Yeshiva University High School - Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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On Tuesday, January 6th, Nazis desecrat- ed ttie outside walls of the Yeshiva Univer- sity Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holo- caust Studies at 9760 West Pico Boule- vard. They drew swastikas, other signs of the ' SS, and German slogans like Wake up Jews! The SS is coming, and Death to the Jews. The front of the building was disrespectfully sprayed with the words; Simon Is The Murderer. To protest this outrage, approximately 250 people gathered in front of the build- ing at noon. Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of Yeshiva University and the Simon Wie- senthal Center for Holocaust Studies, spoke to reporters stating that this was obviously not the work of neighborhood teenagers, but rather a disgraceful display done by Nazis, m ■vi. . . J - ' '

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MITZVAH PROGRAM pfJ Ij ' jpi l U ' i6J A LABOR OF LOVE A wrinkled, hunched old woman, lips turned down in a melan- choly frown, passes by, making her tedious progress down the hall Few notice her, almost no one pauses to smile or say o simple hello A lonely man lies, immobile, in the stuffy, lifeless hospital room He speaks to no one. no one speaks to him He tries to eat. he tries to sleep With all the medical contraptions attached to him. he cannot Yeshivo University has a keen sensitivity to the functioning yet forgotten people ot our community Uniting the young and old goes as for back as the days ot the Torah. where Moshe Ra- baynu, ZT L. told Pharaoh . We will go with our young and with our old This is what Yeshiva University IS striving for as it sends its senior girls to various old oge homes and hospitals every Friday There, by speaking with the people, we try to bring warrrith to an otherwise cold atmo- sphere, at the same time bringing a sense of fulfillment to our- selves At the hospitals where we volunteer, we also find this sense of fulfillment by visiting and serving the patients, helping the nurses carry out their duties, filing in the records offices, and delivering messages While these duties may seem trivial, they are certainly very meaningful to the people in the hospital as well as to our- selves We would like to thank you. Veshiva University, for giving us this opportunity to learn about humanity and do Chesed simulta- neously ■jr n3rn,;n ?i .18 n:i n-nK tlos 3 ' tin -i y . TC37 mj-nc 3 Tn JP n-iunin m ' JKcni ' T»r ... .iK:n nic ' j ininV n i3 ' • •« nii -nnoK 1(1 V ' j-i .imol -n- ' n .Tjcp ' n- ' nr «n ' IK nny ,jino3 ' i TTinn mm to ' D .niViic ' JK nr=nr; i Ty .T-noo nii , ' n1nr n K ' l- .niiic nisiMr ,n ' ir ' 73 miia .p ' ln ' j o--i inra Ti ' - ' nrtiinpD mocD tt.k dips .ik3 ' ? »ry2 ,18 •? !- .■•V--3C3 nyapjr msii:: m iy: ' t:; c ■J ' 7 nai 17n nnvc D -i -ri! ' c .k ' jc DViy -i »n3cno T2TC3 -nr,i7 ..ni ' :: i ' c ' :■ 01-73. ' otk icpV ,T3Cnc:ii ,m:mjr. dto; ,t; ' t. niicp ri« .i-ipi-i - ] -; n nj 3 p ' tr,.i :.n:! Til ,mpa ' ■33 1 . c ' r

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LITERATURE A BICENTENNIAL PERSPECTIVE OF LOS ANGELES JEWRY In 1841 Jacob Frankfort moved West and became the first Jewisti resiaent of Los Angeles In ttiis year of ttie Bicentennial celebration of tfie City of Angels, it would be interesting to ctiart ttie progress of Los An- geles Jewry from ttie earlier days of a pioneering com- munity to the flourishing metropolis of 1981 Goldmines, sunny mild weather, the challenge of unex- plored territory — all these attractions drew Ameri- cans and immigrants to California in the 1800 ' s, and the beginning of the 1900 ' s brought large numbers of Eastern European Jews to Los Angeles Keeping pace with the growth of the larger Los Angeles Community, the Jewish population increased from 2,500 in 1900 to 70,000 in 1930 By 1948, Jews numbered a quarter of a million Approximately 2,000 were coming each month, clearly indicating one of the greatest migra- tions in Jewish history Today there ore approximately 700,000 Jews in Los Angeles, making this city one of the largest