Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Los Angeles, United States
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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- +1 213 388 2401
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The Wilshire Boulevard Temple is a Reform Jewish synagogue at 3663 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, home to the city's oldest Jewish congregation, founded in 1862 as Congregation B'nai B'rith. The main sanctuary, completed in 1929 and designed by architect Abram M. Edelman, exemplifies Byzantine Revival architecture with its signature large dome and interior murals rendered in Moorish style. Designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument in 1973 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, the temple became one of the largest Jewish congregations in the city and was notably led by Rabbi Edgar Magnin for 69 years beginning in 1915. After extensive renovations completed in 2013, the congregation expanded further with the Audrey Irmas Pavilion, a 55,000-square-foot addition designed by Shohei Shigematsu of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture and finished between 2018 and 2021.
Architect
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- Type
- synagogue
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
- Place
- Los Angeles, United States
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