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In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish groups, from its formation in 1933 through the early 1990s. Mendel Silberberg and Rabbi Edgar Magnin. Silberberg headed the Jewish Community Committee and Rabbi Marnin. Silberberg was a founding and very active member of the Committee in 1933. Date unknown. 4 x 6 in.. (Courtesy of Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA)
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