Hanukkah begins on December 12, so this seems an appropriate time for this post, because the history of Jewish people in Boyle Heights is an essential part of the community’s legacy, especially in the years between the First World War and just after World War II. Few people have known, however, that a Jewish man…
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Origins: The Founding of Boyle Heights
The neighborhood of Boyle Heights will mark its 135th anniversary in Spring 2010 with the founding of the community in Spring 1875 by William Henry Workman and his associates in honor of Workman’s father-in-law, Andrew Boyle. There’ll be more on this blog about the founders of Boyle Heights in coming weeks, but this entry focuses…