Jacob Frankfort

Jacob Frankfort

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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