 In 2013 the building was purchased by Craig Taubman who created the not for profit Pico Union Project a multi faith and cultural Center.In 1911 the Hebrew Sheltering Association began, eventually becoming the Jewish Home for the Aged, now in Reseda.In the 1920s, after an initial period in the Northeast and Midwest, significant numbers of Jewish immigrants and their families moved to Los Angeles, eventually making Boyle Heights home to largest Jewish community west of Chicago.