Los Angeles Jewish Pioneers

Rabbi Abraham Wolf Edelman: The First Rabbi of Los Angeles

  Rabbi Abraham Wolf Edelman Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Abraham Edelman, the pioneer rabbi of Los Angeles, was born in Poland in 1832. He came to the United States with his wife, Hannah Pessah Cohn, in 1851. Eight years later they

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Emil Harris: Los Angeles’ First Jewish Chief of Police

Emil Harris Values Codes I – E – L Emil Harris was born in Prussia in 1839. He came to the United States in 1853, settling in Los Angeles in 1869.   Los Angeles When the Turnverein, the German Athletic Association of Los Angeles, was opened in 1870, Emil Harris

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Henry Wartenberg: Early Pioneer Jewish Businessman and Los Angeles Community Leader

Henry Wartenberg Values Codes I – E – P   Henry Wartenberg was born in Kempen, Prussia, in 1830.   Los Angeles He came to Los Angeles in 1857 and was considered “one of the top Jewish leaders in this period.” He became a naturalized American citizen on

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Eugene Germain: Pioneer Jewish Purveyor of Fruits and Nursery Products

Eugene Germain Values Code:s I – E – L – P   Eugene Germain was born in Moudon, Switzerland, in 1849. He came to New York in 1868, at the age 0f 19, and soon headed West by way of the Isthmus of Panama.   Along the way

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Mina Norton & Jeannette Lazard: Early Professional Teachers in Los Angeles

Mina Norton & Jeannette Lazard Value Codes I – E – L In the 1880’s and 1890’s, one of the few careers then considered suitable for daughters of the pioneer Jewish families was teaching school. That was, prior to marriage, seen as the ultimate career. Thus in

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Kaspare Cohn: Creator of Many “Living Legacies” in Los Angeles

Kaspare Cohn Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   “If Kaspare Cohn’s name was kept on his bank and on the hospitals he created, he would be the best known Jewish pioneer of Los Angeles.” — William M. Kramer   Kaspare Cohn

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