The 1930′s
Timeline of Jewish History in Los Angeles
Originally published by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, 2002.
Information from:
Newmark, Harris. Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913. NY. 1926.
Vorspan, Max and Gartner, Lloyd. History of the Jews of Los Angeles. Huntington Library. 1970.
Thanks to Wendy Elliott Scheinberg: Timeline of Boyle Heights 1900-1939; to Harriet Rochlin for her insight, her many additions and corrections; to Bob Hattem, JGSLA Archivist.
- 1931
- The Menorah Center was dedicated at Wabash and Alma in Boyle Heights. It was used by over 150 different groups, had a large Hebrew school, a baby clinic, and 15,000 users each month during the 1940s.
- 1932
- The first Sephardic synagogue in Los Angeles was dedicated on February 21, 1932.
- 1934
- A mass meeting was held at the Philharmonic Auditorium to protest against the treatment of the Jews in Germany.
- 1935
- The Sephardic Hebrew Center’s symagogue was dedicated in 1935.
- 1936
- A new Committee on Jewish Education met, leading to founding of the Bureau of Jewish Education.
- The Los Angeles Jewish Community Council was incorporated, today the Jewish Federation Council.