​​​Hurley was home to many Jews, and may even have a few living there today. One illustrious son of Hurley is Leon Lewis. Born in Hurley to German Jewish immigrants in 1888, he became the first national secretary of the Anti-Defamation League, as well as the national director of B’nai Brith. As the founder and first executive director of the Los Angeles Jewish Community Relations Committee, Lewis and a key figure in the spy operations that infiltrated American Nazi organizations in the 1930s and early 1940s. Nazis had referred to him as "the most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles."​​​