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Fairfax Community Mural

Artists Art Mortimer, Stephen Anaya and Peri Fleischman worked with community volunteers to paint the 7-part wall mural in the Canter's Deli parking lot in 1985. It shows the history of L.A.'s Jews from 1841 to 1985.
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  • North end of the Canter's Deli parking lot.
  • The constitution and bylaws of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles. The Society provided religious services and founded a Jewish cemetery in Chavez Ravine (now the site of Dodger Stadium). Read about the ups and downs of the cemetery here - <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/los-angeles-dodger-stadium-jewish-burial-ground">https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/los-angeles-dodger-stadium-jewish-burial-ground</a>
  • Jacoby Brother's Department Store in downtown
  • 1914's "The Squaw Man," the first feature length movie filmed in Hollywood. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky. In early 1900s movies, many Indian characters were played by Jews in "Red Face."
  • In 1931, the Canter brothers moved their deli from New Jersey to Boyle Heights. It was the main Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. In 1948, another Canter's Deli opened in the Fairfax District.
  • Illustration of the increasing influx of Jewish immigrants to Los Angeles. Those there have been Jews in L.A. since the 1880s, it was in the 1920s that the economy drew many more from the east coast. L.A.'s Jewish population is now the 2nd largest in the country.
  • Examples of the influence of L.A.'s Jewish population include pitcher Sandy Koufax right of center at the bottom and the Hollywood Bowl in the upper left corner.
  • Another expression of the growth of the Jewish population and the cooperative work of that community.<br /> Canter's Deli never closes.
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