Jacob Frankfort

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Jacob Frankfort (born 1801, date of death unknown) was the first Jew to come to Los Angeles. He immigrated from Poland in 1841. He would be joined by other Central-European Jews. By 1855, there were 60 Jews living in Los Angeles.

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  • "L.A. Scene / The City Then and Now". CECILIA RASMUSSEN. Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1994.


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