Kosher and Jewish Life in Van Nuys

Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. The town was founded in 1911, and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, one of its developers. In 2008, the city estimated that the population was 110,747. Van Nuys is bordered on the north by North Hills, on the northeast by Panorama City, on the east by Valley Glen, on the south by Sherman Oaks, on the southwest by the Sepulveda Basin, on the west by Lake Balboa and on the northwest by Northridge. Van Nuys has a Japanese Garden set in Woodley in a larger park that has four cricket pitches, archery and a golf course.