centers of Jewish population Jews contributed significantly to the economic growth of Los Angeles They not only held official positions but organized the first Chamber of Commerce of Los An- geles in 1873, Jewish wholesale and retail merchandis- ing was one of the largest industries in town, the lead- ing bankers in Los Angeles, who later became the financial giants of Southern California, were Jewish An editorial in 1873 in the local Los Angeles, Daily News commended Jewish businessmen for their commer- cial integrity and their studied isolation from prevalent vices of gambling and inebriation We commend them for their general business and personal probity they are among our best citizens and the city suffers noth- ing in their hands Many Jews were involved m either real estate, financing, or the building trade Re- search, electronics, aircraft, and educational institu- tions were also strongly represented by Jews as well as the professions of medicine, law, and accounting In the 1930 ' s the University of California at Los Angeles had only one Jewish professor. Thirty years later, the faculty included over 400 Jewish instructors. Jews were also instrumental in making Los Angeles the capitol of the movie industry. Three of the eight major production companies were partly owned by Jews, fifty-three of the eighty-five production executives were Jewish The economic growth of Los Angeles T y---i a large number of Jews to the city Th. ■ -s increase in populotion resulted in the for- r ••? first recognizably Jewish neighborhoods Temple Street. Boyle Heights, and the Central Avenue District By the late 1960 ' s, these areas diminished m size as residents moved further west to the Fairfax, West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and San Fernando Valley areas In the 1850 ' s social welfare organizations were begin- ning to sprout The Hebrew Benevolent Society of los Angeles, the first such organization purchased an area of land from the City Council which served as a Jewish cemetery until 1900 Other organizations set up were the Zionist Organization. Bhai Bnth. United Jewish Wel- fare Fund, Jewish Community Committee, and later the Bureau of Jewish Education Along with the economic and social development of the Jewish community was the forrnolization of reli- gious services and the . :; • • ngregations and synagogues of vQ ' , ., Yom Tov services began in 1851 : . ire conventionally established in 1854 with •■ t Joseph Newmark, who served as the patrij ..: . • .•.■ Jewish community until his death Services took place in rented buildings or private residences until 1873, when the first shul was built on what is now Broadway Avenue The first Orthodox shul, Beth Israel (the Olive Street Shul ) was established in the early 1900 ' s. Among the Orthodox congregations, the most distinguished was Congregation Talmud Torah, or the Breed Street Shul Rabbi Solomon Neches, and later Rabbis Osher Zilberstein and Yonah Ganzweig. .■. ' ■ ' • ' ' ' r who helped bring continuity and : shul. The rapid expansion in population resulted in the multi- plying of congregations and synagogues By 1968, there were over 150 congregations, with the number of rabbis exceeding that amount The largest Ortho- dox congregations at this time were Beth Jacob Con- gregation and Beth Tfiloh The Orthodox community has certainly developed since the beginning of the century Presently, there are approximately 40 Orthodox shuls throughout Los An- geles County, including several Chassidic and Sephar- die shuls, Kollelim and four branches of Young Israel Although the rapid growth of congregations was quite impressive, the condition of Jewish education was not In 1923. approximately 1,500 children were receiving some form of Jewish education It wasn ' t until after World War II that the neglected state of Jewish edu- cdtion was improved, as the porents took an adve role in supporting the establishment of Jewish mr.Mu tions By 1968, all three branches of Judaism had estaMnh ' --: schools of higher learning The Conservative .ewish Theological Seminary established the university c.f Ju daism Hebrew Union College organize:) a cr. -ch r.