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Tom Lehrer wrote a song called "I'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LslsgH3-UFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LslsgH3-UFU)
by svat 4y ago
Tom Lehrer wrote a song called "I'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LslsgH3-UFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LslsgH3-UFU) — I had assumed it was just a joke for the rhyme, but looking at this conversation I'm wondering if there's anything more to it :)
- antognini 4y agoThere's something to it, historically LA's Jewish population has been clustered in the West Side.
- riffic 4y agohistorically, it wasn't though. Breed Street Shul is one example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed_Street_Shul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed_Street_Shul > The Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, located east of downtown, was home to the city's most populous Jewish community from 1910 to 1950. The area around Breed Street Shul became a center for the Jewish community.
- antognini 4y agoYeah, that's fair. I was thinking more the post-WWII population which became centered more in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Pre-WWII Los Angeles was very different.