Joseph Newmark
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After immigrating from Prussia to New York City, he was a co-founder there of B'nai Jeshurun. He moved to the West Coast, briefly living and working in San Francisco.
Newmark moved again to Los Angeles in 1854, where two nephews were already in business. He founded Congregation B'nai B'rith in 1862, which was originally an Orthodox synagogue. It later became Reform and is known as the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles. Provided by Wikipedia
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