Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement on Jewish History; part of SurveyLA, Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey
Grimes T, Lyons A, Paluszek E, Duane A, Kaplan J, Nicolaides B. 2016. Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement on Jewish History; part of SurveyLA, Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey. Office of Historic Resources, Department of City Planning, City of Los Angeles; California Office of Historic Preservation. Los Angeles, California
Purpose and scope: "The Jewish historic context was partially funded with a grant from the California Office of Historic Preservation. The history of the Jewish people of Los Angeles includes their religious practices, cultural traditions, and ethnic identities. This context provides a broad historical overview on settlement and development patterns of Los Angeles Jewry and then focuses on themes and geographic areas associated with extant resources. During the 1930s, the Jewish population of Los Angeles nearly doubled from 91,000 at the beginning of the decade to 130,000 by the end. After World War II, the city's Jewish population continued to rise and by the early 1960s only New York had larger numbers of Jewish inhabitants. Many Jews moved to new housing tracts on the Westside and San Fernando Valley during the postwar period. As a result of their geographic dispersal, resources associated with Jewish history are found in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles, although they are largely concentrated in the Boyle Heights and Wilshire Community Plan Areas. Resources located in communities adjacent to the City of Los Angeles, such as East Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, are not included in the scope of this context because they are separate jurisdictions. However, they are occasionally mentioned because they are important to the history of Jews in Los Angeles, which did not begin or end at the city limits. While focusing on historical themes associated with religious, social, and cultural institutions, this context also identifies individuals and organizations that played significant roles in Jewish history in Los Angeles." Funding for this project was provided in part through a 2015 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Los Angeles (project number CA-15-026) administered by the California State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P15AF00029) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Los Angeles, California is a Certified Local Government.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Grimes, Teresa; Lyons, Allison; Paluszek, Elysha; Duane, Amanda; Kaplan, Jonathan; Nicolaides, Becky
- Date of Issue
- 2016-09
- Publisher
- Office of Historic Resources, Department of City Planning, City of Los Angeles; California Office of Historic Preservation
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Context Statements