One of our country’s most highly respected Reform congregations, Wilshire Boulevard Temple has been responding to the needs of the Los Angeles Jewish community since 1862. As Congregation B’nai B'rith, we were the first synagogue in Los Angeles. In 1872, we built our first Temple on Fort Street (now Broadway Avenue) in downtown Los Angeles. As membership increased, the congregation moved to a larger structure at Ninth and Hope Streets in 1895.