| Although the Israelis and the Jewish
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| | appeared before the Los Angels City
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| people are typically associated with
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| | Council of Greater California in the year
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| banking and finance, one field, where
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| | 1921 to speak up against the trend of
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| they have contributed enormously, not
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| | censorship prevalent during that period.
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| only to the Los Angeles region of
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| | Not to speak against the depravity of the
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| California, but to the world at large,
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| | entertainment business mind you, but to
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| has been the business of entertainment.
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| | protest the fact that wanton censorship
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| For centuries now, the Jewish people have
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| | would cause several Israeli and Jewish
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| excelled at performing arts, fine arts,
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| | people to lose their jobs.
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| literary arts, entertainment like music
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| | But there were others who enhanced the
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| and dance and even entertainment
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| | entertainment industry with a more active
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| management. But it was in America, and
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| | presence. Chief among them was Carmel
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| especially Los Angeles, California, where
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| | Myers, a popular Jewish actress of
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| the Israeli and Jewish contribution to
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| | Israeli origin, who was the daughter of
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| the world of entertainment was
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| | Rabbi Isidore Myers of Los Angeles. She
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| highlighted in the form of Hollywood.
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| | was not only a staunch proponent of the
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| The trend began in the 1930s and 40s when
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| | motion picture business, but also a firm
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| the silent movies turned the worlds gaze
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| | supporter of several charitable and
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| on this new entertainment. But it was the
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| | philanthropic projects of the Jewish
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| contribution of Jewish and Israeli
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| | communities in Los Angeles and other
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| people, especially in the Los Angeles,
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| | parts of California.
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| California region that made Hollywood
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| | Over the years, several professionals of
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| possible.
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| | Jewish or Israeli origin have entered
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| Los Angeles, California and the
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| | Hollywood and have been able to make a
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| surrounding regions, which were home to a
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| | mark in the entertainment industry. These
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| large number of people of Jewish or
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| | included recognizable entertainment names
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| Israeli origin, provided the
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| | like Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Billy
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| entertainment industry with actors,
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| | Crystal, Robert De Niro, Richard
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| directors, artists, technicians and other
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| | Dreyfuss, Bob Dylan, Harrison Ford,
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| people. Eventually Jewish and Israeli
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| | Richard Gere and even Jeff Goldblum. Even
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| people in the Los Angeles region of
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| | present day entertainment media mogul
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| California began to own studios where the
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| | Rupert Murdoch is of Jewish and Israeli
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| others worked.
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| | origin.
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| The most notable Jewish and/or Israeli
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| | Many of these actresses and directors not
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| studio owners and producers included the
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| | only enhanced the entertainment business
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| likes of like William Selig, Jesse Lasky,
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| | in Hollywood, but also managed to drive
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| Samuel Goldwyn and Adolph Zukor.
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| | up the real estate prices in the
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| There are some interesting anecdotes
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| | surrounding Los Angeles and California
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| associated with the Israeli and Jewish
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| | regions. Most magazines also frequently
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| grasp of the entertainment business. Not
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| | place them as having been seeing in Los
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| all Jewish people were staunchly against
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| | Angeles Suburbs or in other parts of
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| the entertainment industry. The then
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| | California.
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| Rabbi Samuel Hecht is reported to have
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