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The Wilshire Boulevard Temple, known from 1862 to 1933 as Congregation B'nai B'rith, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 3663 Wilshire Boulevard, in the Wilshire Center neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1862, it is the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. [4] [5]
Wilshire Boulevard Temple: March 21, 1973: 3663 Wilshire Blvd. Mid-City: Oldest Jewish synagogue in the Los Angeles area; Byzantine dome has been a Los Angeles landmark since 1929 118 Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre: May 16, 1973: 3780 Wilshire Blvd.
Wilshire Boulevard originated as one of the central pathways constructed by the Tongva tribes residing in the region prior to the exploration of the conquistadores. [6] At the time of the founding of Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard was one of the main arteries connecting the largest Tongva village in the area, then known as Yaanga, which eventually became Union Station, to the Pacific Ocean.
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Magnin became the rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith in Los Angeles, California in 1915. [3] After becoming senior rabbi of the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles in 1919, he distinguished his sixty-nine-year tenure at Wilshire Boulevard Temple through close ties with the motion picture and television industry.
Wilshire Boulevard was the precursor to L.A.'s highways — congestion nightmares. In the 1920s, it was so packed with traffic, city planners introduced traffic circles and then signals. It was ...
The Watts Towers The Wilshire Boulevard Temple The Woman's Building. Walt Disney Concert Hall; Warner Center (Woodland Hills) Warren Wilson Beach House * Watts Station * Watts Towers * Wells Fargo Center; Westlake Theatre * Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; Whisky a Go Go; Whitley Heights; Whittier Narrows; Wilkins House; Will Rogers ...