The IAJGS conference is only a month away, and we’ve been busy planning activities for everyone to enjoy, including a list of optional tours to take in the Los Angeles area. For a small extra fee, conference-goers can enjoy learning about different facets of Los Angeles’ Jewish history:

The Tours

Shomer Shabbos Downtown Los Angeles Historical Jewish Walking Tour
Saturday, July 10, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Tour historic downtown Los Angeles. We will walk from the hotel and no transportation is necessary.
$15.00

Old LA, From the First Jews Forward: A Walking Tour
Sunday, July 11, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
A guided walking and public transit tour of Jewish Los Angeles history. Transit will include subway and Dash bus. ($2 not included) Ability to walk and take public transportation required.
$15.00

Boyle Heights & Breed Street Shul Downtown Jewish L.A. Bus & Lunch Tour
Sunday, July 11, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
This tour includes The Breed Street Shul, Welsh Presbyterian Church, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, San Antonio Winery for the lunch stop. (lunch price not included.) A docent from the Jewish Historical Society will be your guide in this historical tour of the early days of Jewish Los Angeles.
$45.00

Hollywood Forever Cemetery – The Jewish Heritage Tour: Resting Place of the Stars
Sunday, July 11, 12:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Explore the lives and contributions of the Jewish residents interred at Hollywood Forever. This tour includes a visit to the Beth Olam Mausoleum. Highlights include Garbo’s agent, Charles Feldman, mobster, Bugsy Siegel, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Michael Kanin (“Woman of the Year”), the Ritz Brothers, and the Anne Frank Memorial.
$45.00

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Tour (& kosher dinner)
Tuesday, July 13, 4:15 PM – 7:15 PM
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the oldest Holocaust museum in the United States. The Museum’s board president, Randy Schoenberg, will personally guide you on a sneak peak of the Museum’s new permanent home built into a hillside in Pan Pacific Park. Enjoy a festive buffet dinner in a premiere aesthetic location and be one of the first official visitors to this stunning cultural institution.
$59.00 (tour will return to the Marriott in time for the JewishGen evening.)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery: The Jewish Heritage Tour (Resting Place of the Stars!)
Wednesday, July 14, 1:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Explore the lives and contributions of the Jewish residents interred at Hollywood Forever. This tour includes a visit to the Beth Olam Mausoleum. Highlights include Garbo’s agent, Charles Feldman, mobster, Bugsy Siegel, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Michael Kanin (“Woman of the Year’), the Ritz Brothers, and the Anne Frank Memorial.
$45.00

How to sign up for the tours

If you are already registered:
Go to the Attendee Service Center here and enter your log in email and password (which you received with your confirmation email) and click EDIT on your account to add these tours.

If you have not registered yet:
You can add on these tours as part of the initial registration process.