Ernst Laemmle

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 09/25/1900

Date of death : 05/01/1950

City of birth : Munich, Germany

Along with screenwriter Isadore Bernstein, producer/writer Jesse J. Goldburg, producer Sol M. Wurtzel and a handful of others, Ernst Laemmle was a founder Temple Israel in Hollywood in 1926. Temple Israel was ground in the spirit of social activism and prophetic justice. Its first location was a house rented from actor Sessue Hayakawa in Hollywood, to be used for a religious school.