Genre: glass plate negatives / Subject: Rabbis--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Rabbi Jacob M. Alkow sitting in chair with hands in lap. Photo appears with the article, "Holy Land's Ills Explained: Rabbi Back from Trip Blames Powers' Plots to Rule Mediterranean," Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 1936: A2.
Date:: [between 1930-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph was probably taken at the time of the dedication of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple (formerly Congregation B'nai B'rith) at 3663 Wilshire Boulevard in June 1929. From left to right, Dr. David W. Edelman (president of the Congregation B'nai B'rith), Edgar F. Magnin (rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith), and Jack L. Warner (co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, who presented the Hugo Ballin murals that were dedicated to Sam and Milton Warner at the synagogue dedication). All three men are smiling and dressed in suits. They are standing in front of large glass pane doors. Reported in "DEDICATION SET FOR SYNAGOGUE: Magnificent Temple to Be Opened Tomorrow Organ Recital and Paintings Presentation Scheduled Elaborate Sunday Service Will Be Public," Los Angeles Times, 06 June 1929: A3.
Date:: June 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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