havurot
14209 Chandler Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401, USA

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
24855 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265, USA

Stephen S. Wise Temple
15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA

JFC – Temple Ner Ami
4098 Calle Tesoro Suite D
Camarillo, CA , USA

S.W. Temple Beth Torah
14725 Gramercy
Gardena, CA , USA

Santa Monica Synagogue
1448 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA , USA

Temple Ahavat Shalom
18200 Rinaldi Place
Northridge, CA , USA

Temple Akiba
5249 S. Sepulveda Boulevard
Culver City, CA , USA

Temple Beth David
9677 Longden Avenue
Temple City, CA , USA

Temple Beth Emet of Burbank
600 N. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA , USA

Temple Beth Hillel
12326 Riverside Drive
North Hollywood, CA , USA

Temple Beth Solomon – Deaf
13580 Osborne Street
Arleta, CA , USA

Temple Beth Torah
16651 Rinaldi Street
Granada Hills, CA , USA

Temple Beth Torah
7620 Foothill Road
Ventura, CA , USA

Temple B’nai Emet
482 N. Garfield Avenue
Montebello, CA , USA

Temple Emanuel
8844 Burton Way
Beverly Hills, CA , USA

Temple Isaiah
10345 W. Pico Boulevard
West Los Angeles, CA , USA

Temple Israel of Hollywood
7300 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA , USA

Temple Judea – Tarzana Campus
5429 Lindley Avenue
Tarzana, CA 91356, USA

Temple Ner Tamid of Downey
10629 Lakewood Boulevard
Downey, CA , USA

Temple Sinai
1212 N. Pacific Avenue
Glendale, CA , USA

Temple Solael
6601 Valley Circle Boulevard
West Hills, CA , USA

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , USA

Valley Outreach Synagogue
P.O. Box 4717
West Hills, CA , USA

Beth Knesset Bamidbar
1611 E. Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93534, USA

Beth Shir Sholom
1827 California Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

B’nai Tikvah Congregation
8820 Sepulveda Eastway
Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA

Congregation Beth Chayim Chadashim
6000 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Congregation B’nai Emet
4645 Industrial Avenue, #2C, P.O. Box 878
Simi Valley, CA 93062, USA

Congregation Kol Ami
1200 North La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90038, USA

Kol Tikvah
20400 Ventura Boulevard
Woodland Hills, CA 91364, USA

Leo Baeck Temple
1300 N. Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

Ohr HaTorah
12410 Burbank Boulevard ,Suite 100
Valley Village, CA 91607, USA

Sha’arei Ami
1448 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA

Temple Adat Elohim
2420 East Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362, USA

Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

Temple Judea – West Campus
6601 Valley Circle Boulevard
West Hills, CA 91307, USA

Eretz Cultural Center
6170 Wilbur Avenue
Reseda, CA 91335, USA

Ohel Moshe
8644 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Persian Chabad
9930 Santa Monica Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Kahal Joseph Congregation
10505 Santa Monica Boulevard
Westwood, CA 90025, USA

Pinto Torah Center
8660 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Sephardic Congregation of the Valley
12435 Chandler Boulevard
Valley Village, CA 91607, USA

Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel
10500 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Baba Sale
404 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Bet Midrash Mishkan Israel
13312 Burbank Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401, USA

Beth Midrash Od Yossef Hai
145 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Em Habanim Institute
5850 Laurel Canyon Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91607, USA

Magen David – Kollel Sephardi
322 N. Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA

Midrash Ohd Yosef Hai
427 North Stanley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA

Nessah Educational and Cultural Center
142 S. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Sephardic Jewish Center
308 N. Palm Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Congregation Beth Israel
8056 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Congregation Knesseth Israel of Beverlywood
2364 South Robertson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

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Synagogues, Shuls & Temples — What’s in a name, functions, organization, ritual items

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